Carbon Reduction Campaign: Youth Groups
Top 3 Ways for Youth to creatively cut carbon!
1. Get Eco-Palms this Palm Sunday.
2. Host a rummage sale fundraiser and encourage your congregation to buy recycled.
3. Take your lunch to school or bring a reusable water bottle.
Host a CFL fundraiser and bulb switch - This event can help raise money for your youth group, help neighbors in low income communities save money on energy bills, and help protect God's Creation, by reducing energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Learn more
Start a youth LED campaign - Get involved in the decision making process of your congregation. Tell them that a stable climate is necessary for your future. As a youth group come up with a campaign to convince your congregation to switch to LED exit signs. Well provide you with all of the tools you need. So get started and let your voice be heard! Learn more
Collect and Recycle Old Cell Phones - Reduce Carbon emissions and care for your neighbors by collecting and recycling old cell phones through the Good Deed Foundation! Collecting phones is easy and shipping is free. Recycling one cell phone can keep 66 lbs of carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere! Learn more
Take Another Carbon Action - Have other ideas about how your youth group can help reduce your church's carbon foot print? Go for it! And be sure to tell us about it. Don't miss the Building Blocks section of our Green Building Website for more ideas on saving energy and other resources. Learn more
Encourage church members and friends to join the Carbon Reduction Campaign -
Click here to tell a friend about your commitment to reduce carbon and ask them to join you.
Click here to let members of the congregation know about your youth group's participation in the Carbon Reduction Campaign and encourage them to join the Carbon Reduction Campaign for Individuals.