*** LOCAL NEWS *** Kara Menfi reports on the latest Cville100 meeting: Jamie Powers, Albemarle County’s Climate Action Program Manager, updated the group on the climate change resilience and mitigation measures the County has been working on this summer and planned efforts for the Fall, as well as alerting us...
Dear Friends We are sharing this special edition of the MFE Newsletter to bring you information about a critical issue that affects everyone but particularly we Virginians. Virginia is already the data center capital of the world – 371 are in operation across the state – and another 438 are...
Ministry for Earth & Social Justice Ministry Volunteer Opportunity Fair Committee on Ministry (CoM): Report to the Congregation June 2026 Section IV of the Love into Action Long Range Plan This is the fifth of the CoM’s reports to the board and the congregation on UUC’s progress on our Long-Range Plan,...
**** LOCAL NEWS **** New wildflower meadow to be added at McIntire Park Charlottesville Parks and Recreation is adding a new native grass and wildflower meadow installation in McIntire Park, the city announced on May 28. The project, located over an acre of the former McIntire golf course, aims to...
2025-2026 has been a busy year for the Ministry for Earth at UUCville! We are pleased to report that we are seeing more participation in MFE activities and events and more members taking on leadership roles, which is really encouraging. Here are some of the things we have accomplished: We...
You will want to read this newsletter – it is all good news!! Our MFE member Kara Menfi wants us to know that Cville100 is hosting a special event to discuss the first VA Climate Assessment Presentation on Tuesday June 16 from 6:30pm-8pm. You can attend in person (The Jefferson School,...
The Rivanna Conservation Alliance is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit watershed organization created to provide the community with a set of tools and programs specifically designed to help clean and protect the Rivanna River and its tributaries.
April is Earth Month – though we know that the Earth should be our focus all the time!! Here at UUCville we will have an Earth Day Service on Sunday April 19 with a pot luck to follow. Our theme this year is Food – Spiritual and Sustainable. We would...
We would like your input! UUCVille’s Ministry for Earth team has created a poll to decide which environmental organization will be the Social Action Collection recipient for the month of May. Please select your first and second choice. Read about the organizations here& fill out the poll! Brief Descriptions of...
As part of our mission to help make the planet more sustainable, the Ministry for the Earth Committee has purchased carbon offset credits. A carbon offset is a way to balance out unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions by funding projects that reduce or remove the same amount of carbon from the...