Youth and Sustainability

Your youth group contains highly valued young minds, and the hot question of the day is: How do we get them involved? 

We are hosting a brainstorming session focused on engaging youth in activities, groups, and have them become more sustainably conscious.  These activities include community gardens, eco-justice teams, and in sustainable minded youth groups within faith communities.  How can we bring these concerns to our youth in an appealing way, and help our youth become leaders so our community initiatives can grow and flourish under their own hands.

Please join us as we discuss these questions and brainstorm ideas to improve our youth resources and initiatives within our city and programs.

It will be held  on Monday June 25th at 1pm

Bethany Gospel Chapel

155 Gage Ave North in Hamilton.

Youth speaks out for the fate of our precious humanity and our planet Earth

The Renewable Energy Summit

GSS was very excited to see the great turnout at the Renewable Energy Summit this past Sunday at the RBG.  Its wonderful to see how interested people are about Community Energy Co-operatives.  Here are some pictures from the event.  

Green Sacred Spaces Awards 2012

May 28th, 2012 Melrose United Church, Hamilton.

Melrose United Church earned a Green Sacred Spaces Award of Excellence for their work in conducting an energy audit, retrofitting with energy efficient compact fluorescent lighting, upgrading weatherstripping, and initiating a rooftop solar panel project.

Congregants are encouraged to take environmental messages home through weekly e-bulletins and e-newsletters. Melrose United Church partners with various environmental organizations.

Grace Lutheran was honoured with a Green Sacred Spaces Award of Excellence for their work hosting the Good Food Box program, growing a community garden, planting fruit trees, naturalization of the property and hosting a wonderful food fair featuring over 10 local food initiatives.

Grace Lutheran has completed an energy audit, basic retrofitting and upgrading of boiler and is exploring the possibility of going solar. Congregants are encouraged to take environmental messages home through weekly e-bulletins and e-newsletters. Grace Lutheran Church partners with various environmental organizations and the Victory Gardens Hamilton group.