Green Team

Green Team

Epworth is a member of California Interfaith Power and Light – a spiritual movement for environmental sustainability and stewardship of the resources of Creation through local and political action.

Epworth’s Green Team is a loosely organized group of people who are interested in exploring ways of living lightly on planet earth.

Epworth’s Green Team promotes environmentally sustainable practices by:

  • encouraging the use of alternative transportation (on Earth Day and other Sundays — look for our bike racks!) urging people to “Give Up Gas For God”
  • encouraging use of green bins for composting at coffee hour and use of non-disposable cups
  • conserving energy and water
  • promoting sustainable purchasing practices
  • promoting local/organic food

In recent years, the Green Team have encouraged the Epworth community to make conscious green choices through group study and participation:

  • Season of Lent: Holy Eating: 40 Days of Spiritual Practices
  • Michael Pollan’s books, Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food
  • Study sessions on using water wisely
  • Audit of Epworth’s energy use and recommending eco-friendly changes
  • Holy Eating: Bread, Bodies and Resurrection by Andrea Bieler and Luise Schottroff
  • Local Food Movement Cooking Group
  • “Tour de Epworth” Labor Day Bike Ride along the Bay

If you’re interested, would like to get a new environmental project off the ground, or want more information contact Susan Jardin (clayworks2@aol.com), Chris Baetge (cbaetge@gmail.com), or Brandon Williamscraig (public at bdwc dot net).