GREEN SANCTUARY COMMITTEE
As part of our church's mission to work for environmental justice, TUUC has been accredited as a Green Sanctuary since 2009. The Green Sanctuary Committee focuses on opportunities to educate the congregation and community on environmental issues and recommends environmentally sound practices and responsible stewardship of the TUUC building and grounds. We sell fair trade coffee monthly to support small farmers and the use of fair-trade coffee at our Sunday coffee hours. We continue to cultivate our environmental justice partnership with Amazing Grace Church in East Baltimore, where we focus on food justice and creating an urban oasis by working in the food garden and helping to maintain the labyrinth and rain gardens. Come join us!
GREEN SANCTUARY GREEN TIPS
Did you miss any Green Tips from previous issues of The Threshold? Would you like to access any of those previous tips? Now it is possible! Click on the links below:
Go Native! Information on Maryland Native Plants, Invasive Plants, and an Effective & Environmental Way to Control Mosquitos - April 2024
This 2-page brochure (link below) will give you websites to let you access:
The booklet "Native Plants for Wildlife Habitat and Conservation Landscaping,"
It contains information about native plants, including photos of the plants and descriptions of their preferred growing conditions in your yard.
The booklet "Mistaken Identity? Invasive Plants and their Native Look-Alikes,"
It can help you identify plants that are invasive in Maryland and includes photos and descriptions of native plants to replace the invasives.
You can find suppliers who sell native plants.
A "recipe" for an effective mosquito control "brew" (you can easily do this yourself!)
Be sure to check out the second page which gives the "recipe" for a quick, inexpensive, easy, and environmental way to control the mosquitos in your yard. It does not harm other insects or larger animals and does not spread pesticides on your yard. You will want to try this one!
Information on Maryland Native Plants and Where to Get Them - April 2024
Junk Mail/Recycling Options
Are you tired of receiving junk mail and catalogs that you do not use? Does it seem wasteful to just toss it in the recycling bin? You can remove your name from those lists, save trees, and save energy.
Use dmachoice.org to remove your address from direct mail lists.
Opt out of catalog mailings with catalogchoice.org.
Use optoutprescreen.com to stop insurance and credit card offers.
Opt out of Valpak mailings here: bit.ly/1Lf7YxG.
In this time of the COVID virus, many of us have used the extra time around the house to sort through things and clean out items that are just taking up space. However, finding a place to donate them can be difficult. Baltimore County has just put out a booklet listing all sorts of charities, the items they accept, and how those items are used. This is a gem! Your old things get recycled and become someone else’s treasures. However, call or check the websites to make sure the charity is accepting donations at this time.