What is the Green Team?

 

Session, First Presbyterian's governing body, has approved the formation of a “Green Team,” an ad hoc committee of the Session that has been given a three-pronged mandate:

• Research - To collect data from environmental studies and assess our church’s current practices and their environmental impact
• Recommend – To guide the congregation in working together to find ways to better care for God’s world
• Inform – To educate our congregation about green practices and their connection to our faith in relation to the sacredness of God’s world.

 

Tips from the Green Team

 

 

FPC's Green Team offers the following ways to help our preserve our environment:

 

• When a light bulb burns out, replace it with a compact fluorescent bulb.

 

• If you eat red meat, purchase it from a local grass-fed cattle farm. (There are several at the Greensboro Curb Market.)

 

• Consider purchasing carbon offset "energy credits" at a place like Terrapass, where you can calculate your family's estimated carbon footprint and donate to clean energy sources to offset it.

 

• Compost your kitchen waste to be used in your flower beds or vegetable garden.