Invite a speaker, show a film and expand your programs for adults and youth to include environmental issues and explore what you can do about what you learn.
Promote regular “green” updates through newsletters, bulletin board, worship announcements, and/or social media to inform, celebrate and advocate on sustainability and environmental justice.
Develop a butterfly/pollinator highway or an organic garden and share your harvest with the congregation.
Plan for regular evaluation of your environmental initiatives and ways to encourage next steps.
Connect with local environmental advocates and sustainability groups. Join and support your state-based organizations like IREJN, CT IPL, MassIPL or RI IPL.
Encourage everyone to take the Creation Care Voter Pledge through announcements in worship, newsletters, social media and Get Out the Vote events.
Host discussion groups on how the legislative process in your state works and how to find your representatives and their voting record.
Offer a workshop on how to contact your legislators effectively by phone or letter/email.
Invite a representative from an environmental advocacy organization or a member of your town’s sustainability team to present current state and local environmental issues.