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Use a programmable thermostat to set more energy-efficient air-conditioning temperatures for summer

5/18/2022

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Action of the Month for June

Basic Action: Use a programmable or Wi-fi thermostat to reduce energy use and cost when air-conditioning (AC)
  • Use pre-programmed settings to regulate the temperature of your residence
  • To maximize energy savings, set your AC thermostat when you are home to 78 degrees or higher and 85 degrees or higher or off when away from home or asleep.
  • Take into account health considerations and drink plenty of extra fluids when the weather is hot.
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In typical homes, air conditioning uses more electricity than anything else—16% of total electricity used. Each degree below 78°F increases your energy use 3-4%. Reducing the amount of air-conditioning is where savings are—for energy and cost.
  • A 2.5-ton size central system uses about
    3500 watts.
  • A window unit uses 500 to 1440 watts.

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  • A floor fan uses 100 watts even on the highest speed.
  • Ceiling fans use 15 to 90 watts depending on speed and size.
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Using air-conditioning wisely
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​Air-conditioning is to keep people more comfortable, not empty buildings.
  • Set your programmable thermostat to turn off when occupants leave for the day, and to turn back on a half hour before you get home. If you do not have a programmable thermostat, manually set the temperature higher when you will be away from home and back to 78 degrees or higher when you are at home.
Note: It is a myth that it takes less energy to run the AC all day instead of turning it off and on.  Running it all the time when you're away uses more energy.
  • The air from ceiling fans sending a breeze to you can make you feel 3 to 8 degrees cooler, allowing you to run AC at a higher temperature and still feel as cool. Central AC costs 70 times more to run than a fan.
  • Check and/or change the AC air filter so it keeps air flowing and reduces effects of summer wildfire smoke.
  • Plant shade trees or shrubs on the west side of the condenser so it does not have to work as long in order to cool. Just don’t block the condenser air flow.
(Sources: https://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cooling.html)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/24/health/how-to-stay-cool-without-air-conditioning-wellness/index.html

Here are some Tips to stay cooler with less or no air-conditioning
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Compost Food Waste and Yard Waste

4/29/2022

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Action of the Month for May

Composting is a kind of recycling. Compost, also known as humus, is the rich soil that the composting process creates from suitable combinations of
  • Air
  • Moisture
  • Warmth
  • Carbon as its energy food
  • Nitrogen as its protein food
The composting process is a natural process that uses organic waste—waste that is from living things—as its carbon and nitrogen sources. Composting is a process used throughout history on all continents. You use finished compost to feed the soil so that the soil can feed the plants the nutrients they need at the time and rate they need them.

Basic Action: Turn your food waste and yard waste into compost to create new nutritious soil
 
Why would you want to compost?
  • To grow a better garden with soil nutrients
  • To provide a soil that absorbs and retains more moisture
  • To correct a soil that has too much clay or is too sandy
  • To use as a mulch to control weeds and hold moisture
  • To reduce greenhouse gasses
  • To keep food and yard waste out of the landfill
  • To store carbon as soil
​Typically, 20% of household waste is food waste and that adds up to 80 billion pounds of food waste in the U.S. per year. If food waste goes into the garbage and on to the landfill, it turns into methane gas. Methane is a greenhouse gas 70 times more able to absorb heat from the sun than even carbon dioxide.
 
We have solutions for that!
Place your food waste into a compost container instead of a garbage container.
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​You can compost in your home yard or you can use a commercial composting service to pick up food waste curbside on a regular basis. The service adds other ingredients, too, and creates compost from it. Much of the local commercial compost is used by local farms to improve their soil and your locally grown foods.
 
If you have not composted at home before, you will need to learn how to select a place for it; what materials the compost pile, bin, barrel, or rotary tumbler will need added to it to make compost; and the processes you use to mix the compost periodically for its moisture and temperature needs. Finished compost is a dark, crumbly texture with a sweet and earthy aroma.
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Resources to learn how to make your own compost at home:

  • To get a good overview about creating your own compost at home, you can go to YouTube to view the Sustainability Academy’s Composting Made Easy. It is less than one hour long and will give you some basic instructions about getting started. You can start viewing the recording after the first 7 minutes because the early part is about their academy and their local community before the composting presentation content.
  • You can find an 8-page Montana State University Extension Service MontGuide on Home Composting, and can choose to print a PDF version of that resource from a link on that page.
  • You can also find out more at the library, online, or from friends who already compost.
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Resources about using a commercial composting service, an easy way to compost food waste:

  • Bozeman and Belgrade, MT, are served by both Happy Trash Can and YES commercial composting services. Happy Trash Can also serves Livingston and some extended areas and YES also serves Big Sky.
  • Both have programs to pick up your food waste curbside on a regular schedule in one of their 5-gallon buckets they provide. Their monthly fees are similar—currently less than $20, depending on the service and the program.
  • Both have the ability for their subscribers to receive a share of compost back. Because YES uses vermicomposting, using worms in the composting process, a subscriber can select to receive worm castings organic fertilizer or compost.
  • Each service provides information about what items they do collect and what they cannot collect.
 
You can find out more about their services at their websites with the links that follow.

         Happy Trash Can

         YES

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​Resources for pickup of yard waste for composting
 
The City of Bozeman Yard Waste Compost Collection is for customers of the City of Bozeman garbage pickup. They can pickup yard waste on a schedule during May to August. Check the link above for the details if you are a City of Bozeman garbage collection customer.
 
If you use a different collection service, contact yours to ask what their procedure is for collecting yard waste and composting it. And you can also check with YES commercial composting service about their yard waste pickup service.

​​Using compost once you make it or receive it back from a composting service

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  • The first year you use compost, you can spread an inch or two on the soil in a garden area and mix it in gently with a rake or by hand in the top inch or two of your garden soil. It is important not to damage to the root system of your plants by going too deep.
  • In the years after that, you can spread a half-inch or an inch of compost on the garden soil and carefully mix it in to the top of the soil.
  • Another use for compost is as a mulch. It works to control weeds and retain moisture in the soil.


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It’s also possible to make a compost liquid by placing a handful or two of compost into a piece of permeable fabric like cheesecloth or burlap. Pull the fabric edges together and tie it into a compost-filled ball. Place that in your garden watering can and fill with water. Let it sit and steep until it is amber-colored. Leave the ball of compost in the can while you sprinkle the liquid around your trees, shrubs, and garden plants. You can use the same ball of compost and refill your watering can so it can steep into amber-colored compost liquid two or three times before taking the compost ball out and spreading the remaining compost contents into your garden.

​Advanced Action: If you already compost your yard and food waste, Thank You! Thank you! Thank you! Your advanced action for this month is to talk to others about the benefits of composting and how to get started.
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Help Birds Survive

3/23/2022

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Action of the Month for April

​Birds provide humans with so many benefits. Their colors can be beautiful, their songs can bring us joy and peace, and their behaviors can inspire wonder and appreciation. Practically speaking, they help control insect populations, disperse seeds for plants we need, decrease the spread of disease by consuming carcasses, and pollinate plants we need and enjoy.
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Basic Action: Protect birds from dangers that are human-caused

Birds need our help now! The Cornell Lab of Ornithology reports that nearly 3 billion birds have disappeared from the U.S. and Canada in the last 50 years. The population of 40% of bird species worldwide are decreasing, including over half of all prairie birds. One in eight species are threatened by extinction.
 
We can be part of the solution! We can make improvements in our own environments that can safeguard bird lives. Birds need our help in to reduce these three important dangers:

  • Window strikes
  • Habitat risks
  • Cats
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Window Strikes
The leading human-cause of bird mortality may be window strikes. Audubon Pennsylvania reports that the low estimate is that at least a million birds are killed per day by window strikes. This is because of both reflections and see-through effects of windows. Reflections in a window cause the birds to think they see natural space to fly into when the window reflects that. If windows are lined up across rooms so that birds see through the closest window, through a room, and out the window on the other side to the outdoors, they do not sense the windows blocking their route through.

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​50% of the collisions leave no evidence below the windows because many birds that strike windows fly off and die later of their concussions and internal injuries. They can suffer for days before the end. And if that bird is a parent, their young are likely to die as well without their care. Numerous robins and cedar waxwings die by collision.


Window collisions are preventable by making your windows visible to birds in order to prevent window strikes. Treat your windows that face bird feeders or good bird habitat first. Here are some easy and economical ways to reduce bird window strikes:
  • Close blinds in rooms you are not actively using at the time and in rooms that get bird strikes.
Note: At night, close your home blinds and turn off lights you are not using, particularly in any rooms with skylights. Some birds use constellations to steer them on their migration paths and night lighting from inside and outside of buildings confuse their navigation abilities.
  • Use window screens to alert birds to the presence of windows.
  • Check these links to find possible ways to make windows noticeable to birds and avoid strikes.
    • Acopian birdsavers for window treatments you can buy or make yourself
    • Feather friendly products for residential, commercial, or do-it-yourself window treatment supplies
    • CollidEscape for a variety of window treatments
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​Bird habitats
Bird habitats have been degrading and destroyed in grasslands, forests, oceans, and neighborhoods.
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  • If you feed birds only in the winter, expand to feeding them in the spring as well. Spring is a crucial time when they need extra food sources.
    • Less of their regular food is available in the spring before seeds, insects, spiders, or caterpillars come out.
    • Some birds arrive from migration needing to build up their energy quickly after a long journey or while their migration is in progress.
    • In the spring breeding season, bird parents need extra food as they search for food for their young as well as themselves during this season.

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  • Create and protect clean bird water sources, from sips and baths in your back yard to wetlands for breeding and migration.
  • Plant native plants to provide the kinds of foods, insects, caterpillars, and spiders, that native birds need.
  • Help birds find cover in your yard with brush, bushes, or trees for  during bad weather and nesting time.
  • Replace part of your lawn with native plants, especially ones that may increase the caterpillar population needed for the baby birds. Use the Audubon search for native plants by zip code to discover  native plants for your area and the birds they attract.
  • Reduce or eliminate using pesticide, herbicide or fertilizer in order to keep birds, your pets, and your family healthier. These products can harm bird reproduction systems as well as kill birds. Pesticides you use to kill insects end up destroying birds’ food. 67 million birds die from pesticide each year. Let birds destroy your garden pests instead of using pesticides that destroy birds. (And compost can be better for your plants than harmful products.)
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  • Reduce use of plastics and advocate reducing the production of plastics. Water birds eat plastics when it looks like food. They may even feed it to their young. Plastic is toxic to birds, causing starvation when they consume enough to feel full but get no nutrition.

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​We love our pets. And one of the best ways to protect feline pets is to keep them safely indoors. This also protects the bird population. Free-roaming cats kill about 2 billion birds a year and have contributed to extinction of some species. Even well-fed cats kill birds, so they do not kill just because they need food.
 
Cat owners, there are some actions you can take to benefit both your pets and the birds outdoors. Bring your cats indoors so that they are not subject to danger from vehicles or other animals, and it will also protect the bird population. Neuter or spay cats. Bring strays to the animal shelter for care and to find good homes. If you are committed to your cat being outside, use a collar with a bell on it to warn birds or tie on a brightly-colored little neckerchief that will show birds their movements nearby. You can love your cat and love the birds.
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Advanced Actions: Learn about and advocate for bird survival
  • Take steps to reduce bird strikes at windows where you work by contacting the people who are make decisions about the building facilities. Advocate that protections be added so that birds can recognize windows to avoid flying into them. You can use links found in the window strike section above to show the kinds of window treatments that save bird lives.
  • Or join a bird conservation group like national Audubon, local Sacajawea Audubon, or Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

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Reduce Your Transportation Carbon Emissions

2/26/2022

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Action of the Month for March
 
Basic Action:
In March, as we begin our season of Lent, our Action of the Month asks you to commit to reducing your transportation carbon footprint by 10%. This is like a tithe to honor God’s creation. The ELCA church’s Social Statement on Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice, asks us to be a community committed to the principles of sufficiency and sustainability. The Statement advocates for an environmental tithe and other measures to limit consumption and reduce waste.
 
Examples below can help you achieve the 10% reduction of your transportation footprint.
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Reduce vehicle engine idling – When your car idles, you are using gasoline to achieve 0 mpg! Idling more than a minute or two uses more gas than starting your car, except in the case of hybrids. Where can you reduce the amount of gasoline waste when you are not moving?
  • Are there times when your car is on and no driver is in it?
  • Is it idling it while someone runs into the store?
  • In the carwash? 
  • Waiting for a train to cross?
  • While dropping off your recycling?
  • Waiting for a friend to come out and join you?

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Drive differently
  • Plan routes where you can safely drive with a maximum speed of 55 mph, preferably while using cruise control if driving outside a city, for this more fuel-efficient speed.
  • Combine errands into a single trip. Or carpool.
  • Use easy starts and stops, a steady driving style, and a follow a pre-planned route.

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Maintain your vehicle to lower your emissions
  • Check your tire inflation monthly and maintain correct tire pressure to improve mileage and safety.
  • Change your oil and air filter when recommended

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Require fewer truck-delivery services
  • Shop locally instead of shipping goods longer distances.
  • Take your name off lists for organizations that send mail to you even though you do not purchase from or donate to them.
  • Change from delivery mail to email lists from the organizations you do use.

Use some electronic communications instead of travel, when possible
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Minimize air travel
The average domestic commercial flight in 2019  emitted 0.39 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalents per passenger mile. How many miles did you fly in 2021? Multiply that by 0.39 to calculate your share of carbon emissions. from flying.
  • Can you fly 10% less this year?
  • If you must fly, can you use a bus or an airport shuttle from the airport to your lodging instead of a rental car?

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Check to see your progress.
Compare your gasoline expenditures or frequency of fill-ups.
  • If you typically save your gasoline receipts each month, you will be able to compare your March expenditures with previous months. You can also track your miles flown and compare those with past miles flown per month.
  • Or can you go more days before filling your vehicle with fuel? If you filled up every 10 days and now can make it to 11 days, that can show a 10% savings.
 
In these days of higher transportation fuel costs, using these methods to save on transportation use can also save you money.

​DID YOU KNOW…
The transportation sector is the largest source of carbon emissions in the U.S. and creates about 1/3 of our annual global warming emissions. It is also a major source of air pollution. Low-income communities of color are especially impacted by living close to major highways, warehouses, airports, and ports where the air pollution is higher. (Source: Sierra Club 2021 Summer Newsletter, “What We Want for the Next Generation” by Michael Brune)
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Advanced action:
Make a big reduction by choosing to reduce dependence on fossil fueled transportation in a big way. If it is time for a shop for a newer car, upgrade to an alternative fuel vehicle—electric or hybrid—or one that has significantly higher miles per gallon fuel efficiency than your previous model.

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Show the Love

1/29/2022

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Action of the Month for February
Basic Action: Express gratitude to others who are also taking steps to care for creation and protect our environment during the time of changing climate.
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For February, the month in which we celebrate Valentine’s Day and Love, our Action of the Month is to contact four (4) either individuals or organizations—business, non-profit, or public sector organizations—and express thanks to them for something they have done as a practice or a policy that helps protect our environment. You can communicate your message through your choice of email, phone call, or written note.
 
Need ideas? Here are a few examples to think about as you consider your choice of recipients: More examples are included when you open the link below.
  • Persons working on local, state, national, or international level environmental policy that reduces or sequesters carbon, reduces plastic pollution, protects wildlife, and/or supports food security
  • Non-profit groups advocating policies or practices that protect the Earth
  • Businesses that have promoted practices that reduce carbon, reduce plastic pollution, protect wildlife, and/or support food security
 
More examples of friends of the environment – click here
 
What are some things you can mention?
  • You can thank them for their commitment and the hope that they inspire in you.
  • You can express your appreciation for their making a difference and ask them to continue their efforts.
  • You can tell them some positive action you took because of their influence.
 
And, after you send your messages to them, please say a prayer to ask blessings on them and their continuing actions.
 
Advanced option: Go ahead and send to additional people or organizations.
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Your feedback about participation in the Action of the Month program Oct-Dec, 2021

12/31/2021

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​If you have been participating in Creation Care’s Action of the Month Program during October, November, and/or December, we would like your feedback about your use of the program. The announcement of the January Action of the Month follows this questionnaire.
 
We are not asking for your name or any identifying information. We are interested in our levels of involvement across our group of participants for these three months. We would like to report back to the congregation the kinds of steps that are being taken by our respondents to care for creation by caring for the Earth.
 
There are five (5) items to answer. For each item, please click any of the checkboxes that show an answer that applies to you. You can check multiple boxes for each item if they apply.
 
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Reduce Your Meat Consumption

12/20/2021

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Action of the Month for January

Basic Action
Choose to eat no meat on at least one day each week.


With drought conditions here in Montana, water conservation is so important. Did you know that It requires 2500 gallons of water and 5 pounds of grain to make one pound of beef? (Source: footnote #1)
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Beef is one of the most water-intensive foods. Shifting away from animal products to a plant-based diet can shrink your water footprint significantly. (Source: https://learn.eartheasy.com/guides/45-ways-to-conserve-water-in-the-home-and-yard/)
 
If residents of the thirty-six countries who are members of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, which includes North America, Europe, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Israel, practiced just one meatless day each week, the world would gain 120 million tons of grain which could be used to feed the hungry this year.” (Source footnote #2) Think of the difference weekly Meatless Mondays (or any other day of the week) could make to feed the hungry.

DID YOU KNOW...

Michael Pollan, well-known author, journalist, and Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism, observed that the average nine ounces of meat eaten per day per American is a significant part of the carbon footprint. While there is a place for meat eating, he says, it’s tinier than what we consume now. He recommends cutting down on meat, even if you do not eliminate it entirely. His opinion is that this change in diet is more important than anything else that you do to tackle climate change—and that we do need more vegetarians than we currently have. (Source footnote #3)

Advanced Action for those already eating meatless one or more days per week

If you already eat meatless one day or more a week and eat eggs and dairy, on one of your weekly meatless days  eat a plant-based diet without eggs or dairy.

Find out more…
tips-about-eating-meatless.pdf Click here
Find out more about meat alternatives, plant-based proteins, and recipes on this tips page.

1  Rogers, Elizabeth, & Kostigen, Thomas, M. (2007). The Green Book, New York: Three Rivers Press. p. 69.
2  Jahren, Hope (2020). The Story of More. Publisher p.50.
3 Ebersole, Rene, (2014). Food Fight. Audubon Magazine, November-December, 2014, p. 61.
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Install and Use a Programmable or WiFi Thermostat

11/30/2021

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Action of the Month for December
 
Basic Action
Installing and using a programmable thermostat properly is one of the easier ways to save energy and money and help fight the global change of climate. It allows pre-programmed settings to regulate the temperature of your residence in both winter and summer. In winter, use one setting when you are home awake. Use a lower one when you are asleep or away from home. U The point of using heat is to keep people comfortable, not empty houses. Set it for colder when you will be sleep or away from home for 8 hours or more.
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A WiFi thermostat, sometimes referred to as a Smart thermostat, can be used as part of a home automation feature to control heating, ventilation, and air conditioning in a home.

If you shop for a programmable or WiFi thermostat, look for a model with the EnergyStar label. You can view a video about choosing an EnergyStar thermostat ahead of your purchase.
 
If you are a qualified Montana NorthWestern Energy residential customer, you can look for either electric or natural gas rebates for a programmable or Wi-Fi thermostat. Learn about their rebate programs for these thermostats, and download their forms from the above link to apply.
 
After installing your programmable or WiFi thermostat, experiment to find your best minimal heating needs for when you are home awake and for when you are home asleep. You can start your experimental settings with 68 degrees during the day and 55 degrees at night. If you want, you can try moving it up or down from there. Many people set their heat to 55 degrees at night programming their thermostat 10 to 15 degrees lower for the eight sleeping hours.
 
If you use more than one thermostat in your home because you have heating or cooling zones, you will need a programmable thermostat for each zone. Your advantage is that you may be able to significantly reduce heating or cooling to zones that are not currently in use—for example, the kids’ bedrooms when they are away at college or a guest area not in use.
 
Switching from a traditional thermostat to a programmable or WiFi thermostat can leave you with the warm feeling of knowing you are reducing greenhouse gas emissions and taking a part in improving the environment for generations to come. 

Tips-for-programmable-thermostats.pdf

Advanced Actions for those already using a programmable or WiFi thermostat:
If you are running your sleep setting and/or away-from-home thermostat setting at 57 degrees or higher, try lowering your thermostat settings in the winter by at least 2 degrees lower than you used before. Check out the tips at the link above, too.
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Help a friend install a programmable thermostat.
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Make Your November/December Holidays More Environmentally-Friendly

10/28/2021

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Action of the Month for November

Between Thanksgiving to New Year’s, household waste typically increases by over 25%. This includes food and items used to serve and eat with, gift packaging, decorations, and more.
 
It’s time to start preparing for the holidays. For this month’s action, look through the list of the six Basic Action categories below and select one to work on this month.
 
Basic Action Categories--Choose one with some items that are new for you

Saving Energy
  • Switch your inside and outside holiday lights to Energy Star rated LEDs. Use a timer to run outside Christmas lights in early evening, not overnight.
    If you are a NorthWestern Energy residential customer, check out their rebates on LED strings of holiday lights and on timers. Download their form before you go shopping so you know what to look for.
  • Purchase gifts from local sources to save the need for longer transportation to reach you.
  • Combine multiple errands into a single trip.
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Shipping
  • If you receive shipments packed with air packets or bubble wrap, take those materials to a nearby shipping service and donate them for reuse.
  • Rather than buy new boxes for shipping, are you storing any you can reuse?
  • If you receive cardboard boxes you will not reuse, break them down and recycle the cardboard in your curbside recycle bin or county recycle bins.
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Holiday gatherings
  • When entertaining guests, buy only the amount of food needed for the event. At holiday gatherings, put the amount of food on your plate that you will eat and finish it.
  • Plan to use washable dishes, glasses, and utensils instead of disposables. Use washable cloth napkins instead of paper napkins.
  • Package some leftovers for guests to take home or encourage your guests to bring along their reusable containers to fill and take home after the event. No dishes to return!
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Gifts of service
We hear about shortages of items for sale or difficulties in finding some products this holiday season. Giving gifts of service bypasses difficult shopping for you and brings smiles to the faces of those to whom you provide your service. Examples of possible services:
  • Babysit or tutor a child/children
  • Offer to weatherize someone’s doors or windows.
  • Run a number of errands
  • Offer to do mending or alterations
  • Cook and deliver a meal after the holidays are over
  • Be the tech helper to assist someone to use smart phone technology to get a free NorthWestern EnergyCheck virtually with one of their energy specialists to learn ways they can save on their utility costs. Or offer to help with other tech tasks.
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Gifts of "stuff"--buy less, buy local, buy "green"
  • Consider giving gifts of something handmade or a great second-hand find like books, toys, puzzles, or games from a thrift shop.
  • Think about gifts that provide the recipient a class, tickets to an event, an admission to a museum, a restaurant certificate, or a donation to her or  his favorite charity.
  • When you shop for gifts, look for high quality reusable items that last instead of ones quickly thrown away.
  • Come up with environmentally-friendly and creative ways to wrap gifts, such as in a set of cloth napkins or placemats; in a scarf; in a lunch box; in a cereal box; in Sunday newspaper comic pages; in a basket, or, best of all, in Hope Creation Care holiday-colored reusable bags as gift bags that can be used again and again by recipients each time they go shopping.
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​Freeing up space: Find good homes for good items you no longer will use
  • Have fun with a gift exchange of homemade products, used games, or used books.
  • What you are still storing but no longer use? Is it in a good enough condition that others could want to use it? It’s a good time to pass along new or gently used items to thrift stores or groups that can use them.
  • Can older electronic items be recycled?
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Advanced Action:
​Some sustainable holiday ideas found here came from Gallatin County’s Reducing Holiday Waste webpage. You can see more there about cards, gifts, wrapping, and recycling Christmas trees and use their ideas as  advanced action for November.
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Your feedback about participation in the Action of the Month program July-September, 2021

9/30/2021

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    If you have been participating in Creation Care's Action of the Month Program during July, August, and/or September, we would like your feedback about your use of the program. The announcement of the October Action of the Month follows this questionnaire.

    We are not asking for your name or identifying information. We are interested in levels of involvement across our group of participants for those three months. We would like to report back to the congregation the kinds of steps that are being taken by our respondents to care for creation by caring for the Earth.

    There are five (5) items to answer. For each item, please click any of the checkboxes that show an answer that applies to you. You can check multiple boxes for one item.

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    Part of our spiritual calling for personal discipleship at home and work is to care for creation. Because the  quantity of actions this implies can seem overwhelming, our Action of the Month Program provides one action to take each month. At the end of the month, you have a new habit. And if you find the basic action is something you already do, or if you find it not appropriate to your situation, or if you simply want to be a high-achiever, you can also find an advanced option to use as your alternative.

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