Ideas for a Less Toxic Home and Church
MAKE YOUR HOME AND CHURCH LESS TOXIC!
Perform a Lifestyle Audit. Assess your exposure to toxic chemicals and make choices to reduce it.
Get involved There are people of faith and organizations across the country who are lifting up their voices and educating their communities about toxic chemicals and pollutants.
Speak Out. Write, call or visit your elected officials to tell them to strengthen environmental laws to protect children and support better testing of chemicals in consumer products.
IDEAS FOR YOUTH GROUPS
Conduct a Toxic Inventory at Church. Hunt down chemical usage in your church by making a list of chemicals used to clean the buildings, maintain the property, and serve foods at fellowship meals. Research the effects these chemicals have on the environment and people. Present your findings, as well as safe alternative suggestions, to your congregation. For a useful audit guide, visit
Host a toxic free car wash to raise awareness in your community and to promote safe alternatives to common cleaners.
Create a Toxic-Free Stewardship Banner to display in the church. Use non-toxic art supplies to design a banner that expresses our role as stewards of God’s Earth.
Organize a Pesticide and Trash Free Potluck. Invite church and community members to a fellowship potluck meal at the church using only reusable napkins and durable plates, utensils, and serving dishes. Send out invitations invoking participants to adhere to certain guidelines when preparing their food offering: organic, whole foods grown with no chemicals.
Perform a Lifestyle Audit. Assess your exposure to toxic chemicals and make choices to reduce it.
- Garden without pesticides to reduce water pollution and soil contamination.
- Buy or make your own toxic-free personal care products. Visit this site to learn what consumer products are non-toxic.
- Buy or make your own household or church cleaning products. Visit this report from Women's Voices For the Earth to learn more about the hazards of cleaning products and which products to avoid.
- Reduce your reliance on oil and gas, which pollute the air and land. Commit to walking, biking, carpooling, or taking public transportation whenever possible.
- Dispose of toxic waste products properly.
- Buy organic foods to reduce exposure to pesticides.
Get involved There are people of faith and organizations across the country who are lifting up their voices and educating their communities about toxic chemicals and pollutants.
Speak Out. Write, call or visit your elected officials to tell them to strengthen environmental laws to protect children and support better testing of chemicals in consumer products.
IDEAS FOR YOUTH GROUPS
Conduct a Toxic Inventory at Church. Hunt down chemical usage in your church by making a list of chemicals used to clean the buildings, maintain the property, and serve foods at fellowship meals. Research the effects these chemicals have on the environment and people. Present your findings, as well as safe alternative suggestions, to your congregation. For a useful audit guide, visit
Host a toxic free car wash to raise awareness in your community and to promote safe alternatives to common cleaners.
Create a Toxic-Free Stewardship Banner to display in the church. Use non-toxic art supplies to design a banner that expresses our role as stewards of God’s Earth.
Organize a Pesticide and Trash Free Potluck. Invite church and community members to a fellowship potluck meal at the church using only reusable napkins and durable plates, utensils, and serving dishes. Send out invitations invoking participants to adhere to certain guidelines when preparing their food offering: organic, whole foods grown with no chemicals.
