In my career as a teacher, the term “lifelong learner” was a perennial favorite. Ideally, all of us foster our curiosity, preserve cognitive flexibility, and strengthen our ability to integrate new learning. We help widen each other’s circles of understanding by...

What do I, a free-thinking Unitarian Universalist, have in common with an Evangelical Christian? Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, a book by Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, the chief climate scientist for The Nature Conservancy and...

The climate is in crisis. Feeling an urge to click away from this blog post? You’re not alone, and author George Marshall knows why. In his 2014 book Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired To Ignore Climate Change, a book our Climate Action Team read...

Zero net energy is the building industry standard for energy-saving design for any building that produces more energy than it consumes, thus reducing energy needs from traditional non-renewable sources and reducing carbon-based air pollution. After years of confusing...

Eight members of the Climate Action Team joined hundreds of other activists at Climate Action Campaign's "Fight for Our Future: Georgia Rally for Climate, Care, Justice, and Jobs" on Saturday, April 23, at Liberty Plaza, across from the state capitol. The group...

You’re going to need to buy things, but you have a choice as to how many of those things are packaged. Sustainable packaging includes packaging that can either be reused, composted, or recycled. The first on the list of Rs now is Reduce, Rethink (Do I need this...

What are carbon offsets, and what do they have to do with “net zero”? How can corporations claim to be eliminating their damage to the environment when they don’t actually change their extractive and polluting practices?  Corporations like the idea of carbon offsets...

What is the IRP? It's the acronym for Georgia Power’s Integrated Resource Plan. This plan determines how much of our state’s electricity will be generated from carbon-free renewable technologies (solar, hydro, wind, nuclear) and how much will be generated from...

Celebrate the coming of spring and learn how to do your part to make a difference for these invaluable beings. You can play a huge part in bringing pollinators back from the brink. Who are they? For most of us, butterflies and honeybees immediately come to mind, but...

In 2021, UUCA garnered two matching grants of $60,000 each from Southface Energy Institute’s GoodUse Program, which awards grants to nonprofits around the country to help them pay for green building projects. UUCA is using its grants for upgraded green measures as we...