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2 Add a new dimension to your stewardship program Congregants: Pledge energy efficiency Save money Prevent global warming pollution. How?: Calculate their carbon footprint. Find ways to reduce it. Pledge to carry out their chosen reductions

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6 Care for Creation Theological Statement “The earth is the Lord’s and everything therein.” Creation is God’s gift to us – the gift of good land, good water, good air – and we are placed in the garden to tend and care for the earth as God’s stewards, as earthkeepers. We keep the faith in part by keeping the earth, by conserving it in good health for future generations, exercising restraint for the sake of others yet to come, repairing and restoring what has come undone out of love for the Creator and compassion for others. Rev. Benjamin Webb St. Luke's Episcopal Church Cedar Falls, Iowa

7 Cool Congregations Workshop Religious communities have aided social change in the past Abolition of slavery Civil rights Women's right to vote Endangered Species Act We can do it again…

8 Cool Congregations Workshop What is a Carbon Footprint?

9 Cool Congregations Workshop PREPARE LEADERSHIP TEAM Existing Committees 3,4 or more team members Faith leader Lay governing board Guinea pig Calculate team leaders and guinea pig

10 Cool Congregations Workshop Small Group Meeting #1 Agenda Explain: Program Role of CC Team Leader Role of participants Series of meetings How to gather details

11 U.S. Emissions GtC 2.6 Electricity end-use efficiency Other end-use efficiency Passenger vehicle efficiency Other transport efficiency Renewables CCS and Supply efficiency After Pacala and Socolow, 2004; ARI CarBen3 Spreadsheet Carbon Capture and Storage

12 BE A COOL CONGREGATION! Pledge Actions Talk to your faith leader Recruit three helpers Join IIP&L

13 Cool Congregations Workshop Resource CD A. Educate Congregation B. Invite Congregation to Join CC C. Meeting Agendas D. Calculation Tools E. Ongoing Education

14 Cool Congregations Workshop Carbon Footprint Why are our feet so big? Autos Flights Electricity Gas, or…(gas, oil or propane) Garbage

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16 Ann’s Family Total carbon footprint 79,833 pounds CO2

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19 25 Simple Steps Under $25 LIGHTING Buy compact fluorescent light bulbs for your most- used lights. $2/bulb 180 pounds each/yr Turn off unneeded lights 380 pounds/yr

20 25 Simple Steps Under $25 HOME APPLIANCES Line dry clothes in summer: 780 pounds CO2/yr Line dry all year: 1400 pounds One less load/wk in dryer: 200 pounds/yr

21 Cool Congregations Workshop 25 Simple Steps Under $25 Home Heating and Cooling Ask your utility company for a home energy audit to find out where your home is poorly insulated or energy- inefficient. CO2 reduction: Potentially, thousands of pounds a year. Don't overheat or overcool rooms. Adjust your thermostat (lower in winter, higher in summer) CO2 reduction (for each 2-degree adjustment): 500 pounds a year.

22 Cool Congregations Workshop 25 Simple Steps Under $25 Water Wash clothes in warm or cold water, not hot. CO2 reduction (for two loads a week): 500 pounds a year.

23 Cool Congregations Workshop ANN’S ENERGY USE Electricity - 17% decrease! Gas - 15% decrease!

24 Cool Congregations Workshop ANN’S CO2 REDUCTIONS 7.9 % Electric % Gas = 9.2 %

25 ANN’S FINANCIAL SAVINGS Spent $12 Saved $100/month!

26 Cool Congregations Workshop The CO2 emissions coming just from the electricity in Kate Dunning's home used to total 20,000 pounds. She changed 75% of her bulbs to compact fluorescent in August ‘06 Has seen a 50% reduction in her electricity use on her utility bill Will save nearly 10,000 pounds of CO2 this year alone, just from switching bulbs Initial investment = just under $200 Reached payback after 4 months Annual savings will be $600.

27 Cool Congregations Workshop The Power of 10% St. Luke’s 35 families = 18 cars off the roads Every Iowa household = 604,000 cars

28 Environmental Stewardship Committees The Earthlings Cool People Team Green Team Power Lite Team

29 Strong Points  Training workshops  Host site structure o  Resource CD  Calculator very specific  Environmental stewardship committees  IP&L memberships

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