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Overview PILLAR ONE: Acts and Activities PILLAR TWO - RECONCILIATION: Acts and Activities PILLAR TWO - ENVIRONMENT & SUSTAINABILITY: Acts and Activities PILLAR TWO - POVERTY REDUCTION & HOMELESSNESS: Acts and Activities PILLAR THREE: Acts and Activities RESOURCES: Acts and Activities PROPERTY: Acts and Activities Accountability & Reporting on Progress
  1. Establish a group of lay and ordained Anglicans in Huron to coordinate and support existing or new commitments to addressing the environment and climate change in our communities.
    Who? Archdeacon, Episcopal Office
    When? Fall 2026

  2. Develop a property strategy that considers negative and positive impacts on the environment and sustainability. These impacts are to be assessed in every stewardship decision. Strategies should include:
    - Ways to reduce our carbon footprint by the consolidation and strategic closure of surplus buildings;
    - Ways sustainably to develop our properties
    Who? Secretary-Treasurer   
    When? 2024-25

  3. Update the Diocesan Investment Policy better to reflect our values with respect to environmental and sustainability concerts.
    Who? Secretary-Treasurer & Director of Finance  
    When? Winter 2025

  4. Camp Huron leadership to develop increasingly sustainable practices for the Camp while continuing to nurture Campers and Staff in understanding their role in transforming our relationship to Creation.
    Who: Director of Camp Huron        
    When? Summer 2025 and on-going

  5. Establish a Task Force to explore the establishment of a policy on carbon-education (e.g. purchasing carbon offsets if a meeting needs to be held in person)
    Who? Secretary-Treasurer   
    When? 2026

  6. Complete the HVAC project at Huron Church House. This includes installing a ground-source heating and cooling system (geo-exchange/geo-thermal) and replacing all existing lights with LED lighting.
    Who? Secretary-Treasurer   
    When? 2024-25

  7. Explore ways to support and incentivise parishes in their efforts to become more sustainable (e.g., information about heat pumps, geo-thermal systems)
    Who: Secretary-Treasurer & Property Management Officer        
    When? Fall 2025