Edgehill United Methodist Church
Thursday, February 23, 2012

GREEN Team

 

 

"Our mission is to live as a faith community in covenant with God and with each other, as stewards of creation, using natural resources responsibly and helping others to do the same."
 
 
 
 
The Ten Commitments
 

 

 

  • Reduce your carbon footprint by 10% in the next year.
Guidelines are available at our resource table in the atrium Sunday mornings.
There is a Carbon Calculator at the Belmont Green Team site (
www.belmontgreenteam.org).
 
  • Perform 10 hours of volunteer work.
Hands On Nashville ( www.hon@hon.org  615-298-1108)
Earth Matters (www.earthmattersnetworks.com  615-252-6953 (Sizwe Herring)
 
  • Plant 10 trees or have 10 trees planted in your name in a reforestation project. A $10.00 membership in the Arbor Day Foundation (www.arborday.org) gives you 10 free trees. Two scholarships available: contact Sally Wingate
 
  • Compost!
There are many ways to get started – from a simple hole in the ground to a ready-made bin.
EarthMatters offers one made from wooden pallets, which they will deliver to you, plus help you decide a location, set it up, and teach you how to use it.  Two scholarships available: contact Sally Wingate
 
 
  • Eat 10 dinners a month using only plants – no meat!
 
  • Change 10 incandescent bulbs over to compact fluorescent bulbs.
 
  • Read one of the many books on the environment from our resource table, or the library.
 
  • Talk to 10 people in the next 10 months about the critical importance of “saving our planet.”
 
 
  •  Make a list of 10 new ways to reduce/reuse/recycle