1. P R E S E N T E R S :
S T A C E Y K E N N E A L Y
R E V . F L E T C H E R H A R P E R
S U E & P H I L H O C H
E L I Z A B E T H B E G L E Y
The GreenFaith Certification
Program

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3. On Today’s Agenda
 Welcome and introductions
 Who is GreenFaith?
 What is Certification and why?
 Program requirements and
resources
 The stories of Church of the
Presentation & Temple Sharey
Tefilo-Israel
 Questions

4. Welcome!
GreenFaith’s Executive Director
Rev. Fletcher Harper
Certification Program Director
Stacey Kennealy

5. Getting to Know GreenFaith
• 20+ years experience
• Interfaith & serving all types of
faith-based institutions
• One-stop-shop
• Programs, resource center, coaching
www.greenfaith.org

6. What is the Certification Program?
 2 year leadership
program
 Roadmap & structure
for religious-
environmental leadership

7. Why Should You Consider Certification?
 Support and Guidance: One-on-one coaching, a library
of resources, free webinars, an engaged community
 Savings: $6,000 to $50,000, and everything in
between
 Creating a culture of ‘green’: "This initiative has truly
become part of our Temple community DNA."
Sue and Phil Hoch, Green Team Leaders, Temple Sharey Tefilo-Israel
 Achieving More: “The possibilities for collaboration and
inspiration make GreenFaith an essential partner.”
Mark Niederman, Green Team Leader, Temple Beth Rishon

8. What’s Required of Participants:
Holistic Actions
 Greening consumption is important, but not enough.
 The Certification Program does more:
 Process steps
 Spirit
 Stewardship
 Justice
 Communications

9. What’s Required of Participants:
Process Steps
 Mission Statement
 Audits
 Action Plan
 Communications Plan
 Progress report every 6 months

10. What’s Required of Participants: Spirit
Worship
 3 eco-themed worship services per year
Religious Education
 3 classes per year for adults
 3 classes per year for teenagers
 3 classes per year for children
 Intro education for ordained leader (webinar counts)
Spirituality
 Encouragement from ordained leader to spend time
outdoors
 One interfaith religious-environmental activity per year
 One intergenerational program per year

11. Worship Examples

12. Religious Education Examples

13. Spirituality Examples

14. What’s Required of Participants:
Stewardship
 Energy
 Transportation
 Food
 Water
 Waste
 Toxics
 Grounds
Maintenance
Guidelines: Must
choose from all 7
areas, both action
and education, 25
initiatives in total
* Credit provided for some past
action steps

15. Stewardship Examples-Action

16. Stewardship Examples-Education

17. What’s Required of Participants: Justice
Environmental Justice Education
 3 education programs over the two years
Building Relationships with EJ Leaders
 At least 1 meeting per year with an EJ leader
Advocating for EJ
 Participation in 1 regional EJ issue per year
 Participation in 1 international EJ issue per year

18. Justice Examples
“Because we were working on
the EJ requirement for the
GreenFaith Certification
Program, we recognized the
need for a community forum to
openly discuss concerns around
the proposed Keystone XL
pipeline, and to highlight why
many of us in the faith
community care about its
potential effects. ‘Pipeline and
Pie’ will be held shortly before
the State Department comes out
to hear Nebraskans testify about
the proposed pipeline.”
-Deacon Betsy Bennet, St. Stephen’s
Episcopal Church in Nebraska

19. What’s Required of Participants:
Communications
Internal Communications
 Eco-tips in newsletter
 Eco-theological reflections in
newsletter
 4 newsletter articles per year
External Communications
 List of local & regional media contacts
 4 press releases per year

20. Resources Provided
 Over 200 Catalogued Resources in
Password-Protected Website
 Webinars
 Getting Started, Biblical and Theological
Foundations, Spirit, Stewardship, Justice,
Sharing our Stories
 Virtual Community—Facebook & One-on-
one
 E-mail and Telephone Support from
GreenFaith Mentors & Staff

21. Application Requirements
 Formation of Green Team
 Green Team Commitment Form
 Governing Board Resolution
 Public Spoken and Written Commitment by
Ordained Leader
 Application Form
Next application deadline: May 1st.
 Application available at:
http://greenfaith.org/programs/certification

22. Fee Structure
Budget Size Regular
Tuition Fee
Tuition Fee:
50% Assistance
$500,000 or less $750 $375
$500,000 to $1
million
$1500 $750
$1 million and
up
$2000 $1000
Episcopal churches: Only 3 left @ 50% Presbyterian Churches: 10 @ 50%
Franciscan Catholic parishes: 4 @ 50%
Conservative synagogues: 4/year @ 50%
Reconstructionist synagogues: 3/year @ 50%
Reform synagogues: 1 full tuition subsidy left
ELCA congregations: 20 @ 50%
Hindu temples: 5 @ 50%
**Money-back guarantee, if
certain steps followed

23. Questions & Reminders
 Application available at:
http://greenfaith.org/programs/certification
 Questions? Contact Stacey at skennealy@greenfaith.org