1) OUR GOAL/INTENDED IMPACTS:

A. We want to inform/educate our members about the many aspects of climate change in a non-aggressive way that helps them understand the reality of our climate crisis and at the same time empowers them to take action. Knowledge of the problem and the responses that are available to us are at the heart of addressing climate change at its most fundamental level, that of harnessing the power of “me” and “we”.

2) Steps/How To Get There:

A. Begin “Climate Minute” and“Climate Action” presentations after our Sunday worship services as part of the congregational sharing time. These have actually begun in May but will continue indefinitely. These 3-5 minute presentations focus on  climate problems, offer solutions and actions we can take. In a “Climate Minute” a problem and solution is presented. In a “Climate Action” a member of the Fellowship shares an action that he/she is currently doing or intends to start that addresses climate change.Examples:

Climate Minute – talk about the problem of plastic trash in our oceans and how to solve it.  Climate Action – talk about your decision to take public transportation more often as opposed to driving your petroleum-fueled car.

B. Begin collecting our Climate Actions in a visual manner by listing them on “leaves” and posting them on our “Climate Tree Of Life” locatedin our sanctuary. We have collected almost 100 action leaves and will be disseminating them in various ways to the congregation in the near future.

C. Begin a Forum(workshop)/Film series that involves guest and membership speakers or panels, and films that focus on our Action Plan Goals.

The following Action Plans lend themselves to speaker/panel/film presentations:

          1. House Energy Use 2. Plastics & Recycling, 3. Vehicle Transport.

4. Healthy Food Choices 5. Green Burial/Cremation Alternatives,

6. Native Plants, 7. Washington’s Forests and Farms  8. Earth Day 2026.