UUMFE chose Ayana Elizabeth Johnson’s What If We Get It Right? Visions of Climate Futures (2024) as its first Community Read. The inaugural discussion took place September 30. Over sixty people from the United States and Canada participated. Click here to read the full reflection from the facilitators.
The next discussion is set for the evening of October 28th, which will focus on the second section, “Replenish and Re-Green.” Rev. Lauren invites people to bring a stone as a talisman with which to ground ourselves as we dive into some of the challenging work ahead.
We hope you can join us even if you were not able to attend the first session. If you’d like to join us for future sessions, please click here to learn more and to register. You only need to register once to attend all remaining sessions. Click here to print a poster for your congregation’s bulletin board.
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REGISTER NOW! UUMFE Community Read
The UU Ministry for Earth 2025-26 Community Read begins this month! We will be reading “What if We Get it Right?” by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson. We will continue meeting on the last Tuesday of every month at 4:45 PM PT / 7:45 PM ET for a total of 9 sessions. We can’t wait to look toward an imaginative future for climate justice with you!
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This section includes contributions from organizations who are partners with UUMFE in the intersectional work of climate justice in Unitarian Universalism or interfaith work, such as the UU Climate Justice Coalition.
Unitarian Universalists for a Just Economic Community (UUJEC):
Burned by Billionaires: How Concentrated Wealth and Power Ruin our Lives and Planet
October 23, 2025 8pm ET / 5pm PT
Chuck Collins, life long UU and member of UUJE, is a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies where he coedits Inequality.org. He is the author of several books, including Born on Third Base, The Wealth Hoarders, Wealth and Our Commonwealth (with Bill Gates Sr), and Economic Apartheid in America and Burned by Billionaires (both from The New Press). He lives in Vermont.
Side With Love/Unitarian Universalist Association (SWL/UUA):
Claiming Our Power to Fight for a Clean Energy Future - Green Sanctuary 2030 Community Meeting
October 15, 2025 7pm ET / 4pm PT
Advocating at Public Utility Commissions is an incredibly impactful way to shape our energy future. It's also a hugely overlooked opportunity! Public Utility Commissions (PUCs) regulate utility prices, resource planning and acquisition, reliability and quality of service regulation. If you’re not sure what that all means, you’re not alone! Advocating for fair utility regulations can be intimidating to outsiders, which benefits those who are more concerned with profit than people. PUCs wield significant power and their decisions affect clean energy and air quality, impacting both greenhouse gas mitigation and climate resilience. Learn how the UU Georgia Legislative Action Network is making good trouble for climate justice as they remind the Georgia Utility Commissioners and Elected Officials that people have the power to choose a just and moral path for our energy future.
Did you know that the completely revitalized Green Sanctuary 2030: Mobilizing for Climate Justice has just one requirement for annual Recognition? Monthly Office Hours are here to anyone with questions on how Green Sanctuary 2030 can support UUs to transform our congregations through climate justice. Review the short Orientation Video then come to the office hours to get all your questions answered. Current Green Sanctuary 2030 Teams, this time is for you, too!
Carbon Neutral by 2050 - Green Sanctuary 2030 Community Meeting
November 19, 2025 7pm ET / 4pm PT
The Boise UU Fellowship has committed to become Carbon Neutral by 2050 as part of their Green Sanctuary 2030 commitments. Engaging the entire congregation in a 2023 special appeal “Imagining A Carbon Neutral World,” BUUF launched their carbon neutral campaign which will focus on reducing the BUUF carbon footprint and supporting members to reduce their individual emissions while also building strong relations with community groups doing mitigation work. Come together for shared learning and mutual supports with other UUs transforming our congregations through climate justice. Green Sanctuary 2030 community meetings take place on the third Wednesday of the month at 4PT - 5MT - 6CT - 7ET for 90 minutes.
UUA President Rev. Dr. Sofía Betancourt Signs onto Open Letter
From Pres. Sofía:
"I am proud to join with over 100 faith leaders denouncing political violence and condemning attacks on free speech and the independence of our country's nonprofit organizations. Unitarian Universalist religious tradition upholds values of pluralism and justice and encourages free speech and open discussion from people of diverse backgrounds and experiences.
I join with other people of faith and conscience in calling on all political leaders, including the President and his administration, to unequivocally support freedom of speech and religious liberty, and to ensure that the government does not target individuals and nonprofits for exercising that freedom.
We the people are the democracy; it lives in our commitments to one another, and we make this powerful idea real only when we can live our values fully and without fear of violence or retaliation."
Climate Resilience through Disaster Response and Community Care
How can we center the inherent worth and dignity of every person in climate disasters?
Every community is different, and climate impacts will vary at the hyper-local level. Some neighborhoods may be devastated by a hurricane while others experience only minor impacts. Adequate preparation and response for climate disasters must center the lived experiences and impacts of climate disasters on those most at risk. Learn more, download our toolkit, and take action.
Unitarian Universalists for Social Justice (UUSJ):
UUSJ Action Hour, Hosted by UUSJ’s Democracy Action Team
October 15, 2025 7:30pm ET / 4:30pm PT
As Unitarian Universalists, we believe in the use of democratic processes in our congregations and society at large. Our faith tradition teaches us to uphold justice so that everyone can participate fully in society because they have inherent worth and dignity.
This series enables you to contribute to the defense of our democracy and champion a positive, inclusive vision for our republic. Join us in pushing back and showing faithful defiance.
Pacific Rising collective gathered in Fiji to spearhead Non-Economic Loss and Damage (NELD) priorities
“We need increased national and regional conversations on non-economic loss and damage and strategies to address the intersectional burdens on local Pacific communities.”
At the Pacific Rising convening, grassroots partners from across the region came together to strategize and share how they address the impacts of climate change. Read the collective's press release about the event here.
This section includes events and news UUMFE wants to share from the greater climate justice advocacy community.
Our Children's Trust:
Youth Plaintiffs Challenge President Trump’s Fossil Fuel Executive Orders in Historic Federal Hearing
As the Trump administration moves aggressively to unleash more fossil fuels through executive orders that worsen climate change, obstruct the clean energy transition, and suppress the very science needed to protect children and ecosystems on the brink, 22 young Americans have bravely stepped forward. They’re suing the administration to protect their constitutional rights to life and liberty, and stop the executive orders that harm their health and safety.
Nepali villages are swept away by heavy rainfall and landslides, leaving at least 44 dead
Landslides, a lightning strike and floodings triggered by severe rainfall killed at least 44 people in Nepal on Sunday, with five others reported missing, authorities said. Those killed included at least 37 people in the eastern mountain district of Illam, where whole villages were swept away by landslides, Nepal’s National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Authority said. Several other people are still missing.
Warming oceans = more severe rainfall. Unless we stop burning fossil fuels, vulnerable communities across Asia will keep paying a steep price for a crisis they didn't create.
This section includes ways to treat yourself for your commitment to climate justice work!
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