Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto

Make Your Pledge To The Planet!

There are so many ways we can make a real difference. Some things you might choose to do:

• Find a church friend from your neighborhood and carpool to church once a month
• Switch to public transportation, biking or walking to get to your work or school or appointments once a week
• Share a subscription with a friend instead of buying one each
• Buy a battery recharger and rechargeable batteries
• Print on both sides of the paper
• Switch to Palo Alto Green
• Eat lower in the food chain: choose vegetables in place of meat once a week
• Line-dry one load of laundry per week instead of using the dryer (mmm… smells great!)

There will be paper leaves on the board with these and lots of other suggestions, or you can write one of your own. Add the leaf, with your name, to the tree, and then when you’ve fulfilled your pledge, come put a “We did it!” flower on your leaf.

As we add promises, the tree will burst into leaf, and as we fulfill them, the tree will blossom! And so will our planet. – Amy

10 Things You Can Do

Living Locally: A Resource Guide
Supporting local businesses and eating locally-grown foods

Carbon Footprint Calculators

Green Education

http://www.cool-it.us/ The Cool It! Campaign gives you an easy and affordable way to reduce the environmental impact from your daily activities through clean, renewable energy.

City of Palo Alto Utilities: Tips for Winter Energy Use

City of Palo Alto: Plan to combat Global Warming