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Add a new dimension to your stewardship program

Congregants: Pledge energy efficiencySave moneyPrevent global warming pollution.

How?:Calculate their carbon footprint. Find ways to reduce it. Pledge to carry out their chosen reductions

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Care for Creation Theological Statement“The earth is the Lord’s and everything therein.” Creation is God’s gift to us – the gift of good land, good water, good air – and we are placed

in the garden to tend and care for the earth as God’s stewards, as earthkeepers. We keep the faith in part by keeping the earth, by

conserving it in good health for future generations, exercising restraint for the sake of others yet to come, repairing and restoring what has come undone out of love for the Creator and compassion for others.

Rev. Benjamin WebbSt. Luke's Episcopal Church

Cedar Falls, Iowa

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Religious communities have aided social change in the past

•Abolition of slavery•Civil rights•Women's right to vote•Endangered Species Act

We can do it again…

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What is a Carbon Footprint?

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PREPARE LEADERSHIP TEAMExisting Committees3,4 or more team membersFaith leaderLay governing board

Guinea pig

Calculate team leaders and guinea pig

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Small Group Meeting #1 Agenda

Explain:• Program• Role of CC Team Leader• Role of participants• Series of meetings• How to gather details

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• Carbon Capture and Storage

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BE A COOL CONGREGATION!

• Pledge Actions• Talk to your faith leader• Recruit three helpers• Join IIP&L

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Resource CD

A. Educate CongregationB. Invite Congregation to Join CCC. Meeting AgendasD. Calculation ToolsE. Ongoing Education

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Carbon Footprint

Why are our feet so big?• Autos• Flights• Electricity• Gas, or…(gas, oil or propane)• Garbage

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Ann’s Family

Total carbon footprint

79,833 pounds CO2

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CO2 Breakdown

Auto 119%

Auto 26%

Auto 30%

Auto 40%

kWh43%

Gas22%

Flights2%

Garbage8%

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25 Simple Steps Under $25

LIGHTING• Buy compact

fluorescent light bulbs for your most-used lights. $2/bulb180 pounds each/yr

• Turn off unneeded lights380 pounds/yr

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25 Simple Steps Under $25

HOME APPLIANCES• Line dry clothes in summer:

780 pounds CO2/yr• Line dry all year:

1400 pounds• One less load/wk in dryer:

200 pounds/yr

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25 Simple Steps Under $25Home Heating and Cooling

Ask your utility company for a home energy audit to find out where your home is poorly insulated or energy-inefficient.

CO2 reduction: Potentially, thousands of pounds a year.

Don't overheat or overcool rooms. Adjust your thermostat (lower in winter, higher in summer)

CO2 reduction (for each 2-degree adjustment): 500 pounds a year.

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25 Simple Steps Under $25Water

Wash clothes in warm or cold water, not hot.

CO2 reduction (for two loads a week): 500 pounds a year.

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ANN’S ENERGY USE

Electricity - 17% decrease!

Gas - 15% decrease!

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ANN’S CO2 REDUCTIONS 7.9 % Electric

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ANN’S FINANCIAL SAVINGS

Spent $12

Saved $100/month!

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The CO2 emissions coming just from the electricity in Kate Dunning's home used to total 20,000 pounds. • She changed 75% of her bulbs to compact fluorescent in August ‘06• Has seen a 50% reduction in her electricity use on her utility bill • Will save nearly 10,000 pounds of CO2 this year alone, just from switching bulbs

• Initial investment = just under $200 • Reached payback after 4 months• Annual savings will be $600.

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The Power of 10%

St. Luke’s 35 families = 18 cars off the roads

Every Iowa household = 604,000 cars

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Environmental Stewardship Committees

• The Earthlings• Cool People Team• Green Team• Power Lite Team

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Strong PointsTraining workshopsHost site structure

Resource CD Calculator very specific Environmental stewardship committees IP&L memberships

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