At our Earth Day service, congregants were asked to write a promise to the earth on a leaf and hang it on the tree at the front of the sanctuary. There were just shy of 100 leaves placed on that tree and several other commitments contributed to the zoom chat.
For those of us who made a promise, let’s make a plan to follow through. Everything we do has an impact, and together we can make a big difference!
Tree of Hope and Commitment Promises
- Encourage and help everyone at church to take action
- I will recycle more and better
- Pick up trash when I see it. Don’t just keep walking
- I will pick up trash when/if I see it
- Hug a tree
- Turn off the lights
- Drive less
- Sealing house attic doors
- Recycle
- Reduce plastic use
- Live smaller
- Conserve water
- Public bus transportation Electric car
- I will eat less meat and more veggies
- Drive less, cycle more
- I promise to buy only local meat
- Save water eat vegetables
- I promise to use energy-saving light bulbs as much as I can and to reduce my use of single use plastics
- Minimize gasoline use
- I promise to encourage people to vote
- I will continue to work hard to protect and restore forests
- Buy more local
- Eat more veggies local no beef
- I promise to conserve energy
- Eat less meat
- Be kind to the earth > spread the word… -recycle -eat less meat!
- Compost – use less electricity
- ~Use less plastic bags and more reusable ones ~Use less plastic water bottles and more reusable ones ~be mindful of how I shop
- Plant wildflowers for pollinators
- Limit single use plastic
- More petitions to policy makers
- Sign up for composting
- Reduce food waste and unnecessary car travel
- Waste less… recycle – repurpose
- Find ways to use less
- Recycle recycle reuse
- Thrift as much as possible especially for clothing. Take public transit or walk where possible. Avoid amazon where practical
- Use less fossil fuel
- Share the stories of mutualistic species interactions with everyone I can
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- Renewable energy
- Make no purchases at least two days a week
- The world unites to heel the earth plus
- Love!
- Keep hope alive. Spread it around. Keep on keepin’ on
- Compost. Reduce meat consumption
- Plant garden “native”
- I will start a garden to help save the bees
- Stop using plastic produce bags at the grocery store
- Switch to more earth friendly make up products
- Avoid single use containers. Don’t buy bottles of water. Use Britta filters
- To be sustainable is paramount! People – planet – prosperity
- Decolonize our soil and our society
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- Be at Peace Gaia
- Recycle repurpose reuse stop waste
- Plant more trees
- Decrease meat to 3x/week
- Buy more local produce
- *Plant trees *clean up ocean and streams
- We will eat vegan and walk more for travel
- Eat less Meat
- Plant trees
- Grow my own herbs
- Eat less meat
- I’ll work hard to improve public transportation in the city
- Will not throw food out
- DECOLONIZE! Learn more about/embody indigenous and afrocentric ways
- Reduce my plastic use!
- Reduce CO2
- Support environmental defense fund and other environmental justice projects
- I promise to continue to be vegan for the rest of my life
- I promise to use less plastic!
- Sea level rise
- Less plastic. Reuse bottles over and over. Use electric veh. More
- Encourage good stewardship. Teach LNT principles more thoroughly when taking beginners on outdoor trips
- Add voice to one of action committees in Door County (Wisconsin)
- Use less plastic
- Contact my congress reps!
- Pray!
- Sustainable shopping. Less fast fashion. More second hand stores
- BUY USED OVER NEW
- One letter per month to legislators
- Challenge to reduce food waste
- Start composting and more public transit
- Guerrilla gardening
- Compost
- I promise to properly sort trash and recycling. I promise to pick up trash at beaches
- Provide more plants for bees and butterflies
- Recycle more recyclable things
- SOLARIZE
- Use less plastic
- Feed the birds, take care of trees, help others appreciate nature
- Less meat, house energy evaluation