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Resources - Brochures:

  1. SSC General Information (PDF)
  2. Fair Trade Coffee (PDF)
  3. Reducing Costs and Raising Funds (PDF)
  4. Educational Programs for Congregations (PDF)

These fliers are designed to have page 2 printed on the back of page 1.
Feel free to print as many as you like - on recycled paper, of course.


Resources - Improving our Faith Buildings

Environmental Audit Template


Resources -- Videos & DVDs.

    Consider showing one or more of these at your congregation.  See what kind of interest it generates.

  • An Inconvenient Truth (DVD, 96 min.)
  • Blue Vinyl (VHS, 96 min.)
  • Blue Planet (IMAX, 42 Min.)
  • Too Hot Not To Handle (VHS)
  • Being Caribou (DVD, 72 min.)
  • Mad Cowboy (DVD, 79 min.)
  • Kilowatt Ours (DVD)
  • The True Cost of Food (DVD, 15 min.)
  • Renewal (DVD, 90 min.)
  • The Climate Crisis Coalition and the 2006 Elections (DVD)

Links to environmental web sites - local, national, and international

  Bridging The Gap (BTG)

  Greenability

  Kansas City Food Circle

  Kansas Sierra Club

  KC Star's global warming web site

  Missouri Sierra Club

  The Land Institute

  Web of Creation

  Eco-Justice Ministries

 

Volunteer

  BTG volunteer opportunities

 

Local Issues and Actions

  Holcomb Coal Plants

  Platte County coal plants

 

Track Environmental Legislation

  Congressional Legislation

  Kansas Legislation Alerts

  Missouri Legislation

 

Join Us

Come to our monthly meetings and see what we are about.

Attend events in the area.


Links to faith communities' environmental web pages

Sierra Club - Faith and the Environment - an extensive list of many faiths


Ideas for Congregations

FIVE STEPS TOWARD LOWER ENERGY USE and HINTS FOR PROMOTING INTEREST IN ENERGY WITHIN YOUR CONGREGATION Interfaith Coalition on Energy http://www.interfaithenergy.com/tips.htm

ENVIRONMENTAL CHOICES FOR CONGREGATIONS * Eco-Justice Ministries
http://eco-justice.org/Choices2.asp

ECO-JUSTICE IN CHURCH ADMINISTRATION * Eco-Justice Ministries
http://eco-justice.org/tips-a.asp

ELECTRIC STEWARDSHIP Electric Steward Congregations have conducted an energy audit of their facilities and implemented at least one new energy saving step. http://pcusa.org/energy/congregation.htm

ENERGY STAR CONGREGATIONS Congregations can see energy savings and contribute to a cleaner environment. http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=small_business.sb_congregations

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 Please be patient with us as we grow and change and help us spread the word about our search for volunteers.

 
  

Email Us:  info@sustainablesanctuary.org