Go Green! Make Guest at Your Table Environmentally Friendly

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What UUSC is doing to make Guest at Your Table more environmentally friendly

UUSC cares deeply about the environment, and we strive to lessen our environmental impact in all areas of our work. Here are a few of the ways we're greening Guest at Your Table:

1. We will reuse surplus boxes from last year's Guest at Your Table program.
   
   
   • Because we have planned to reuse some of last year's coin boxes, we've manufactured fewer new boxes this year.
   • We will first use newly produced boxes and then mix in a ratio of last year's boxes when the stock of newer boxes becomes depleted.

2. We will reduce printed materials and offer electronic materials in their place.
   
   
   • The planning booklet will be an online-only publication that you can download and print yourself. [Those without the ability to print should contact volunteerservices@uusc.org.]
   • Other planning and participation materials, including the order-of-service insert and cover, are also online only.
   • Because we have planned to reuse some of last year's coin boxes, we've manufactured fewer new boxes this year.
   • Orders for congregational materials will be collected on our website or over the phone. Printed postcard order forms have been eliminated.

3. At the conclusion of the Guest at Your Table season, we will recycle any surplus printed materials, while saving reusable materials like coin boxes.

4. We are carefully tracking demand for and usage of these materials and will use that data to revise output and minimize over-printing next year.

What YOU can do to make Guest at Your Table more environmentally friendly

1. Use electronic resources in lieu of printed materials.
   
   
   • Order materials using our convenient online form or by telephone.
   • Incorporate multimedia resources into your service to showcase UUSC's human-rights work without the need for printing.
   • When wrapping up your program, provide your evaluation online [coming soon] rather than printing out and mailing an Evaluation Form from the planning packet.

2. Order only what you need based on your congregation's size and activity level. Need help? Contact volunteerservices@uusc.org for tips.

3. Reuse last year's boxes if you have extras. [You may wish to order a few of the new boxes in order to show your congregation pictures of the new guests, who are featured at www.uusc.org/myguests.]

4. Collect and recycle printed Guest at Your Table materials at the conclusion of your program or save them for reuse.

What other ways has your congregation gone green with Guest at Your Table? Please tell us your ideas so that we can share them with other congregations!