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About UU Ministry for Earth

UU Ministry for Earth (formerly the Seventh Principle Project) is an affiliate organization of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

UU Ministry for Earth's mission is to provide UUs and their congregations with organized ways to connect energy, ideas, and information about how their lives relate to the living Earth, environmental justice, and future generations. Now we are transforming our organization and the way we will deliver services to fulfill that mission. The times in which we live demand that we think differently about how to move toward our vision and achieve our objectives.

Our belief and experience tell us there is a broad and growing wisdom among UUs about environmental and justice issues, the interconnections between them, and the spiritual dimensions of both environmental and justice work.

So, in the future, UUMFE will be:

• a place many UUs exchange ideas and information, a facilitator of partnerships & projects
• an organization whose mission is less about being "The Voice" for environment in Unitarian Universalism and more about identifying and lifting up a chorus of voices for Earth from within our denomination
• a connecting point, supporting and inspiring individuals, congregations, ministers, UUA leadership and staff, and other UU organizations
• a more horizontally and democratically organized entity, less centralized and vertical in approach
• a convener, collaborator, and facilitator
• a model for multi-generational engagement that is more responsive, flexible and organic
• an assertive presence that asks and expects to participate in leadership conversations that shape UU vision and policy

To support this new model of providing services, UUMFE will:

• focus on modern web and communications tools
• identify, inspire, provide and share ideas and resources developed by many people
• engage members and friends in connecting and partnering with each other
• seek new ways to influence the infusion of Earth ministry into all levels of the UUA by collaborating with individuals and groups involved with policy and action
• support congregations and grassroots environmental justice work

To learn more about the new direction for UUMFE, click here for a Q&A fact sheet.