Our History

“We, members of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Virginia, recognizing that our Green Action Committee has completed its Green Sanctuary Action Plan, authorize submission of the church's application to the UU Ministry for Earth requesting that UUCA be accredited as a Green Sanctuary congregation.

We understand that completing the Action Plan is only the beginning of our church's ongoing work to integrate environmental awareness, sustainable practices, and environmental justice into our church community. Today, we vote our support for a formal "Green Lens" policy (previously endorsed by our Board of Trustees) to guide our decisions and actions over the years ahead. This policy commits our ministry and staff to giving deliberate and consistent attention to the environment in all areas of our church's activities and to striving to make UUCA a model of how churches can help our society move toward a sustainable future. We recognize that while some such decisions may increase costs, many are already accruing savings or are cost free.

We, as a Congregation, make this commitment to environmental awareness and action with the same seriousness with which we continue to commit to promoting social justice and to welcoming people of all races, religious backgrounds, cultural origins and sexual orientations. It is our commitment to live out the 7th UU principle--respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part."