Read about exciting upcoming events and past accomplishments. Download current and previous issues of the "UU Ministry for Earth Newsletter" archived as PDF files. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)

Winter 2012 (272 KB PDF)

• Earth Day 2012: Immigration and Environmental Justice
• From the Board ­– Folks Are Paying Attention!
• UUMFE Partners with Just Label It Campaign for GE Foods
• Our Place In the Web of Life Curriculum
• Water Justice Is Focus of Justice Sunday 2012
• Grants Will Help Support UUMFE's Environmental Justice Work
• Share Our Passion – Volunteer With UU Ministry for Earth
• NWEI Provides Valuable Resources
• UUMFE Embraces EcoChallenge
• UUs in New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Tackle Hydrofracking
• UU Organizes New Delaware Chapter of Interfaith Power & Light
• UU Church in Eugene Is Prize Winning Recycler
• Honor Congregations – Thanks!

Fall 2011 (304 KB PDF)

• Guardian of the Future Recipients Embody the Power of Community
• From the Board – "If Not Me, Then Who?"
• Hungry for Change: Food, Ethics and Sustainability, a New Discussion Course From NWEI
• Beacon Press Publishes Cynthia Barnett's Blue Revolution
• Environmental Justice Curriculum To Be Published In November
• Thank You, Rowan
• Tar Sands Action and More!
• Why I Protested the Tar Sands Pipeline
• Chandler, AZ UUs Participate in 350.org's Moving Planet on Sept. 24
• Schenectady UU Society Completes Environmental Justice Project
• Book Review: Freedom Through Frugality: Spend Less, Have More
• Reverend Bob Murphy Honored by Sierra Club
• Photos From the Aug. 29th Interfaith Day at the Tar Sands Action
• Your Support Is Needed and Appreciated – Please Consider a Year-end Gift

Spring 2011 (472 KB PDF)

• Environmental Justice Workshops and Events at GA
• From the Board – Actions Become Habits
• Ethical Eating Statement of Conscience Process
• UUMFE Annual Meeting at GA
• Earth Day Excitement
• Food Day Scheduled for Oct. 24
• Moving Planet Set for Sept. 24
• New Experiential Workshops from Barbara Ford
• Book Review: Paving Paradise
• NWEI's New Edition of Voluntary Simplicity
• Earthfest at UU Church of Davis
• Your Support is Needed and Appreciated

Winter, 2011 (392 KB PDF)

• Earth Day 2011: Sacred Waters
• From the Board – As We Begin a New Year
• Staying Present for a Troubled World – New Workshops Offered to UU Congregations and Districts
• Northwest Earth Institute To Publish Gulf Coast Resource
• Mt. Vernon Church Breaks Ground for Net Zero Energy System on Winter Solstice
• Earth Jurisprudence: Beginning To Bud
• Poem by Christopher D. Sims: I Am the UUA
• How You Can Help

Fall 2010 (256 KB PDF)

• Congregations Across the Country Will Participate In the 10/10/10 Global Work Party: A Day To Celebrate Climate Solutions
• “Everything, Everything, Everything Is Holy Now”
• Care For the Earth Is Central To General Assembly Experience
• Lori Sands Named 2010 UUMFE Guardian of the Future
• Key Dates for the Congregational Study/Action Issue Ethical Eating: Food and Environmental Justice
• Karen and Ramón Urbano Honored With Volunteer Service Award
• Matching Grants Fund Three District Environmental Conferences
• Health Is Focus of New Northwest Earth Institute Curriculum
• Earth Day Theme Announced
• Congregations Will Offer a Wide Variety of 10/10/10 Work Parties
• Generous Congregations Support the Vision of UUMFE

Spring 2010 (272 KB PDF)

• Environment & Justice Workshops and Events at General Assembly
• Letter From the Co-Chairs
• UUMFE Annual Meeting at General Assembly
• Energy, Peace and Justice Study Action Issue
• Member Profile: Vicky Talbert
• Northwest Earth Institute Courses
• Workshops To Pilot Local Environmental Justice Discernment
• Three Districts Approved for UUMFE Challenge Grant
• Earth Day Excitement
• Reconciliation Ecology
• Harmony UU Church Celebrates Earth Day

Winter 2010 (340 KB PDF)

• For the Fortieth Anniversary of Earth Day, UUMFE Invites Congregations Take a Bite Out of Food Injustice
• From the Board: We Value Our Relationships
• UUMFE Launches Environment and Justice ‘Green Papers’
• The Importance of Working Together
• We’re All Ears! Our Fifth Principle In Action With Ethical Eating
• Emily Kao Joins Advocacy Team
• Fifth Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week In Washington
• Online Connections to UUMFE Community are Growing
• UUMFE Offers Partner Grants for Districts
• Congregational Stories: Ethical Energy

Fall 2009 (1.7 MB PDF)

• International Day of Climate Action, Oct. 24th
• A New Year - Change is in the Air
• Rowan Van Ness Tapped for Environmental Justice Position
• Colin High Named 2009 UUMFE Guardian of the Future
• Focus on Food and Faith
• UUMFE 20th Anniversary Celebration
• Earth Song Meditation
• AIW - In Support of America's Red Rock Wilderness Act
• Green Sanctuary Program Update
• Join the Team Developing the Environmental Justice Guide

Spring 2009 (808 KB PDF)

• Announcing the Environmental Passport for GA 2009
• Toward Joyful Interdependence
• With Gratitude to Rev. Katherine Jesch
• UUs Pioneer Green Meetings
• A Response - Rev. Laurel Hallman
• You Can Help Write Environmental Justice Guide
• Food Justice
• Green and Accessible
• Earth, Our Deep-Home-Place
• Transformation, Collective Wisdom & You
• Earth Day Celebration
• New RE Curriculum - Sounds of Nature

Winter 2009 (475 KB PDF)

• UUMFE Announces 2009 Earth Day Resources
• Raising All Voices, Lifting All Boats
• A Response - Rev. Peter Morales
• Genesis of "Ethical Eating"
• CSAI Film Review - Scarred Lands, Wounded Lives
• Hobbs Farm - A Miracle, Seeing the Connections
• The Hidden Language of Flowers

Fall 2008 (743 KB PDF)

• Board and Members Review Partnerships
• Congregational Eco-Heroes Honored
• Changing Our Stories of Justice-Making
• For the UUA Presidential Candidates - 7 Questions
• Are You Feeling the Call to Action?
• Fourteen Say YES as Parents for the Planet
• Nourish the Self with a Retreat
• Green Sanctuary Update
• UUA Ethical Eating Core Team Liaison
• 2008-2010 CSAI - Ethical Eating: Food and Environmental Justice
• Films, Faith, and Fellowship
• Making Seed Tape
• Run for the Trees
• Say NO to Plastic Bags
• Shopping Bag Pattern and Instructions
• Renew Our Spirits, Restore the World
• Beacon Press and UUMFE - New Partners

Spring 2008 (728 KB PDF)

• The Audacity of Faith
• Looking to the Future
• Green Sanctuary Showcase
• Guardian of the Future Award
• 2008 Study Action Issue Proposals
• An Invitation - Become a Parent for the Planet
• GA 2008 Highlights
• "Menu for the Future" from Northwest Earth Institute
• Regional Coordinators Active from East to West
• Portland Office Open - Meet Sabrina Louise Harle
• Book Review - "In Defense of Food"

Winter 2008 (388 KB PDF)

• Unanimous Vote! UUMFE Retains Affiliate Status
• Message from the Chair - Barbara Ford
• Taking Green Sanctuary Beyond Our Congregations - Rev. Katherine Jesch
• Our Seven UU Principles - Rev. Katherine Jesch
• In Need of a Good Word - Editors, Orion Magazine
• Restoring the Web of Creation
• Direct Your UUA "Now is the Time" Gift
• New Resource! We Are All Connected, 7th Principle - Butterfly and Creepy Crawlies RE Lessons

Fall 2007 (417 KB PDF)

• Palo Alto Church Working To Save Shishmaref, Alaska - Ben Hammett
• Leaning into the Light - Barbara Ford
• Green Wedding Celebration - Nancy King Smith
• Autumn Reflections, Green Sanctuary Program - Rev. Katherine Jesch
• The Play's the Thing - Doug Stewart
• Covenant Group Considers Seventh Principle - Judy Perry

Spring 2007 (891 KB PDF)

• Historic Earth Summit Connects, Inspires
• Gratitude as a Revolutionary Act
• Congregations Address Global Warming
• New Resource! - Global Warming Action Kit Volume 2
• Springtime Reflections
• Hopedale UU Tackles Industrial Pollution
• Secret Shoppers Help Environmental Justice
• UUs Flock Outdoors to Celebrate
• Cedars UUs Author Sustainability Survey
• Our Food Choices Impact Climate Change
• Water First - Living Drop by Drop
• New Partnership - Low Carbon Diet
• Book reviews

Fall 2006 (561 KB PDF)

• Legislative Ministries Focus on Climate Change
• Reaping the Harvest of Collaborative Efforts
• Warm Reflections on the Chill of Winter
• Global Warming: Changing CO2urse
• Florida Church Eco-Preserve Reaches Community
• Green Sanctuary Program is HOT!
• Spotlight: Model Regional Coordinator

Spring 2006 (646 KB PDF)

• UU Statement of conscience on global warming
• There is no "out there" by Rev. Louise Green
• Message from the board chair
• Healthy children, healthy planet
• Green Sanctuary program comes of age
• Book and film reviews

Fall 2005 (807 KB PDF)

• UU Ministry for Earth visibility campaign
• Dealing with tragedy and despair
• Message from the board chair
• Addressing global warming
• UU churches and green power
• Hotel Earth and small group ministry
• New Greeen Sanctuaries

Summer 2005 (301 KB PDF)

• Message from SPP board chair
• Bill Sinkford and the cyber-march on global warming
• SPP receives granf from UU Program Fund
• GA 2005 events sponsored by the SPP
• Plane Travel and Sustainable Living
• Living our Values in the Modern World
• Green Sanctuary Program news
• SPP board member news

Winter 2005 (189 KB PDF)

• Emerson Unitarian Church of Houston
• Message from SPP board chair
• Global warming study/action resources
• Upcoming adult RE resource guide
• Guest column by Tina Clarke of Clean Water Action

Fall 2004 (579 KB PDF)

• Global Warming is new UUA/CSW Study/Action Issue
• GA 2004 highlights
• Green Sanctuary Program news
• Message from SPP board chair

Summer 2004 (609 KB PDF)

• GA 2004 events sponsored by the SPP
• New SPP resources
• Green Sanctuary Program news
• SPP board member news

Spring 2004 (663 KB PDF)

• New resource projects for UU congregations
• The Seventh Principle Fund
• Green Sanctuary Program news & ideas
• Earth Day meditations
• Commission on Social Witness study/action issues

Fall 2003 (990 KB PDF)

• New Green Sanctuaries
• General Assembly 2003 in review
• Green Sanctuary Program news & ideas
• The Interfaith Power & Light movement
• Greening General Assembly

Spring 2003 (726 KB PDF)

• GA 2003 events sponsored by the SPP
• Green Sanctuary workshops at GA 2003
• SPP Board meeting highlights
• The SPP and the UUA
• Green Sanctuary Program news

Fall 2002 (340 KB PDF)

• 2002 SPP annual meeting update
• GA 2002 news and highlights
• About the Earth Charter
• Northwest Earth Institute courses
• Green Sanctuary Program news