Green Sanctuary News - We are Certified!
On June 23rd, Robin Nelson, Program Manager of UUA's
Congregational Stewardship Services, informed the Green Sanctuary Task Force that
the Fellowship has been certified as a Green Sanctuary!
UUFVB was acknowledged at General Assembly along with twenty-four
other congregations who received this accreditation during this
fiscal year. Look for the certificate hanging in the lobby!
The Fellowship has been a Candidate for Green Sanctuary
designation for the past three years, working to
accomplish the Action Plan developed by the Green Sanctuary Task
Force. To see what has been accomplished, go to
Green Candidacy.
As part of the accreditation process, the congregation adopted the following Covenant at the Annual Meeting
on April 14, 2009:
COVENANT between
the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Vero Beach
and the GREEN SANCTUARY PROGRAM
WE THE UNDERSIGNED,
• Recognizing the fragility and interdependence of Earth
and all living things;
• Recognizing the need to protect and maintain the
quality of life-giving natural resources such as water,
soil, and air;
• Recognizing the need to join with others to develop a
sustainable society based on respect for Earth, its
diversity of life, and all its life-giving resources:
DO DECLARE
To one another, to the greater community of life, and to
future generations, our acceptance of responsibility for
preserving the vitality, beauty, and diversity of this
planet Earth and all its life forms.
THEREFORE, LET US RESOLVE:
As members of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of
Vero Beach and as participants in the Green Sanctuary
Program, we pledge our encouragement to one another in
an individual and congregational commitment to living
our Unitarian Universalist Principles, especially the
Seventh Principle, “Respect for the interdependent web
of all existence of which we are a part.” We make the
following commitments:
• to incorporate Seventh Principle values and
practices into our programs;
• to strive to live lightly on the Earth and to
continually monitor our environmental impact; and
• to affirm and promote programs to raise the
awareness of human behaviors that affect the health and
sustainability of the living Earth.
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