Greening Committee Day
One of our current projects is finding ways to decrease the impact of NEYM Committee Days on the environment. If you have suggestions or comments, please email them to the Earthcare Ministry Clerk .

Carbon Emissions

At NEYM's February 2006 Committee Day, we collected information about how people had traveled there. We found that we burned about 150 gallons of gas, emitting 1460 kilograms of CO2. To offset our emissions, we would need to plant 38 seedlings and allow them to grow for 10 years. These emissions came from 41 cars carrying a total of 76 people, and 2 people riding the bus.

The Earthcare Ministry Committee encourages Friends to carpool or take public transportation to Committee Day. Maybe we can reduce our impact next time!

Lunch

We provided cloth napkins at February Committee Day, and we hope that we were able to save some paper that way. We encourage Meetings hosting committee day to use reusable dishes (rather than paper or styrofoam), and individuals to consider the impacts of their food choices on the environment (e.g. locally grown, organic, vegan/vegetarian, etc.).