Category Archives: Certification

  1. UU Community Church of Santa Monica Receives Awards for Environmental Stewardship

    From the UUA’s Green Sanctuary blog… The Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica (UUCCSM) won the Excellence Award for Social Responsibility and Stewardship of the Natural Environment. Here are some (but not all) of the reasons the church was honored by the City of Santa Monica, Sustainable Works and the Chamber of Commerce for these Sustainable [...]

    September 28, 2010 | Certification | No comments

  2. Certification Update

    Wanted to provide an update to all regarding certification as a Green Sanctuary. Because of the inability to raise funds, we will not go forward with any proposals with converting the power to solar. According to President Mary, we will be deciding a third major social justice project for OCUUC. There will be a larger, [...]

    August 31, 2010 | Certification | No comments

  3. The Major Project

    As I mentioned in the last post, we can get all the projects done except for the one major environmental justice project working with another congregation or collaborative organization. My preference for a major environmental justice project is tied toward another goal of Green Sanctuary – to quit carbon energy as the church’s energy source. [...]

    March 21, 2010 | Certification, News, Solar | No comments

  4. The UUA Green Sanctuary Certification Process

    Since the reactivation of the Green Sanctuary committee in 2008, a few of us have attempted to wrap our arms around the certification process. We have committed that OCUUC become a UUA-certified Green Sanctuary as soon as possible. Green Sanctuary is based on a framework of four focus areas: Worship and celebration Religious education Environmental [...]

    March 17, 2010 | Certification | No comments