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    What Is a Climate Change Action Plan? A local climate change action plan lays out specific policy proposals or planning processes, including institutional and policy structures, that a local government will use to develop and implement a climate change mitigation strategy. A climate action plan...
    Handout | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Computer with Internet access Preparation for Activity Preview the two-minute video of Green Belt movement founder and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Wangari Maathai telling a story about a hummingbird....
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Newsprint, markers, and tape Handout 2, Song - What Can We Do Optional: Let Your Heart Sing: joyous songs for UU congregational singing, produced by Joyce Poley and Frank Henning, 1991....
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 1, Leader Resource 2, Guided Imagery - Among the Trees Preparation for Activity Practice reading the guided imagery so that you will be comfortable leading it. Description of Activity Invite participants to make themselves comfortable and...
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 1, Leader Resource 1, Rise Up for Trees / Team Up for Trees Preparation for Activity Choose one version of the ice-breaker (Rise Up or Team Up) to use for this workshop. Description of Activity Once you've introduced both versions of this...
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Meet with your co-leader after the workshop to reflect on the following: How was the mix of discussion and action? In the midst of the busy-ness, did you successfully include spiritual elements? How well did the activities include everyone? Were the activities appropriate for the ages of your...
    July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Chalice, candle, and lighter or LED/battery-operated candle Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice lighting words and "Our Covenant" from the previous workshop Preparation for Activity Select an area where the group can comfortably sit in a circle....
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Find a place where you can be quiet with your thoughts. Close your eyes and breathe deeply for several minutes, perhaps repeating a word or phrase to separate yourself from the activities of the day. When you feel settled and relaxed, ask yourself: What can I do to support and protect trees? What...
    July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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    Materials for Activity Cloth for altar or centering table Leaf name tags from the previous workshop, plus a few blank extras, and markers Basket for name tags Preparation for Activity Place the cloth and chalice on the altar or centering table. Set the name tags in the basket with a marker nearby.
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity Minutes Welcoming and Entering Opening 5 Activity 1: Rise Up for Trees / Team Up for Trees 5 Activity 2: Guided Imagery — Among the Trees 5 Activity 3: Story — Visual Essay 15 Activity 4: What Can One Person Do? 25 Faith in Action: Choosing a Project 60 Closing 5 Alternate Activity 1:...
    July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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    I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Perhaps, unless the billboards fall, I'll never see a tree at all. — Ogden Nash, American poet, "Song of the Open Road" (1933) This workshop briefly addresses the peril of global climate change with a focus on the progress that can be...
    July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees
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    Objects That Symbolize Benefits to Human, Wildlife, and the Planet Small cereal box (or other food container): Trees provide food for wildlife and humans Fan: Trees cool the air Umbrella: Trees provide shade from the sun Coffee filter: Tree roots filter out pollutants from rain and runoff Aspirin...
    Leader Resource | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Oh let the rain feed the thirsty ground Sing me the song of life you sing Such a beautiful sound. (repeat) Additional Parts Rain come down, rain come down The understory, the understory On the ground level, the ground level Canopy, canopy Emergent! Emergent!...
    Handout | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Trout Are Made of Trees by April Pulley Sayre, text copyright 2008. Used with permission by Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.Read the story dramatically and have fun with the sound effects! Trout are made of trees. In fall, trees let go of leaves, which swirl and twirl and slip into streams....
    Story | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
    Tagged as: 7th Principle (Interconnected Web), Animals, Balance, Choice, Climate Change, Climate Justice, Connections, Culture, Earth, Earth-Centered, Ethics, Hope, Humanism, Interdependence
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    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Handout 1, The Rainforest Song Optional: The Earth and Spirit Songbook and/or the CD Sailing with the Moon from the Jim Scott website Optional: A computer with Internet access Optional: Rhythm instruments, such as maracas, wood blocks, egg shakers,...
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity time: 10 minutes Materials for Activity Story, "Trout Are Made of Trees" Preparation for Activity Read the story a few times so you will be comfortable delivering it. Review the discussion questions in the activity, and add some of your own if desired. Description of Activity Invite the...
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity time: 15 minutes Materials for Activity Leader Resource 1, Helping Tree Metaphors Selection of objects (or pictures of objects) listed on Leader Resource 1, four or five of each Four or five small bags or baskets Preparation for Activity Plan how you will form four or five small groups.
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 1, Leader Resource 1, Rise Up for Trees / Team Up for Trees Preparation for Activity Choose one version of the ice-breaker (Rise Up or Team Up) to use for this workshop. Description of Activity Once you've introduced both versions of this...
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
  • image of various quilt patterns with text overlay that reads "Tapestry of Faith Circle of Trees"
    Activity time: 5 minutes Materials for Activity Workshop 1, Leader Resource 2, Guided Imagery - Among the Trees Preparation for Activity Practice reading the guided imagery so that you will be comfortable leading it. Description of Activity Invite participants to make themselves comfortable and...
    Activity | July 3, 2013 | For Multigenerational | From Circle of Trees
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    Meet with your co-leader after the workshop to reflect on the following: How was the mix of discussion and action? In the midst of the busy-ness, did you successfully include spiritual elements? How well did the activities include everyone? Were the activities appropriate for the ages of your...
    July 3, 2013 | From Circle of Trees