We Are Expanding the UUC Vegetable Garden!

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...

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Kiss the Ground Discussion April 20, 6:30-8:00p

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...

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Sacred Tree Walk, Sunday, April 25

Reserve your space now for a long-awaited outing on campus with UU friends! Join former UU Charlottesville Eco-Heroes and the current Environmental Action Group for a Sacred Tree Walk through our Green Sanctuary Arboretum to celebrate Earth Day on Sunday, April 25. Ten years ago, we identified special trees on...

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Happy 5th Anniversary, Solar Panels!

Ever since I served as your President, I’ve wanted to continue the discussion about our solar panels.  Thanks to John Semmelhack’s expertise and industry, we have some facts to share.  Thanks to others “who were there,” we have some history and perspective to share.  So on Earth Day 2017, as...

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TJMC is Forever Green

Our Seventh Principle: Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part. Our local eco-heroes led us through a process of education, reflection, and action to become certified as a Green Sanctuary. We continue our work towards a sustainable future and look beyond our walls to ensure the...

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