Topical Program Guide - Unitarian Universalist Association of ...

2012 was the GREENEST GA yet.Let’s make 2013 even GREENER!Since 2005, integrating sustainability into planning GA has:• Prevented enough energy use to power an American family home for 11 years.• Conserved enough water to fill over 2.2 million individual water bottles.• Recycled and composted enough waste to fill 1.5 garbage trucks.Last year in Phoenix GA participants:• Saved 33 metric tons of carbon emissions by attending the event virtually. That’sequal to preventing the impact from burning 81 barrels of oil, which today costs$7,200!• Reduced waste to 0.65 pounds per person. This is well below other events, whichcan record anywhere between five to twenty pounds of waste per person.• Diverted 87% of all event waste from landfill by recycling and composting. Anevent record!These accomplishments are only possible with your help.THANK YOU!Join in our effort in Louisville! Here’s our top 5 ways to for you to help us put ourSeventh Principle into action:1. Hop the downtown trolley instead of hopping a cab. It’s free, and we hear prettyfun on Fridays!2. Reuse a water bottle. Every one liter refill you make instead of buying adisposable bottle saves two liters of water.3. Try a local sustainable eatery. Ask at local information for vegan, vegetarian andsustainable restaurant options.4. Offset your unavoidable footprint. Each GA participant produces about 1,500lbsof carbon emissions. It costs less than $10 to support renewable energysolutions through offsetting. Contact registration for more details.5. Hug a Green Angel, and recycle and compost your waste!