Green Team Meeting
Notes 10/15/2019
Lots of good energy!
If you weren’t here, we missed you! And you missed a good meeting! 😊
Reminder: meeting night is the 3rd Tuesday of the month – next
meeting is Tuesday 11/19
Attendees: Bill Schroeder, Steve Fink, Mark Bohrer, Susan Johnston, Iric Rex
Away: Candy Dann, Graham Long, Janet Clarke, Tim Smith, Fran Fink, Mary Pritchard
Add to invite: Marty Mason
Followup: conference calls will be scheduled for afternoon of Wed 10/23
& Mon 10/28 –
Steve will send out Skype invite!
Agenda/Notes
We read the poem by Barbara Kingsolver at the beginning of the meeting.
(from Time Magazine, September 23, 2019)
1) Climate Strike
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Learn more at
strikewithus.org/boston
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Next strike is Friday
November 29 (black Friday)
2) What is the next thing we need to do: The
big thing to make the church sustainable
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We need a dream – why/how/what
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Big view: We need to convert
from gas to to electric (heatpumps)
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Insulation / efficiency is
a part of this conversion
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Conversion needs to be done
as part of the capital campaign
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Replacing the plaster is
the context of doing the insulation
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Green needs to be a big
part of the capital campaign
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How does this fit to ONCET
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Setting an example in the
community as a congregation is the key part
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Doing & spreading the
word is as important as what is done
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From Iric: We need to call
Sergio! The mechanical company is Sergio & Ciani.
3) Socially Responsible Investing
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Trustees of the Trust
Funds – at last church meeting, TOTF agreed to buy 15% of SRI funds
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Jane Ingram is the new
head of the TOTF
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Are they planning to buy
more? Do they have a plan to transition to all SRI funds?
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What can we do to keep the
discussion going about having church members change their investments to sustainable/green
funds?
4) UCC Super Saturday – Oct 5th
in Framingham – we ran out of time – did not get a readout!
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Mass Conference runs this
event
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Now joining with RI and CT
conferences
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Environmental Ministry –
Ted Wade and Barbara Darling
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Steve will represent Green
Team and talk about SC Green Retreat
Not discussed this week
1) Fellowship greening
2) Faith forums
3) Climate justice as a regular part of Sunday
service
