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Program Details
Share your progress with FACS! Let us know how your faith community is progressing and how we can help. If you are undertaking a new project, upgrade, or event, send us details and pictures so that your action can be featured in our newsletter and serve as an inspiration to others. Share your actions directly with your own network on social media! Feel free to use the social media toolkit found in our Program Guide. Make sure to tag FACS in posts so that we can share them and extend your network. |
Feel free to download our Tree of Life Program Guide for more information and additional resources.
Growth Stages: Recognize Your Impact!
Each of your actions will contribute to the growth stage of your Tree, from seed to sapling and finally to a Tree of Life. If you are ready, complete a survey covering actions your community may already have taken. This will determine the current stage of your Tree. When you send us updates on your progress, your Tree grows. It is our goal that every faith community will reach the Tree of Life stage as they engage with FACS and advance their commitment to caring for the earth. Here are the different stages of recognition and growth:
Choose A Track: Target Your Impact!
If your Green Team so chooses, you can designate an area of special focus by selecting a Track. While all actions taken contribute towards growing your Tree, some will also count towards your chosen Track, and you will receive additional support in this area. Upon reaching the Tree of Life stage, participants who have also completed a Track will be recognized for their targeted impact and are encouraged to plant a native fruit tree on their campus in partnership with FACS. Your community, having devoted time and energy to the Tree of Life program, will be able to watch—and taste—as your actions bear fruit.
TRACKS: |
Climate Justice |
Zero Waste |
Earth Steward |
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Branch off into a Track |
Energy Audit + Strategic Plan |
Energy Audit + Strategic Plan
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Team Survey + Sustainability Plan |
Team Survey + Sustainability Plan |
Minimum Two Leaves In-Track |
Host Faith & Climate Talk or Energy Justice Workshop Watch Solar Webinar Plan Energy/Climate Sermon or Class
Energy Projects or Upgrades |
Host Energy Justice Workshop or Advocacy Training Plan Climate Justice Sermon or Class Attend Advocacy Event or Climate Action Forum |
Watch Zero Waste Webinar Host Advocacy Training Recycling Project Compost Project |
Plan Caring for Creation sermon or class Teach Sustainable Eating, Healthy Foods, and Community Gardens Course or other Food, Wildlife, or Conservation Class Habitat, Stormwater, or Garden Project |
Minimum One Flower In-Track |
Take Net Zero Pledge |
Join an Advocacy Team
Take Net Zero Pledge |
Take Zero Waste Pledge |
Join an Advocacy Team Designated Green Sanctuary, LEED, or other sustainability certification |