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Green Sanctuary Group

Beverly Unitarian Church is a certified Green Sanctuary - certified by the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth (formerly the Seventh Principle Project).   The purpose of the Green Sanctuary Group is to educate, inspire, organize and support congregational and personal practices that honor and sustain our planet Earth.  

Recent News: 

Household Hazardous Waste Collection:  Saturday, November 5, 2011              8:30am to 10:00am    See below

RE-CYCLING YOUR BICYCLE COLLECTION: 

Mark your Calendar for the Re-Cycling Event in BUC Parking Lot, Saturday September 17, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Bring those old bikes lying around your storage areas and we’ll put them to good use. The bikes will be donated to Blackstone Bikes, a project of the Experimental Station. At Blackstone Bikes, boys and girls from Chicago’s South Side learn   mechanical skills, job skills, and business literacy. They are also given an opportunity to earn their own refurbished bike. You can find out more about this unique project at http://www. experimentalstation.org/blackstone-bike.  

We offer Metropolis Coffee for sale, a direct trade/fair trade coffee enjoyed in many restaurants and cafes on Chicago's north side.  We all agreed Metropolis offers a superior product in taste and will be served during coffee hour. Metropolis fully meets our commitment to sustainable farming, coffee grower economics and local business support.  A 1-pound bag costs $13, available in a variety of flavors, and is for sale at coffee service following Sunday worship. 

Meetings: We meet every two months at the Beverly Unitarian Church.  Our next meeting is Saturday, August 6, following the HHW collection. The Green Sanctuary Group welcomes new members and encourages any form of participation!  For more information about the Green Sanctuary Group contact Fran Sowa at 708-423-6392 or  

Worship:   In coordination with the Worship Committee, our Group sponsors two or three worship services celebrating a spiritual connection with the Earth and inspiring us toward better stewardship practices.

Education:   We will continue to offer Forums and other events, and provide educational literature that encourages better stewardship of the Earth.  We also funded three TreeKeeper scholarships for inner city adults to be educated on the care of trees in their communities.

Environmental Justice:   We sell organic Fair Trade coffee at church and other venues, and donate coffee for use during the Sunday coffee hour.   We also continue to support local initiatives to reduce pollution and support environmental legislation, in cooperation with the Environmental Taskforce of the Unitarian Universalists For Social Justice.

Sustainable Living:   We encourage good energy conservation and recycling practices on church property and in the community.  In 2011 our Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Collection will be held on the first Saturdays of April, August and November.   See below for more detailed information.

The Green Sanctuary Group is the proud sponsor of an electric vehicle rapid recharging station, located in our church's parking lot. Electric vehicles can recharge free of charge.

Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Collection

The Green Sanctuary Group accepts household hazardous waste, including computer and electronics waste. Waste will be accepted on the first Saturday of April, August and November in 2011,  from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the church parking lot. Household Hazardous Waste and non-computer electronics will be transported to Chicago’s Household Chemical Disposal and Computer/ Electronics Recycling Center on Goose Island later on those days.

The following items will be accepted, on the condition that any hazardous chemicals are properly sealed: antifreeze, used motor oil, old gasoline, oil-based (NO latex, NO acrylic) paints, paint thinners, aerosol paints, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides, lawn chemicals, solvents, drain cleaners, cleaning products, pool chemicals, hobby chemicals, mercury, fluorescent lamps and projector bulbs, and cell phones. This is a service that we will offer to residents of Beverly, Morgan Park and vicinity. Modest contributions to help offset transportation costs are appreciated.

We CANNOT accept any water based paints, freon gas, incandescent bulbs, water soluble calk or mortar, land line or cordless phones, appliances, or bio-hazardous waste. We have to refuse these materials.

Computers, monitors, printers, televisions, boomboxes, stereo equipment and microwave ovens will be recycled through Com2. Com2 has agreed to pick up the electronics, computers and televisions we collect for recycling on our collection day, provided it is all boxed in the containers Com2 drops off for this purpose.

There will also be bins for eyeglasses, athletic shoes, cell phones and printer cartridges. 

The Green Sanctuary Group thanks Beverly Bank & Trust, our local bank, for its generous financial support of our service. Beverly Bank helps underwrite the cost of our renting a truck to transport the hazardous waste to Goose Island.