Green Sacred Spaces Awards 2013 on World Food Day

Upcoming Event: Which Planet Do you Live On?

Labyrinths: Mediation Gardens

 We have begun to explore the possibilities of creating labyrinth gardens with Martyn Kendrick who happens to be a local Hamilton artist interested in working with your faith community or secular groups to build these within our city.
Kendrick is a member of Culture of Peace Hamilton and is available to meet with you to discuss opportunities.

Opportunities for your faith group

Get to Worship Without Your Car Challenge

Win Prizes!!

Traveling green is an important way we can be stewards of our planet.
 

Over the weekend of September 20th, 21st and 22nd, Greening Sacred Spaces Hamilton invites people of all faiths to travel to worship that Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on foot, by bike, by public transit or carpool. Your faith group will be competing against other Hamilton faith groups for a chance to win prizes (TBA).The groups with the highest percentage of participants get the prizes.

Register your place of worship to participate and promote active transportation by emailing Beatrice at bekoko@faith-commongood.net or by calling Environment Hamilton at 905 549 0900. Once you register participants from your group can join your team.  Be part of the fun while promoting active transportation.

Let’s celebrate 'a greener way to worship' together!

 

Challenge requirement-We will need to know the number of people who attended the service and the number of people who took the challenge in order to calculate a percentage.

Free:'Do the Math' Screenings 

 Host your own DO the Math Screening.
The movie tells the story of the rising movement to change the terrifying math of the climate crisis and fight the fossil fuel industry.
Watch the Trailer. Ready to start a campaign?

The divestment from fossil fuel campaign is up and running at many University and Colleges across North America, including McMaster and Mohawk. Several religious institutions and municipalities have already divested their funds from these rogue industries. We're welcoming Hamilton religious institutions and other organizations to join us.  Do the Math, and an excellent introduction of why divestment is so important. We will work with your group to organize a free screening. If you are interested or have any questions please contact elysia@gofossilfree.ca. 

McMaster Centre for Climate Change: Get your project on the map!

Climate change is a global problem but to understand it we need to start locally. Here in Hamilton, people across the city are taking action against climate change in creative ways and we want to know about it.  
Some people are noticing the impacts of climate change and we want to know about that too.  Help us put climate change on the map by participating in LEARN-CC. 


What is LEARN-CC?

LEARN-CC (the Local Education and Action Resource Network on Climate Change) is a tool that allows members of the Hamilton community to report actions they are taking to help limit climate change as 
well the local impacts of climate change that they have noticed.  To add your project visit:

http://www.mapclimatechange.ca

Meditation workshop: June 17th, 2013

Here we are: all learning about quietening our chattering minds!

Unfiltered Facts Kids meditate before exams.

Do the Meditation.

Still that chattering mind.

INTRODUCTION TO MEDITATION Workshop.

It will introduce participants to both the philosophy and practice of mediation.
The workshop includes on overview of the history of mediation. Participants are led through two meditation 'sits'.

Monday, June 17th.
7pm-8.30pm.
Environment Hamilton office - 22 Wilson Street in the Sonic Unyon Records building.

Instructor is Kelly Hilton of KSH Meditation.

This event is  hosted by Greening Sacred Spaces and Environment Hamilton and is free for EH members.
$8 for non-members.

Space is limited.
To RSVP, contact Beatrice at bekoko@environmenthamilton.org

Please bring your own pillow or mat.

Powerful! Energy for Everyone: Screenings

Ngen Youth learning about jobs in the renewable energy sector with Ivan Sverko (Mohawk College).

Thanks to both the Laidlaw United Church (May 1) and New Generation Youth Centre (May 24th) for hosting HARE and Greening Sacred Spaces and the movie, Powerful: Energy for Everyone! We hope everyone who came to the event enjoyed themselves and learned a bit more about renewable energy!