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| QEW Green Pages| Eco-Tips on fighting Global Warming |
II. Green Buildings & Churches Over the years our BeFriending Creation newsletter has featured a number of Friends Meeting Houses that have been either recently built, remodeled, or rehabilitated with minimizing their ecological footprints as a major objective. These have included: Heartland Meeting in Wichita, Kansas; Camden Meeting in Camden, Delaware; Live Oak Meeting in Houston, Texas; Burlington Meeting in Burlington, Vermont. We are in the process of compiling references to those articles in the newsletter archives. Please check back later. In 2008, then Steering Committee Clerk Barbara Williams wrote a series of articles for BeFriending Creation about reducing ecological footprints of Friends' homes and Meeting Houses. In addition, BeFriending Creation has featured projects of Friends General Conference and of a number of Yearly Meetings that were aimed at reducing the ecological footprints of their annual gatherings. Major green-building projects have been undertaken recently by Friends Center in Philadelphia and the headquarters of Friends Committee on National Legislation in Washington, D.C. QEW also has assisted a number of Friends Meetings in greening their facilities, programs, and activities through the QEW Mini-Grant Project. These Green Pages are being constructed by both advocates and seekers. If you are an advocate and would like to contribute a story or an article in general or on your particular area of expertise please sent it to the QEW office. Let us know if you would like to be included in our advocates directory. Have a question? Ask an expert. Let us find a solution for your particular topic or specific issue. Our Green Advocates collectively have decades of experience in the field and either already know the answer to your question or know where to get you an answer. Send an email to the QEW office and let us get started for you. Green building resources U.S. Green Building Council Mission Statement THE U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL is the nation’s foremost coalition of leaders from across the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. What is the U.S. Green Building Council? THE U.S. GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL (USGBC) is leading a national consensus for producing a new generation of buildings that deliver high performance inside and out. Council members work together to develop LEED® products and resources, the Greenbuild annual International Conference and Expo, policy guidance, and educational and marketing tools that support the adoption of sustainable building. Members also forge strategic alliances with key industry and research organizations and federal, state and local government agencies to transform the built environment. E-mail: See also: National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs See also the related QEW pamphlets:
See also The Consumer Guide to Home Energy Savings, 8th edition, by Alex Wilson, Jennifer Thorne, and John Morrill, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy, 2003. Green Remodeling: Changing the World One Room at a Time, by David Johnson and Kim Master, New Society Publishers, 2004. Green Building Product: The Greenspec Guide to Residential Building Materials, by Alex Wilson and Mark Piepkorn, New Society Publishers, 2005. |