Upcoming Events
Untangling Ourselves
from the Creeping Web of Plastics
by Bob Gedert
December 10, 2025
At 7 pm Eastern
Live on Zoom
Faith Communities Go Green, a collaboration between Green Umbrella and Equasion, believe that faith communities have a powerful voice to offer as the world confronts the climate crisis. Religious organizations and communities can become strong allies in the fight for climate action. All traditions emphasize the moral and ethical imperative to care for creation. Individual efforts are important, but collaboration within and among congregations can bring about much greater change.
MISSION:
Partnering with religious communities to create a more sustainable and equitable future for all by mobilizing their moral voice to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change.
VISION:
Religious communities collaborating to integrate care for creation in their lives and society.
Faith Communities Go Green Working Groups
The working groups have been set up to help your faith community Go Green! We have gather a group of volunteers who have experience in all areas of the environment. Either it be advocating for change or educational programs. Reach out to our group leaders today!
Adocacy Working Group
Provide timely information on emerging policy and legislation, information on how people can inform themselves at greater depth, and policy makers’ contact information, for faith communities to use as they will.
Education/Lifestyles Working Group
Inspire the diverse faith communities within the Greater Cincinnati area to reduce their carbon footprint by recognizing the moral and spiritual value of creation care and by making sustainable lifestyle choices. Learn More
Facilities Working Group
Work with houses of worship and religious institutions in our Greater Cincinnati area to reduce their environmental impact by lowering their carbon footprint through implementation of actions described in a Facilities Toolkit.
Start a Green Team!
Having a green team in a house of worship enables lay members to influence attitudes and daily behaviors to better care of our planet for future generations. Show people the connections between environmental issues and other issues they might care about, such as refugees or food insecurity. Use the strengths of the people on your team.
Upcoming Events
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Events must be open to the public, related to our mission and vision, and meet our guidelines, which can be found under the About tab.
We reserve the right to remove announcements that do not meet
these criteria.
- Meet a Greenspace Hike with Cardinal Land Conservancy
- 3/21/2025-15:0
- 3/21/2025-16:30
- Bahr Farm (973 W North Bend Road, Cincinnati, OH 45224)
- Meet a Greenspace Hike with Cardinal Land Conservancy
- https://fcgg.org/meet-a-greenspace-hike-with-cardinal-land-conservancy/
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- "No Man's Land" Film Festival
- 3/26/2025-18:0
- 3/26/2025-21:0
- MadTree Parks & Rec (4321 Glendale Milford Rd, Blue Ash, OH 45242
- https://fcgg.org/no-mans-land-film-festival/
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- Cranky Uncle vs Climate Change
- 3/27/2025-19:0
- 3/27/2025-20:15
- Zoom
- Join us as we learn to use critical thinking skills to talk to our “Cranky Aunts and Uncles” about climate change and other challenging topics. When: Thursday, March 27 Time: 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm This is a Zoom presentation hosted by Faith Communities Go Green (FCGG)
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/vc1iga7SSdarMJpbLk1zHA#/registration
- https://fcgg.org/cranky-uncle-vs-climate-change/
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- Community Volunteer Habitat Restoration Day
- 4/5/2025-9:0
- 4/5/2025-12:0
- Kingswood Park, Deerfield Township (Duke Blvd, Mason, OH 45040)
- https://fcgg.org/community-volunteer-habitat-restoration-day/
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- Community Volunteer Habitat Restoration Day
- 4/19/2025-9:0
- 4/19/2025-12:0
- Summit Park (4335 Glendale Milford Rd, Blue Ash, OH 45242)
- https://fcgg.org/community-volunteer-habitat-restoration-day-2/
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- Ohio River Foundation 25th Anniversary Event: The Watershed Moment
- 4/23/2025-17:0
- 4/23/2025-20:0
- MadTree Parks & Rec (4321 Glendale Milford, Cincinnati, OH 45242)
- https://fcgg.org/ohio-river-foundation-25th-anniversary-event-the-watershed-moment/
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- Earth-Saving Ideas for Busy People Small things YOU can do to make a big difference for the Earth!
- 4/26/2025-10:0
- 4/26/2025-12:0
- Christ the King Lutheran Church 7393 Dimmick Road, West Chester, OH 45069
- https://www.ctkluth.org/earth-day.html
- https://fcgg.org/earth-saving-ideas-for-busy-people-small-things-you-can-do-to-make-a-big-difference-for-the-earth/
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- Join us for the FCGG Book Club
- 4/30/2025-19:30
- 4/30/2025-21:0
- Zoom
- Discussion facilitated by Susan Fox Book: The Overstory: A Novel by Richard Powers We meet at 7:30 pm the 4th Wednesday of each month.
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uqEptGrrRvaj6oplu0hibQ#/registration
- https://fcgg.org/join-us-for-the-fcgg-book-club/
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- FCGG Advocacy Working Group presents
- 5/20/2025-19:0
- 5/20/2025-20:30
- Zoom
- Discovering new paths for green energy in Ohio. Speaker: Brent Boyd, CEO, Solclusion Via Zoom Tuesday, May 20, 2025 7:00-8:30 pm
- https://fcgg.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=103d6587f5432810b36b85f37&id=fa523dc7d4&e=22f059423c
- https://fcgg.org/fcgg-advocacy-working-group-presents/
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- May Book Club
- 5/28/2025-19:30
- 5/28/2025-20:0
- Zoom
- Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand by Jeff Chu
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/YJDA1ToUS1OiI1CCnV-Q_g
- https://fcgg.org/may-book-club/
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- 2025 Midwest Regional Sustainability Summit
- 6/5/2025-8:0
- 6/5/2025-18:0
- Sharonville Convention Center
- Click on the link for more information https://greenumbrella.org/event/midwestsustainabilitysummit/
- https://greenumbrella.org/event/midwestsustainabilitysummit/
- https://fcgg.org/2025-midwest-regional-sustainability-summit/
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- Festival of Faiths
- 6/22/2025-12:0
- 6/22/2025-17:0
- Cintas Center
- Free lunch and programming Cintas Center Visit us at us FCGG booth
- https://fcgg.org/festival-of-faiths/
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- Festival of Faith special virtual program
- 6/23/2025-19:0
- 6/23/2025-20:30
- Zoom
- There's Always Hope for our Planet: A Lot Is In Our Own Hands
Sister Cj Willie and Becca Desai
Monday, June 23rd , at 7pm - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/_etXlcu9TWGkXCfgeJl0dg#/registration
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- Beyond Plastic Eco challenge 2025
- 7/1/2025-0:0
- 7/31/2025-0:0
- https://beyondplastic.ecochallenge.org/users/join
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- Advocating for Climate Action in Your Community: Faith Communities
- 7/8/2025-14:0
- 7/8/2025-15:0
- Advocating for Climate Action in Your Community: Faith Communities Presented by Faith Communities Go Green and Green Umbrella A free, virtual program Tuesday, July 8, 2025 2:00 – 3:00pm ET
- https://greenumbrella.org/event/advocating-for-climate-action-in-your-community-faith-communities/
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- Kiss the Ground
- 7/20/2025-16:30
- 7/20/2025-17:20
- Kiss the Ground reveals that, by regenerating the world’s soils, we can completely and rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems and create abundant food supplies. Using compelling graphics and visuals, along with striking NASA and NOAA footage, the film artfully illustrates how, by drawing down atmospheric carbon, soil is the missing piece of the climate puzzle.
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/Urkn2WfWRHag42hbRlPbZw#/registration
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- Living the Interconnected Life: Contemplation, Ecology,and the Spirit of Oneness
- 8/22/2025-19:0
- 8/22/2025-20:0
- Dr. Muhammad U. Faruque, in his presentation, explores “ecological living” as more than a set of sustainable practices. It is rather a way of being that arises from a deep sense of interconnection with the universe. Drawing on the Sufi contemplative tradition, I will reflect on how inner transformation—through mindfulness, presence, and reverence—can cultivate a vision of wholeness and belonging. By reawakening to the sacredness of the Earth and the rhythms of the nonhuman world, we begin to live in ways that are not only sustainable, but spiritually rooted and ethically responsible.
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/E8l3R7QUQFCHHxF7pE8M7A#/registration
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- A virtual screening of the educational version of the documentary, Common Ground
- 9/7/2025-15:0
- 9/7/2025-15:45
- Common Ground is the highly anticipated sequel to the juggernaut success documentary, Kiss the Ground, which touched over 1 billion people globally and inspired the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to put $20 billion toward soil health. By fusing journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, Common Ground unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. The film reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. The film profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late.
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tIAwDF5-TEuVm99tiMtP0A#/registration
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- Common Ground: How the Crisis of the Earth is Saving Us from Our Illusion of Separation By Eileen Flanagan
- 10/16/2025-19:0
- 10/16/2025-20:30
- In Common Ground, veteran organizer Eileen Flanagan weaves together a series of stories of hard won successes in the climate change movement, including against a multinational bank in one case, and a heavily polluting fossil fuel company in another, based on grassroots organizing.
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/QOVmM5ypTQOaLcSOvIzPZg#/registration
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- Paradise Lot: Two Plant Geeks, One-Tenth of an Acre, and the Making of an Edible Garden Oasis in the City.
- 11/20/2025-19:0
- 11/20/2025-20:30
- When Eric Toensmeier and Jonathan Bates moved into a duplex in a run-down part of Holyoke, Massachusetts, the tenth-of-an-acre lot was barren ground and bad soil, peppered with broken pieces of concrete, asphalt, and brick. The two friends got to work designing what would become not just another urban farm, but a “permaculture paradise” replete with perennial broccoli, paw paws, bananas, and moringa—all told, more than two hundred low-maintenance edible plants in an innovative food forest on a small city lot.
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/PAtVX2QHRpumxJ6uJf7LUg#/registration
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- Untangling Ourselves from the Creeping Web of Plastics
- 12/10/2025-19:0
- 12/10/2025-20:0
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- In this virtual program, FCGG's Education/Lifestyles Working Group presents our guest speaker, Bob Gedert, who will talk to us on how we can phase plastic out of our lives. He’ll also talk about his new book, Untangling Plastics, which will be available for sale on 15th November, in which he tells us that we need to do much, much more that we are already doing, if we want to untangle ourselves from the creeping web of plastics. It will be enlightening to have Bob share what he has learned from his comprehensive investigation of the manufacturing, use, and disposal of plastics and their impacts on the health of the environment and human beings. Author Bob Gedert pulls from current research and his forty-five-year career in the recycling industry to reveal the misguided mindsets that have led the movement for sustainability. He reveals how our current methods for addressing the issue of plastics have been insufficient and instead supplies real solutions for how we can adopt greener ways of living.
- https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/lSLh16DHSqGznJBFgOeTEA#/registration
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