St. Clement's Episcopal Church
St.Clement’s POWER Grant Project--One Thing in ’10--used many different types ofactivities to educate about household and toxic waste reduction. Establishedparish events were enhanced with waste reduction education, and new ones wereimplemented and celebrated. The Men’s Group organized a safe household cleanerworkshop that took place during coffee hour. Safe electronics disposal waspromoted with church bulletin inserts of ElectronicsDisposal and A-Z Guide to Disposalon two Sundays. The next month’s theme was vermicomposting. A second safehousehold cleaner workshop was held at Episcopal Church Homes for elders in theindependent living apartments. Earth Day was celebrated with a whole weekend ofevents for the parish and the public, workshops and displays, and the unveilingof the parish demonstration worm bin. Waste reduction education was added tothe annual parish rummage sale. The St. Clement’s Plant Sale included theaddition of yard waste composting workshop with Ramsey County Master Gardeners.The final event was the “State Fair and Creative Arts Sunday” which featured artmade from recycled material arts projects made by parishioners and a potlucksupper.
Contact Information
Lizanne Geno, Project Manager651-228-1164
St. Clement's Episcopal Church
901 Portland Ave.St. Paul MN 55104
