Interfaith CincinnatiJoin Faith Communities Go Green at Washington UCC, 2950 Sidney Avenue, Camp Washington. This congregation is a hub of love and courage for its community, and is starting to shape its environmental ministry. Bring your advocacy stories and hopes for environmental action, and a dish to share. Share this link with friends so they can register too!
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 7:00pm to 8:30pm
ORBITAL is a Booker Prize-winning novel about six astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) during a single 24-hour period, offering a lyrical, meditative look at Earth from space, exploring themes of life, humanity, loneliness, climate change, and our place in the cosmos through their observations and reflections as they orbit the planet.
In person at Congregation Beth Adam,
10001 E. Loveland Madeira Rd, 45140
In-person RSVPs to
anne@bethadam.org
OR
To attend on Zoom, please REGISTER HERE (https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Fooc9AErS3G4JT3YOyRgSA#/registration)
Tuesday, Feb. 24, 7:30 pm on Zoom
Hear the David and Goliath story of how a young mother mobilized almost 3,000 neighbors to compel Wilmington City
Council to postpone its fast-track approval of a massive data center, and how a Cleveland nonprofit is building a statewide coalition to require transparency and community protection. Speakers: Jessica Sharp of Wilmington Residents for Responsible Development and Molly Bryden of Policy Matters Ohio. Second in FGCC’s 2026 webinars on recipes for success.
Register here.
(https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/WReSMjR_Qoao8kft-hjJMQ#/registration )
Join Faith Communities Good Green on Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 7:00pm to 8:30pm ET
Discussion facilitated by Mimi Rook
Book: Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City
by Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates
LIVE ON ZOOM
When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just another urban farm, but a “permaculture paradise” replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa—all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a small city lot. The garden—intended to function like a natural ecosystem with the plants themselves providing most of the garden’s needs for fertility, pest control, and weed suppression—also features an edible water garden, a year-round unheated greenhouse, tropical crops, urban poultry, and even silkworms.
In telling the story of Paradise Lot, Toensmeier explains the principles and practices of permaculture, the choice of exotic and unusual food plants, the techniques of design and cultivation, and, of course, the adventures, mistakes, and do-overs in the process. Packed full of detailed, useful information about designing a highly productive permaculture garden, Paradise Lot is also a funny and charming story of two single guys, both plant nerds, with a wild plan: to realize the garden of their dreams and meet women to share it with. Amazingly, on both counts, they succeed.
Presented by
Faith Communities Go Green and Green Umbrella
A free, virtual program
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
2:00 – 3:00pm ET
For the link to event
Faith Communities Go Green is hosting Green Umbrella to introduce a powerful new effort to make our tri-state region increasingly sustainable, resilient, and healthy. In late July, Green Umbrella will launch the 25 Communities Project, a regional cohort of communities working together to reduce pollution and strengthen resilience. Join us to learn how community advocates can help their local governments discover the power to protect their communities and save money by developing and implementing sustainability plans.
Speakers: Ryan Mooney-Bullock, Executive Director of Green Umbrella and member of the Faith Communities Go Green Steering Team, and Bamidele Osamika, Green Umbrella’s Regional Climate Collaborative Manager, will include an overview of the technical assistance Green Umbrella provides to local governments, a success story, and specific ways that you and your congregation can help engage elected officials and public sector staff. The 25 Communities Project is an unprecedented opportunity to benefit your neighbors and the entire planet by adopting clean energy and energy efficiency, and reducing exposure to air pollution, dangerous heat, and flood damage.
Please attend to learn the critical role that faith communities have in this endeavor.
A virtual screening of the educational version of the documentary,
Kiss the Ground,
a movie for the whole family to enjoy together.
Sunday afternoon, July 20, 2025
From 3:30 to 4:20 pm ET
Following the movie, from 4:20– 4:50 pm ET Join other FCGG families from around the country, to share what the movie means to the FCGG families and your family.
REGISTER HERE
In this movie, Kiss the Ground, it is revealed that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil is the missing piece of the climate puzzle.
Please register and join us for this viewing followed by discussion on how this movie inspired and impacted us.
This year you’ll find actions across four categories – from learning and reflection to influencing others and advocating for systemic change. Whether you are completely new to low-plastic living or a seasoned pro, you’ll find new and exciting ways to propel your sustainability journey forward. As you explore the new library of impactful actions and resources and chat with others cheering for you on the Feed, you’ll never be left wondering, “What can I do now?”
Please join our team: “Faith Communities Go Green Beyond Plastics EcoChallenge 2025”
To get started, we encourage you to
Refuse, Reduce, Rethink
LET’S TRY NEW THINGS, TOGETHER, AND CREATE A RIPPLE EFFECT OF LASTING CHANGE!
Join FCGG Book Club on zoom for an engaging discussion of
The Hidden Life of Trees, What They Feel, How They Communicate, by Peter Wohlleben.
January 22nd, 2025
7:30 to 8:30pm.
REGISTER today to get the zoom link.
The FCGG Book Club is back!
The FCGG Book Club will meet at 7:00pm to 8:00pm, Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Janelle Alen will facilitate the discussion on The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World by Peter Wohlleben
Watch for emails from FCGG@greenumbrella.org with registration for the book club and other Education/lifestyle program announcements. Please be sure FCGG@greenumbrella.org is in your email address list.
Our new membership engagement working group will meeting is Nov 21 at 4 pm; Membership Engagement Working Group Virtual meeting, November 21, 2024, 4:00 – 5:00pm, Register here to receive a zoom link (https://us06web.zoom.us/
The Faith Communities Go Green (FCGG) Membership Engagement Working Group exists to ensure all FCGG members have a fulfilling membership experience. The group helps organize in-person and virtual membership meetings, and canvasses members for specific roles and skills needed by the FCGG Working Groups and leaders. The Membership Engagement WG also solicits and shares any concerns or suggestions from the members with FCGG leaders. FCGG values the dedicated members and volunteers that have undergirded our success and have developed this working group to care for those members and volunteers.
Get Involved, share your ideas, and participate as much as or little as you wish.
To learn more and to join our conversation come to this virtual FCGG Membership Engagement Working Group meeting.If you wish to join this meeting but cannot make it this time, feel free to contact Donna, Member Engagement Leader, at fcggmembers@gmail.com or text Donna at 513-226-3107.