Agenda:

8:30 Registration

9:00 IEIA Story and overview of Greening the Congregation 2010. Eleanor DelBene

9:15 Importance of care of creation from a faith leader’s perspective. Rev. Wendy Hare

9:25 Levels of participation: Forming a Green Team; environmental impacts of houses of worship; general overview of Green Congregation certification.  Judy Rogers

9:45 Reducing, Reusing, Recycling and Renewing—Environmental motivations for greening our congregations. Michael Churchman

10:05 Water and Stormwater—How saving water saves energy and money – as well as our rivers – and how to avoid polluted storm water problems by managing rain as a blessing and resource. Beth Stewart

10:35 Break

10:45 Sustainable Landscapes— Improving the environment while conserving resources. Jane Reed Ross
Harvesting Rainwater—Large and small-scale options. Scott Kubiszyn

11:15 Communicating with your congregation and getting everyone onboard.  Joyce Lanning

11:25 Specific ways to reduce electricity consumption and cut your power bill.  Robin White

11:50 Energy savings measures related to natural gas.  Judy Tramble

12:10 Lunch

12:40 Education, home tips, public outreach, Backyard Wildlife Habitat, the Genesis Covenant.  Michelle Bende

12:55 Sunday School curricula related to care of creation.  Rev. Wendy Hare

1:15 How to do an environmental audit of your facility.  Bill Peters

1:45 Benchmarking and using the Environmental Report Card to track your progress. Amanda Griesdorn

2:00 Table to Table: Participants will have the opportunity to gather specific practical resources in table conversations with several of the Forum presenters.

3:15 Where we go from here: opportunities for further networking and support.
Concluding comments. Eleanor DelBene and Rev. Wendy Hare