Category Archives: Best Practices

  1. Why “Our” Coffee is the Best

    I have wanted to post about the coffee we serve from Equal Exchange for some time. To me, it is the best deal going. The coffee we all share on the patio after services is 100% organic and 100% fair-traded with farmer co-operatives from coffee growing regions around the world. The coffee is at least [...]

    June 13, 2010 | Best Practices | No comments

  2. Earth Hour is Saturday, March 27, from 8:30 to 9:30 PM

    Earth Hour is a global event organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature, also known as World Wildlife Fund) and is held on the last Saturday of March annually, asking households and businesses to turn off their non-essential lights and other electrical appliances for one hour to raise awareness towards the need to take [...]

    March 26, 2010 | Best Practices | No comments

  3. The Story of Bottled Water

    Hat tip to Reverend Karen on this one. Yesterday, March 22, was World Water Day. The good folks at “The Story of Stuff” tell the story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Great food for thought. [...]

    March 23, 2010 | Best Practices, News | No comments

  4. Another Green Thing We’re Doing Right – Recycling

    How could I forget this one? The high school students in RECY collect recyclables to learn more about how products are made, why recycling is important, and where waste goes. Thanks to Merrie Lee Wooten for coordinating this project. Recyclables can be dropped off behind the sanctuary next to the kitchen door. Thanks! * No [...]

    February 13, 2010 | Best Practices | No comments

  5. Green Things We’re Doing Right at OCUUC

    Charlie prompted me to come up with a few things we’re doing right at OCUUC. Buying shade grown, organic coffee Using coffee mugs and other permanent cups, dishes, and utensils Using compact fluorescents throughout the congregation Promoting compact fluorescents Incorporating earth-centered, environmentally important messages into the service and into religious exploration What else? Let’s focus [...]

    February 12, 2010 | Best Practices | No comments