1. Possible Action for Climate Change

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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:
US Climate Action Network:
Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment
Interfaith Coalition for Responsible Investment

7. International:
Actively support and participate in international organizations seeking to mitigate the effects of global climate change: For Example:
Union of Concerned Scientists:
International Climate Action network:
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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