FCGG is applying for a grant from the City of Cincinnati to pay for the next round of ASHARE Level 2 audit. This is for houses of worship that have facilities they own (not rent) and are within the City of Cincinnati boundary.
FCGG is seeking qualified houses of worship to participate in this grant opportunity.
An ASHRAE level 2 energy audit is required or recommended by many grantors for grant funding to make nonprofit facilities more energy efficient, enabling lower energy bills.
The Cincinnati grant deadline is soon. Interested houses of worship need to complete the FCGG no obligation Survey by April 18, 2025 to be considered. https://fcgg.org/survey/
The Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of―and paean to―the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers’ twelfth novel unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from
antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There is a world alongside ours―vast, slow, interconnected, resourceful, magnificently inventive, and almost invisible to us. This is the story of a handful of people who learn how to see that world and who are drawn up into its unfolding catastrophe.
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https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uqEptGrrRvaj6oplu0hibQ
This year’s theme, “For Earth, For Each Other, For Tomorrow,” is about fostering hope and inspiring action for a better future. Once you join our team, please select actions that resonate with your values, committing to them for 30 days to foster and reinforce positive habits. Each action you complete earns points and generates real-world impact in creating a more sustainable and equitable world – one where people and nature thrive together.
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You may choose as little as just one action, or any number of actions you can handle (we suggest you keep your total actions to five or less for simplicity and easy management).
The Six Main Action Categories offered in this EcoChallenge are:
1. Land, Water, and Air
2. Wildlife
3. Community and Connection
4. Empowering the Next Generation
5. Health and Well-Being
6. Sustainable Innovation
We must always remember that our Strength is in our Numbers! The solution to our planet’s biggest challenges lies in the power of our collective action. By taking action in our own lives and inspiring the people around us, each of us makes an impact!
Please invite your friends and family to join our EcoChallenge Faith Communities Go Green Team 2025, Need help? Contact Bakhtavar (Becca) Desai, Leader, Education/Lifestyles Working Group, at bfdesai@aol.com mentioning Earth Month 2025 EcoChallenge in the subject line.
The Education/Lifestyles Working Group presents
Cash Incentives to Make Your Home (and House of Worship) Energy Efficient
November 13, 2024, at 7 pm Eastern Time
Register to attend this virtual program. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAlfuCvqT4uE9bOwTh9AgpHJYAc45qHd8al#/registration
Our guest speaker will inform us about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed into law in 2022. The IRA program is designed to save American households money while reducing climate change and air pollution. It contains cost-saving incentives for yadding energy upgrades in your home such as, heat pumps, efficient air conditioners, insulation, windows, and doors, as well as solar electricity generation, solar water heating, and battery storage, among other technologies. We will discuss tax credits, rebates, and grant/loan programs available to individuals now through 2032. Please Register to attend this program and learn how you can lower your utility bills, while you help care for Mother Earth!
Our Guest Speaker will be Nikki Vandivort.
Nikki is a FUSE Executive Fellow at the City of Cincinnati – Office of Environment & Sustainability. She has 17 years of environmental consulting experience. In her role at the City, she conducts community outreach and education on the incentives available in the IRA.
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/meeting/register/tZctc-igqz8tG90e1jWTdxXrz4jL3dcAstpq#/registration )
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.
Please visit the FCGG Booth at The Earth Care Festival
Saturday, June 15, from 9:00am to 1:00pm
Evergreen Presbyterian Church
9994 Zig Zag Road,
Montgomery, OH 45242
