GENESIS COVENANT

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GENESIS COVENANT

• 2009 Diocesan Convention
• Bishops Committee of the Environment

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The Genesis Covenant

• A Shared Vision  That All Faith Communities In
  The United States Can Work Together To Halt
  Global Climate Change
• A Shared Response The global climate crisis must
  bring out the best in all our religious
  traditions
• A Shared Action Each Community Makes A Public
  Commitment To Reduce The Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  From Every Facility It Maintains By A Minimum Of
  50 In Ten Years.
• A Shared Community Create Opportunities For
  Dialogue And Action

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The Genesis Covenant Task Force

• The Episcopal Church seeks to enter into a
  covenant relationship with its churches known as
  the Genesis Covenant (GC) a covenant to reduce
  its carbon footprint by 50 over the next ten
  years beginning in 2009.
• The Genesis Covenant Task Force (GCTF) is charged
  with the responsibility to determine how to
  implement the GC throughout the Diocese of
  Olympia and to develop a model for that can be
  used by each church to implement the GC.

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Pilot Program

• 5 Churches Participated Calculating Carbon
  Footprint
• St Marks Cathedral Seattle
• St Andrews Seattle
• St James Kent
• Grace Church Bainbridge Island
• Church of the Holy Spirit Vashon Island

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Reduce Carbon Footprint

• Genesis Covenant Emphasis
• Energy Usage
• Electric
• Gas
• Oil

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Reduce Carbon Footprint

• Other Ways Not Included in GC
• Transportation
• Waste
• Water

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CARBON CALCULATORS

• Seattle Climate Partnership
• http//www.seattle.gov/climate/partnership.htm
• Interfaith Power and Light
• http//earthministry.org/programs/waipl
• Energy Star
• www.energystar.gov/congregations

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Stay Tuned for More to Come

• Complete Findings from the GCTF
• How to Go Green Manual
• Spring 2010 Workshops