Tom & Kathryn Cullen,
Judy McAdam, Margaret Harper, Kathy Salisbury, Rosalie & John Cowan, Sue
& Rob Metcalf, Sheila Corkill, Ursula O’Brien, Anne Snobelen, Jan &
Gary Schlee, Zen & Mike Skibinski, Marion & Wilf Boyce, Eleanor & Peter
Heinz, Judy Grout, Carolyn Deeth, Anne Barber, Carol Coiffe & Bev Camp, Pat
Deacon, Terry Doran, David Lander. (Please let me know if I missed anyone!)
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Start |
Finish |
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12:00 |
12:20 |
Lunch |
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12:20 |
12:25 |
Recap: The Fairlawn Green VISION |
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12:25 |
12:40 |
The PROCESS for
implementing the Green Action Items |
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12:40 |
1:10 |
Follow the Process: In a breakout
group for each of the 6 Action Areas, considering the following: |
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Brainstorm ACTION ITEMS within your Green Action Area (building on ideas from
Feb 25th) |
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- Select ONE Green Action Item (ensure it supports the Green VISION) |
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- Describe the OBJECTIVE for your Green
Action Item |
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- Begin to plan the STEPS required to successfully
achieve your Objective |
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- Describe the SUSTAINMENT plan to ensure
ongoing support for the Action Item |
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- Next steps: IMPLEMENT after approval
from FAUC. Then Celebrate and Repeat! |
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1:10 |
1:25 |
Present your chosen Action
Item and Objective to the group |
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1:25 |
1:30 |
How the Green Team can
assist |
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Your next meeting / next
steps |
Fairlawn will be a green community that leads
by example, and becomes a voice to educate ourselves and others in the reduction
of greenhouse gas emissions at church, at home, in the community and in our
workplaces
Work
on one of the following action areas:
1.
Property improvements / LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)
2.
Gardening
3.
Buying locally-grown food
4.
Communications, promotion to educate and create excitement
5.
Waste - R R R (reduce, reuse, recycle)
6.
Advocacy and Activism
Select an ACTION ITEM
Brainstorm
and document a list of possible action items, considering ideas from Feb. 25th.
Select
one action item that is within your control to complete by June 9th!
(1)
– Lead by example: Our church can be a role model for other churches, for
our congregation, and for the community by implementing in the church premises
as well as recommending greening actions at home.
(2)
– Educate: We
will notify the congregation and the neighbouring community of our activities
and encourage households to follow suit.
(3)
– Reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions: CFLs
provide 75% to 80% reduction in energy costs and greenhouse
gas emissions, and last 10 to 20 times longer than incandescent bulbs. Using less water means less energy to treat
and move the water. Buying locally grown
food decreases use of fossil fuels for transportation. Communicating our learnings will help others
implement green actions and reduce GHG in their homes and/or workplaces. Recycling reduces the need to create new
products; composting eliminates “garbage” completely and produces a useful
product to replace purchased garden fertilizers. Letter writing campaigns help influence governments to have the
political will to implement green legislation to reduce GHG.
(4)
– Area of focus: one or more of the following: (a) Fairlawn Avenue United
Church facility, (b) home, (c) community, (d) workplace.
Action Area
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Action Item
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Team
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Property improvements |
INSTALL COMPACT FLUORESCENT LIGHTBULBS (CFLs) in the church by May 30th for
fixtures that don’t require modification -- with the help of the custodians
-- in a variety of locations to be determined. An inventory of CFLs will be made available
in future, and a variety of fixtures will be tested in certain areas such as
the sanctuary. Educate the congregation
and the neighbourhood as to the wisdom of using CFLs. |
John Cowan Mike Skibinski Sheila Corkill |
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Gardening |
USE LESS WATER ON OUR GARDENS by composting and mulching with three carloads of
mulch and at least 12 volunteers for work on the church gardens (excluding
the Neighbourhood Centre gardens) on May 7th from 7:00 pm to 9:00
pm by spreading compost first, then 2 inches of mulch. Then encourage individuals or groups in the
church to “adopt a garden” for maintenance of the gardens on an ongoing
basis. |
Rob Metcalf Sue Metcalf Peter Heinz Carolyn Deeth Judy McAdam Anne Barber Jan Schlee |
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Buying locally-grown food |
BUY LOCALLY-GROWN FOOD by first educating ourselves, then educating the
congregation and facilitating partnerships with local farmers for weekly
delivery of food baskets of seasonal produce to interested consumers in the
congregation, and advocating that grocery stores stock more local foods. |
Kathy Salisbury Ursula O’Brien Marion Boyce Rosalie Cowan Judy Grout Pat Deacon |
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Communications … |
CREATE A “FAIRLAWN GREEN ACTION” LOGO before the end of April to represent our greening
program that is recognizable in the community and can appear on our church
sign, in our web site, and on all printed communications. SHARE THE GREEN RESOURCE LIBRARY COLLECTION by bringing a library cart of FAUC green resources
to Coffee Hour for browsing and borrowing, and continue to add to this collection
in our FAUC library. |
Gary Schlee Anne Snobelen Terry Doran Wilf Boyce Carol Coiffe Kathryn Cullen |
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Waste |
Reduce the number of black
garbage bags created by the FAUC facility that are put out to the curb by
better WASTE DIVERSION INTO RECYCLING,
GREEN BINS AND COMPOSTING bins. |
Margaret Harper Eleanor Heinz |
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Advocacy and Activism |
Implement “the power of
one” by providing a May workshop to encourage LETTER WRITING by members of the congregation to government
bodies on topics related to global warming.
This will be supported by a local “letter writing campaign” resource
group, and followed up with a lawn party celebration and expanded to
community involvement. |
Bev Camp Zen Skibinski David Lander |
Note: Do not begin implementation
until your plan has been reviewed by the appropriate FAUC committee
- Do your research
- Consider which committees should be involved
- Leverage existing resources & capabilities
- Obtain background info from the Green Team, committee members
and experienced FAUC members on what has been done in this area before, what
resources are already available, if there are any sensitive issues, etc.
- Document the impact on the FAUC facility, staff, neighbourhood
centre, etc.
- List required resources to complete your objective such as:
$ (how much is required, and where it will come from)
People – RECRUIT OTHERS IN FAUC TO HELP YOU!
Equipment
Inventory
Transportation, delivery
Advertising
- Prioritize (e.g., which lightbulbs to replace first – e.g.,
those most frequently turned on)
- Source and price what you need to complete the objective
- Draft a budget
- Consider fundraising
- Consider sustainment issues so that the activity will be
ongoing
- Document your plan
- Present your plan to the Green Team
- Review, revise your plan as required
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Action Item |
Steps |
Sustainment |
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Install CFLs |
By May 31st –
CFLs: John Cowan will contact the Property Committee (Tom Cullen) to discuss
limitations or ideas, read the Energy Audit, discuss who would buy lamps,
where, install, and how to fund lamps for FAUC and broader distribution/sale. We will aim to have all fixtures, that don’t need modification,
refitted with CFLs by the end of May. After May 31st -
Educate others: Prepare a test panel for the entranceway where people can compare
different types of lamps and learn about their differences. John will ask the
Property Council if there are any constraints on location or construction of
“Mike’s Panel.” Mike will look into artwork that might be put on this portable panel
to make it attractive. John will build it. We have to prepare some
educational pieces to help people see the value of converting at home. This
will probably not be complete until the fall. By then members should be
used to the lamps in the Church and ready to be helpful advocates with their
friends. John will talk with Scout/Guide leaders (Tom Clarke) about ways we
might have Scouts or Guides deliver a message to the community about CFLs. We will meet after Church next Sunday (April 1) to discuss action
plans, based on feedback from Property and Scouts/Guides. We need to
consider: - Who can help us do the CFL refit, and how to recruit them - When to develop our PR message once lights are being changed. Mike –look into the City “Environment Day” to find out what they do re
CFL sales and when. John will also see if his nephew, who does community marketing for the
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When to develop long term strategies of purchasing, protection from
theft, and disposal so that FAUC can ‘sustain’ the use of CFLs naturally |
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Use less water on our
gardens |
Plan the gardening event -
Church
gardens fall under the Network committee -
Talk
to Sharon Barrett Ewing -
Get
volunteers -
pick
a date: May 7th -
lay
composted material on gardens first -
put
dandelions, clover, pine needles in compost -
obtain
wood chips from City of -
leave
leaves and sticks -
use
leaf bags to get mulch Investigate the use of rain
barrels Plan a process to get FAUC
organic garbage into the composting bins Buy more composters |
Introduce an “adopt a
garden” campaign Create a gardening team |
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Action Item |
Steps |
Sustainment |
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Buy locally grown food |
There are 3 phases to our
initiative.
Education –
Our group first needs to educate itself about the importance of buying
locally grown produce, about what it means to be organic and what the
certification process is, and where we can buy local produce, whether it be
organic or not. We also need to
research which local grocery stores stock local produce. Once our group has
completed this, we will plan a strategy for educating the congregation. This will include
Facilitation - This may include the following:
Advocacy -
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Investigate idea for a
farmer’s market on the Fairlawn front lawn. Encourage local grocery
stores to sell locally grown produce. |
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Communications … |
Logo: Gary
Schlee will investigate existing logos used by (a) other green
initiatives, (b) Faith and the Common
Good, (c) Greening Sacred Spaces, etc.
An image that is immediately recognized as a greening image is our
priority. We will evaluate the
samples and make a recommendation to the Green Team. Green library resource: Carol Coiffe has pulled together a green resource
collection for the Fairlawn library. Kathryn
Cullen will work with Carol to have the library cart available at the Green
Table at coffee hour April 8th. Determine budget
requirements and source. |
Use the logo consistently
on all green communications in future to be immediately recognizable, and to
unify all our green activities. Continue the Green Table at
Coffee Hour each Sunday and add the library cart. Continue to add new resources to the
library’s green collection. |
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Action Item |
Steps |
Sustainment |
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Waste |
Audit the quantity and
contents of the black garbage bags by opening them at curbside. Do this twice. Meet at 4:30 pm in front of the church on
the night the bags are put out. Get
volunteers to assist. Wear old clothes
and bring gloves (recommend double gloving with rubber inner gloves and outer
garden gloves.) Based on our findings, take
appropriate action. For example, - make new signs - provide better bins - approach users of FAUC building re
diversion of appropriate garbage into recycling and composting bins - make a poster of our findings - talk to all users of the building;
i.e., office staff, FNC, nursery school, etc. We will be successful if by
June 9, 2007, the number of black garbage bags have been reduced by 25% |
Continuing education: - Have a quiz on the Green Table at
Coffee Hour - Invite speaker from the city - Look at recycling issues for dwellers
of apartment buildings and condos. |
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Advocacy and Activism |
Recruit more people for
this initiative. Select a global warming
topic. Plan a letter-writing
workshop. |
Celebrate |
Before
starting, each Action Team will discuss details with the Green Team chair who will
then work with the Action Team to approach the appropriate FAUC Committee to
obtain approval to proceed.
CLOSE-OUT
Share
the news of your success!
Celebrate!
And
repeat with a new Action Item!
BRAINSTORMING FUTURE ACTION ITEMS
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Tree
planting
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Sustainable
plantings
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Vegetable
garden
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Participate
in Environment Day
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Capitalize
on the Environment Day municipal hazardous waste depots that are opened
throughout the city on various dates.
The
closest to Fairlawn are:
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Apr.
21—
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May
26 — Toronto Parking Authority Lot, 3885 Yonge, south of York Mills
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June
23 — North Toronto Memorial Arena,
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Sept.
29 — Ramsden Works Yard,
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Plan
something for Earth Day
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Use
Environmentally friendly cleaning products in the church building
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Improved
signage on existing recycling bins
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Weekly
visual quiz at the Green Table highlighting a type of discarded material, and
asking people to indicate the correct Recycling category (e.g., recycling,
compost, garbage, etc.)
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Promotional
campaign (seminar, guest speakers, weekly bulletin item, web site, bulletin
board, handout, church announcement, green table, Community Life, email note to
the distribution list, etc.) to help educate individuals in the congregation
regarding green topics (re recycling, etc.)
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Guest
speaker to discuss how to be “green” in a condo or apartment
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Guest
speaker to discuss how to insulate/caulk your home
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Guest
speaker to demonstrate bike repair to encourage biking rather than driving
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Guest
speaker on environmentally friendly cleaning products for home use
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Organize
a bulk purchase and fundraising sale for the congregation with the sale of
green products such as
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Compact
Fluorescent Lightbulbs
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Environmentally
friendly cleaning products
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Urban
garden
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LEED
certification (Leadership in energy and environmental design)
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Organizing
a “refurbishing day” or participate in an existing “Furniture Bank” where
people exchange household things instead of discarding and buying new
(e.g., http://www.furniturebank.org )
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Carry
over recycling and other ideas to our work places
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Educate
our trustees and congregation in “ethical investing”
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Obtain
rain barrels to water our church gardens
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Advocacy
for carbon credits
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Community
Life articles
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Staff
job descriptions to include handling compost and recycling
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Find
a link to some websites on the internet that provide lists of sources and
companies that are “green” for a variety of products
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Provide
links from the Green web site to other useful web sites
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Networking
connections to other churches who are also doing green activities