By: Joanne Gerson
Thank you for your engagement in Faith Communities Go Green in 2024!
Thank you for volunteering, presenting your knowledge in FCGG webinars, working at our booths, contributing articles in our newsletters, writing letters to Ohio Legislators, participating in our new Energy Efficiency Initiative, and generously donating to FCGG.
Because of you, we achieved so much in 2024 to make our world better.
We proudly announce the 2024 Annual Report, available on our website, FCGG.org
https://fcgg.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2024-Annual-Report-1-final-.pdf
To create a more sustainable and equitable future for all, Faith Communities Go Green educates, engages, and empowers people of faith to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change, its impact on Greater Cincinnati and the world. But the gates of opportunity are closing for society to reverse or slow climate change. Now, more than ever, in 2025, hope lies in mobilizing the moral voice of faith communities to unite, to lead by example, to reinforce the message found in all faiths: Care for Creation, Mother Earth , our Common Home, to leave a sustainable and equitable future for all.
We no longer have normal weather. Instead, we have NOT normal fires during a NOT normal fire season; we have NOT normal hurricanes in NOT normal places; we have NOT normal heat waves for NOT normal consecutive days; we have NOT normal floods and NOT normal droughts, all in NOT normal strength, length, and locations.
Climate change is here. Like tipping your chair, you can easily tip it back to the normal position unless you tip it too far, causing it to land flat on the floor. Climate systems have tipping points too. If we push our luck too far, the earth’s climate will reach a tipping point, and we will not be able to return it back to normal. We are fast approaching these tipping points. It’s not too late to act.
What can you do? Start with our FCGG.org website. For example:
- Find weekly personal actions on the Eco-tips page.
- Learn about the Federal tax reimbursements to make your home more energy efficient including adding solar panels.
- Work to fix Ohio environmental justice issues .
- Learn how to lower your house of worship energy burden and utility bills.
The best thing to do is to Join Us through the Faith Communities Go Green website: FCGG.org and click the Join Us Tab. [https://fcgg.org/fcgg-interest-form/]