For 35 years, the Green Sanctuary program has supported UUs in protecting our environment. We honor that work and we need to transform our commitments and actions to respond to the challenges of our times. The new Green Sanctuary 2030: Mobilizing for Climate Justice offers a flexible, manageable, and impactful process to support UUs in transforming their congregations through climate justice.
The Green Sanctuary 2030 process and community are here to support your congregation’s climate ministry. With just one requirement for yearly recognition, there has never been a better time to renew your congregation’s commitment to climate justice! Questions? Connect with our team by emailing us!
The Green Sanctuary Process includes:
Four Essentials of Climate Action
Five Approaches to Support Your Congregation
One Requirement for Yearly Recognition
Report on your congregational Green Sanctuary 2030 actions, events, or activities!
All of the Action Report questions can be previewed here; to make a copy for your own use, go to File > Make A Copy and save it in your own drive.
Once your team has completed at least one action per Essential (Congregational Transformation, Community Resilience, Justice, Mitigation) and shared those actions in the Action Report, you can apply for YEARLY Recognition.
All the Annual Recognition Request questions can be previewed here; to make a copy for your own use, go to File > Make A Copy and save to your own drive.
Ready to join? Sign up to attend an office hour drop in. Office Hours are held on the first Wednesday of each month at 1pm HT / 3pm AKT / 4pm PT / 5pm MT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET.
Fill out this form to indicate your interest in joining the GS2030 process! Email Rachel Myslivy at Environment@UUA.org with your questions.
These meetings will celebrate success, build capacity for teams, elevate how the local context of oppression shapes our climate action, and the ways the Green Sanctuary 2030 process supports our work on climate justice, community resilience, congregational transformation, and mitigation - all balanced with the faith-filled call to impactful action on climate.
Green Sanctuary 2030 Community Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 1pm HT / 3pm AKT / 4pm PT / 5pm MT / 6pm CT / 7pm ET.
November 19: Carbon Neutral by 2050
January 28: Green Sanctuary 2030 Celebration
February 18: Green Sanctuary for our Kids
March 18: Building Team Capacity with a Friends of Green Sanctuary Group
April 15: Rolling out a Mobile Resiliency Hub in Atlanta, Georgia