The GREEN Organizing Action TEAM (GOAT) seeks to raise the level of concern for sustainability and environmental justice throughout the life of Homewood Friends Meeting and to witness this concern in the Meeting and the larger community. GOAT organizes educational, recreational, advocacy, and other activities that move the Meeting and individuals toward adopting more sustainable practices and actions in our everyday lives and in the world.
GOAT Calendar — calendar of events
“GOAT NOATS” — brief monthly notes from the committee
Food choices minute and background
Homewood Friends summary for One Water Partnership (OWP)
GOAT Annual Report 2017 – FINAL
GOAT Annual Report 2018 – FINAL
GOAT Annual Report 2019 – FINAL
Goat Annual Report 2020 (Final)
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Awake+Arise: Congregations Restoring Creation (a campaign of the Central Maryland Ecumenical Council [CMEC] to build awareness and increase sustainable behaviors in the denominations and congregations of CMEC. They plan to accomplish this through equipping, educating, and inspiring faith leaders and their congregations toward more intentional stewardship of the earth.)
Psychological Barriers to Climate Change Action
Quaker Earthcare Witness Challenges epistle
Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) Paper 1 The UNFCCC – Preparation for Paris 2015
QUNO Paper 2 Grassroots Influence – Preparation for Paris 2015
QUNO Paper 3 Questions to Ask – Preparation for Paris 2015
QUNO Paper 4 Climate Science – Preparing for Paris
Responding to Everyday Environmental Dilemmas
Shared Quaker Statement: Facing the Challenge of Climate Change (Homewood Meeting has embraced this statement.)
