Download Possible Action for Climate Change

Personal
 Be mindful in the use of electricity
 Calculate your personal carbon foot print and see if it can be reduced
 Be scrupulous in the maintenance of the auto you use (tire pressure,
amount of driving, engine tune up)
 Carefully discern air travel
 Be mindful in the use of clothes dryer…when possible hang clothes
 Pray for the preservation of the good Earth
Local Community/Families
 Have an energy audit of local residence and follow up with suggested
actions
 Unplug electrical appliances as possible
 Check and replace all light bulbs
 Eliminate all toxic cleaning materials
 Use recycled paper goods if it is not possible to eliminate their use
 Include prayer for the preservation of the good Earth in local
community prayer
Congregational
 Conduct energy audit of motherhouse and all congregationally owned
property.

Review Congregational Automobile Policies. Consider purchasing hybrid
vehicles.
 Hold an educational event/ create educational opportunities relating to climate
change for administrators and boards of directors of sponsored ministries,
stressing that appropriate action steps be pursued on the local level of each
ministry.
 Request that prayer for the preservation of the good Earth be included in all
congregational liturgies.
 Review congregational portfolio in lieu of the suggestions and directions of
ICCR and local corporate responsibility organizations.
 Keep this issue in front of the congregation through the widest variety of
strategies.
Geographical/Regional
 Actively support and participate in local organizations
seeking to mitigate the effects of global climate
change.
 Distribute information about local campaigns to
appropriate local communities and invite their
participation
 Infuse information about the organizations mentioned
and their efforts into local ministerial efforts
National
 Actively support and participate in national organizations
seeking to mitigate the effects of global climate change. For
example: The Center for New American Security:
http://www.cnas.org/naturalsecurity/consequences/climatechange
 US Climate Action Network:
http://www.climatenetwork.org/profile/member/us-climateaction-network
 Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment www.tricri.org
 Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment www.iccr.org
International:
 Actively support and participate in international organizations seeking
to mitigate the effects of global climate change: For Example:
 Union of Concerned Scientists:
http://www.ucsusa.org/global_warming/global_warming_101/
 International Climate Action network:
http://www.climatenetwork.org/profile/member/us-climate-actionnetwork
 Carbon Offsets to Alleviate Poverty: http://cotap.org/offset-carbon-
footprint/?gclid=CJyk47SB2LkCFUOe4AodVTsA7Q
 Stay Alert to : 21st Conference of the Parties on Climate Change – Paris –
2015 – for the first time in over 20 years of UN negotiations, all nations
of the world, including the biggest emitters of greenhouse gases, will be
bound by a universal agreement on climate change. Information
forthcoming