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UUSL is a Green Sanctuary Congregation
UUSL has earned Green Sanctuary Certification fron the national Unitarian Universalist Association (UUA). We share ideas and information for environmental and social justice advocacy, as well as worship, education and sustainable living via our group on the UUSL Facebook page.
Our Vision: A world that we help make more sustainable, safe, healthy, and just, through our UUSL Green Sanctuary Actions, for all humanity, including p0resent and future generations, and the whole of the interconnected web of life.
Our Mission: In collaboration with other organizations and communities, to achieve Our Vision, by accomplishing activities to address Climate Change, Water Quality, and other Critical Environmental and Social Justice issues.
Soft Plastics collections
Dear Community,
Our next event has been postponed until we can find a different location to bring the recycled plastic. New management at our previous location can no longer accommodate us.
Soft Plastic, Styrofoam and Food Collection:
Curbside at our Little White Church, 172 Pleasant Street.
Always check our Facebook Page for any changes. www.facebook.com/UULaconia/
and here at Laconia Links..
The Laconia- Gilford Lions Club and UUSL (Unitarian Universalist Society of Laconia) Green Sanctuary volunteers will be out in front of the church at 172 Pleasant Street soon.
We are collecting # 6 styrofoam, soft plastics, and single-serve sized pop-top canned food for our Community Action Program (CAP). Additionally there is need for travel-sized hygiene products, towelettes (Wet Ones), hand sanitizers, personal care products (Depends for men and women).
Soft plastics and styrofoam must be clean and free of labels. Plastics cannot be any snack bags, candy wrappers, any product wrapping that is "crunchy" sounding. Mailers are acceptable. No bird seed or pet food bags can be collected.
We are pleased and proud that your Community saved from the landfills some 1100 pounds of soft plastics at our last collection. All that is saved for collection is converted into composite decking and furniture.
Save Earth in any small way you personally can and celebrate Earth Day every day! Thank you!
Green Sanctuary
UUSL Green sanctuary News
UUSL Green Sanctuary Input
First Thought:
- “Judge each day not by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” (Robert Louis Stevenson)
What Do People think about Climate Change? (excerpts from Yale Program on Climate Change)
- About half of Americans are worried about extreme heat.
- 48% of Americans are at least “moderately worried” that their local area might be harmed by extreme heat. That worry is rising, as are worries about related health risks:
- From October 2014 to December 2024, the percentage of Americans who think that heat stroke caused by extreme heat waves will become more common in their community over the next 10 years as a result of global warming has tripled
- Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think global warming is affecting extreme heat in the U.S. at least "some”.
- Despite high confidence among climate scientists that global warming is contributing to more frequent and severe heat waves, 24% of Americans surprisingly either think global warming is not affecting extreme heat (12%) or say they don't know (12%)
- When you get a political population absolutely pushing for protection, policymakers will always listen to what their populations have to say,” Scholey said. “Public pressure leads to change. In a way, that’s always been my inspiration: to get public understanding, public desire to bring about change.
Closing Thought
- What Can We Do? Communicate. “In nature's economy the currency is not money, it is life. We cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around us. What we do makes a difference, and we have to decide what kind of difference we want to make. When we communicate concern for the climate, we plant seeds of peace and seeds of hope.” (Excerpt from several sources)
"No country can ever truly flourish if it stifles the potential of its women and deprives itself of the contributions of half of its citizens." -Michelle Obama
Closing Thought from our Green Sanctuary News 3/15/24
Background
About the UUA Green Sanctuary Certification Program and the UUSL Action Plan
The UUA Green Sanctuary Certification Program provides requirements and a path for congregations to address climate change and environmental justice. Congregations that complete the program are accredited in recognition of their service and dedication to the earth and future generations.
As prescribed by the UUA Green Sanctuary Guidelines, our UUSL Green Sanctuary Certification Action Plan included an in-depth environmental evaluation of our sanctuary and organization as well as activities related to four specific areas;
- Environmental Justice: Activities in solidarity with Front Line (Vulnerable) Communities, which may be most affected by Climate Change
- Worship and Celebration: Activities enabling us to stay connected to each other and to celebrate work accomplished
- Religious Education: Activities to inform, while inspiring us to keep working toward our goal of just and sustainable practices
- Sustainable Living: Activities to treat the world more gently by using fewer resources and being mindful of the choices we make
Green Sanctuary
Congratulations on our Green Sanctuary Status
We are active in our community
Rev. Judith with Roger and Inez Andrews
Rev. Judith with Roger and Inez Andrews
Our congregation has worked together to earn the Designation of "Green Sanctuary" from the UU Church.
Rev. Judith with Roger and Inez Andrews
Rev. Judith with Roger and Inez Andrews
Rev. Judith with Roger and Inez Andrews
We thank Roger and Inez Andrews and countless subcommittee leaders and members for their tireless work toward this goal.
Working towards change
Rev. Judith with Roger and Inez Andrews
Working towards change
We are taking an active role to help make a world that is sustainable, safe, and just for all humanity, including present and future generations, and the whole of the interconnected web of life.