Once you’ve solved your buying, storing, and creative use issues with food waste, you still have to deal with…kitchen scraps aka food waste. There are several ways to dispose of your kitchen scraps in a climate-friendly manner and keep it out of the landfill where it generates methane gas. You can use the services provided […]
Our October Challenge is: Reduce Food Waste!
“Just Eat It.” is a 2014 documentary film about food waste from the farm, through the retail chain, and into the refrigerator. A couple in Canada pledge to quit grocery shopping and to live for 6 months on food that is discarded or given free. The hour-long film highlights the responsibilities consumers have if they […]
Our October Challenge is: Reduce Food Waste!
Consider the following: Globally, about 8% of greenhouse gases are from food that is wasted. In the US, food waste creates more greenhouse gases than the airline industry. One-third of the food grown for people in the US is never consumed. 37% of the food waste happens in the home – that comes to about […]
Stewardship Drive
Thankful to be Together is the theme of our Stewardship Drive this Fall. It is wonderful to provide stewardship pathways for people to support OUUC because we are grateful for all that OUUC does for our lives. We want to sustain OUUC through our generous pledges of support. Our congregation is certainly worthy of our […]
New Skills & Interests Survey to Foster Stewardship
It’s no coincidence that OUUC’s Leadership Development Team is rolling out a new survey of the congregation’s skills and interests at the beginning of this fall’s Stewardship drive. Stewardship at OUUC takes many forms, from financial contributions to engaging in the “work” of the church and its programs; it really does take a village to […]
