Green Building Stories
Hundreds of congregations across the country have taken steps to "green" their congregation--from purchasing organic, fair trade coffee to installing energy efficient lighting to using conservation landscaping. Learn more about how congregations are taking action.
- Plantation Baptist Church in FL is the first house of worship to be awarded EPA's Energy Star Label. Click here to view their profile.
- Central Baptist Church in Wayne, PA has installed 48 solar panels on their Church proff to reduce their Carbon footprint.. Click here to read their story.
- York Center Church of the Brethren
- Papago Church of the Brethren makes Creation care a congregational priority. Click here to see their Creation Care Website. Click here for details on their green building.
- St. Albans Episcopal Church in Washington, DC blesses their new solar panels. Click here to read their story. To read an account from the rector, the Rev. Scott Benhase, that appeared in the Post, click here.
- All Saints Episcopal Church in Brookline, Mass - Click here to read about their statements and actions regarding the millennium development goals.
- Bishop's Ranch Retreat and Conference Center
- Our Savior Episcopal Church
- Episcopal sisters of the Community of the Holy Spirit are taking a giant step in their decade-long journey to weave ecological concerns into their daily ministry. Click here to read the NY Times article.
- St. Pauls Church in Walnut Creek, CA develops a plan to finance solar panels that pays off! Click here to read more.
- Friends Committee on National Legislation has recently renovated their D.C. office and made the first Green Building on Capitol Hill!
- Sidwell Friends School, Washington, DC builds green
- First Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee, FL has installed solar panels and has save enough energy to power one home for one year! click here to learn how.
- St. Mark Presbyterian Church is named the Audobon Societies Greenest Congregation.
- Covenant Community Church takes Small Steps toward Big Savings!
- First Church of Christ in Mansfield
- Umstead Park United Church of Christ has become the first church in the Southeast to achieve Gold level certification for its building under the national LEED program.
- United Methodists are going green! To read about congregations in California, Massachusetts, and Virginia who are answering God's call to be caretakers of Creation by building green, speaking out for climate justice, and participating in a "Green Church Initiative click here.
- United Methodist Church of Santa Cruz builds green.
- EarthCare of First United Methodist Church in San Diego
- Faith United Methodist Church, Champaign, IL
- The Rock United Methodist Chruch, Cedar Park, TX
- York-Ogunquit United Methodist Church in Maine is going green. Click here to read more.
- Unitarian Universalist Church West has installed Brookfield’s first solar-electric generating system. Click here for more details of the system!
- Wisconsin Interfaith IMPACT: Church Stewardship Project
- Adat Shalom in Bethesda, MD
- American Jewish Committee has launched a “Green Building” initiative to explore how to achieve LEED certification for their New York headquarters, which would make AJC the first non-profit agency in New York to achieve LEED status.