C3 (Charlottesville Climate Collaborative) is sponsoring a petition drive to encourage the City of Charlottesville to switch to zero emission busses. According to their petition: Our transportation system can be a catalyst for combating climate change and uplifting community health. It has a profound influence on both our environment and...
Kim Grover, a member of UUCville Ministry for Earth, said that they had a very successful clean up of the Rivanna Trails Pollocks Branch with some of our YRUU group along with the Ministry for Earth group. The work group made pretty short work of that section of stream that...
The UUCville Ministry for Earth Committee participated in the September 16, 2023 Rivanna Conservation Alliance’s River Round Up. According to Lorie the group had a lot of fun cleaning up part of Meadowbrook Creek and a section of the Rivanna Trail. The committee is hoping to clean another section of...
Environmental healing often requires changes in deeply ingrained habits, much like dieting, smoking cessation, and downsizing. Our habits exist because they provide rewards that we seek despite negative side effects. It takes time and patience.
I was invited by Walter to revisit the Native Plant Garden as the Columbine is in bloom. We met behind Summit House in the garden, and I must say that the Purple Columbine plant was ginormous and the blossom on the red Columbine took my breath away! Thank you Walter...
The new Monarch Butterfly Garden on Edgewood Lane has emerged under the leadership of Sallie Kate Park, with the support of members of the Active Minds group and members of the Garden and Grounds Committee. It will honor Rev. Alexandra McGee’s ministry with the UU Congregation of Charlottesville, and will...
In 2021 We Honor Dick Somer and Walter Hoffman. We recognize Dick Somer for his amazing commitment to serving the congregation and caring for our buildings with a watchful eye to make them more energy efficient, safe, and beautiful. Dick says that his environmental passion evolved from his scouting years,...
Following the example of the UU Ministry for Earth, our group began recognizing members of our congregation who demonstrated leadership and service on behalf of the environment either within the church or in the wider world in 2010. Our Eco Heroes, in order: Sharon Baiocco & Deborah Judson-Ebbets, 2010 Nancy...
Love Gardening? Join the Environmental Action Group and help expand our congregation’s Vegetable Garden! Food for food pantries Regenerative methods for carbon drawdown Adaptive to climate change with rainwater capture & storage Help us make plans for… Composting Clearing beds and planting Fencing Rain barrel installation Later this spring we...
Join Unitarian Universalists of Charlottesville Friends, Steve Lucas from the Thomas Jefferson Soil & Conservation District and Melanie Feldman from Piedmont Master Gardeners to Begin Your Adventure in Securing the Future of Our Species. The 2020 documentary Kiss the Ground shows how, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can stabilize...