Environmental Action is a key element of our Faith In Action Group, and our Unitarian Universalist values. Our church community feels strongly that environmental issues are closely tied to social justice and therefore try to fold environmental concerns into our broader goals throughout the work of the church.
Past Environmental Action Committee Activities
- Encourage and support services with environmental themes, such as Climate Justice Sunday and Earth Day Service.
- Encourage and support the youth group in their work learning about climate change and their February 2015 service titled “Environmental Justice and Spirituality.”
- Organize after-church information sessions on how to calculate your carbon footprint and use rain barrels to collect water.
- Support and participate in the Solarize Canton campaign, which encourages and assists residents, businesses, and churches throughout the community to install solar panels.
- Participate in the Village of Canton’s Sustainability Committee, which comprises various members of the community interested in assisting the village to become more sustainable
- Include the Seventh Principle in Religious Education curricula.
- Participate in Commit2Respond a coalition of Unitarian Universalists and other people of faith and conscience working for climate justice.
Our church is also a member of the New York chapter of Interfaith Power and Light, an association of more than 60 congregations of various faiths located throughout the state that are working together to address climate change as a religious issue.