Did you see the June 8 Guitar Hero III tournament at Northpointe Church? All proceeds go to Greenville Middle Academy green efforts. On May 19 & 21, the greenLIFEproject brought Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Live Earth and An Inconvenient Truth to the 6th grade science classes of Greenville Middle Academy.
I was looking around our website to make sure everything was up-to-date and noticed that we didn’t have a post on last summer’s movie Surf’s Up. So here it is! Surf’s Up was what we call an EcoFriendly event. This particular event was modeled after DisneyWorld’s popular KidCot program. It is a fun interactive way for children of all ages to learn about conservation.
An EcoFriendly event can occur at a movie opening, a WalMart, or even a school. This movie didn’t have the conservation theme of a Happy Feet but that didn’t matter. We partnered with the Sound of Light thru the greenLIFEproject to set up a booth where kids could learn about sustainability. The kids learned to carpool, recycle and use CFL light bulbs.
See this LINK for cost info on doing EcoFriendly events in your community.
It’s the dog days of summer. Trying to get caught up on some of the events that occurred this past spring. On May 30, the greenLIFEproject and GC-O’s Sound of Light Club brought Rock Band to the field day activities of Gray Court-Owings Middle School. All 3 grades (6th, 7th & 8th) were able to participate. We handed out Sound of Light/The Shine 96.7 stickers and gave the high scorers of each grade level a iPod Shuffle. 2nd and 3rd highest scorers from each grade got CDs donated by the Sound of Light. It was really cool! Hope we can do it again next year.
On May 19 and 21, the greenLIFEproject brought Rock Band, Guitar Hero II, Live Earth and An Inconvenient Truth to the 6th grade science classes of Greenville Middle Academy in an effort to help increase climate awareness. On June 8th, Northpointe Church held a Guitar Hero III Save the Planet tournament to help fund the green efforts of Greenville Middle Academy.
Did you catch the May 15 opening of Narnia - Prince Caspian at the Hollywood 20 Theater in Greenville, SC?
Even though the movie opening was set for midnight and it was raining like cats and dogs the turn out for the movie was really good. The greenLIFEproject partners The Sound of Light, 96.7 Shine radio station and Green Arch Design Group had a great time handing out brochures on recycling and going green.
The pictures below were taken at the opening of Narnia - Prince Caspian.
2 Years in the planning… It’s been worth the wait! The greenLIFEproject is set to raise the bar on affordable housing. The new 300 O’Conner Court home is a partnership between the Greenville County Redevelopment Authority, Greenville Technical College, Aaron-Kelli Builders and GreenArch Design Group. This Energy Star certified affordable house is modeled after the ‘Erin Cottage’, a Pocket Neighborhood plan book house designed by Ross Chapin Architects of Seattle, Washington. The ‘Erin Cottage’ plan book house is $150/sqft 3 bedroom 2 bath 1,302 sqft house designed for the temperate climate of the Pacific Northwest and didn’t even have air conditioning! Our challenge was to ‘affordablize’ and acclimatize the plan for the hot humid Southeast. The result is a 4 bedroom 2 bath 1,363 sqft home that is being built for $66/sqft.
5-16-08 Construction Photos
EcoFriendly events are a timely and relevant way to reach the community. We at Green Arch Design Group have created a eco-friendly event series called the greenLIFEproject. Modeled after DisneyWorld’s popular KidCot program, the greenLIFEproject is a fun, interactive way for children of all ages to learn about conservation.
Total costs for a portable ‘booth’ or table that can be set-up at movie theatres, public schools, etc. is less than $250.00.
Volunteers
Volunteers needed for set-up, the event and take-down range from 2-6 persons.
Booth/Table Equipment & Costs
Folding Table - Office Depot Brand Budget Folding Table - $49.99
Table Cloth - K-Mart - $39.00
Portable Tent - K-Mart - $78.00
City of Greenville Recycle Brochure - FREE!
Greenville County Recycle Brochure - FREE!
Where Do You Recycle Difficult To Recycle Items Brochure - FREE!
EcoFriendly Kids Masks
The masks are the interactive part of this event. Children make masks similar to Epcot’s KidCot masks. They were given cutouts of a lightbulb, tree, car, and a recycle symbol to put on their masks. These symbols stood for the following:
Light bulb - Replace your burned out light bulbs with CFL’s - Compact Fluorescent Light bulbs.
Tree - Plant a tree to clean the air.
Car - Drive less, carpool and/or buy a high mileage/hybrid car.
Recycle Symbol - Recycling is something that everyone can do, even children.
Movie events.
We took our greenLIFEproject to the movie opening of Evan Almighty, the first “green” film to be made. Everything that was used in the movie was either donated to Habitat for Humanity or to the community where the movie was being filmed. Click on the link below to learn more about how this movie was “green”.
Al Gore and the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change won the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize Friday, and the former vice president used the attention to warn that global warming is “the greatest challenge we’ve ever faced.” - excerpt from msnbc.com updated Oct 12, 2007.
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FUSION Explosion was exploding with excitement Friday, June 1st. There were at least 200 students there, mingling with their friends. They were also there to hear the group Daylight Wasting, a Christian rock band out of Greer, SC. Also there that night was Tina Marie, a motivational speaker that travels the country talking about “Truths in secular music” as well as Abstinence.
The Fusion Warehouse Student Center is in an old Wal-Mart building in Anderson, SC. It is a meeting place for 13-18 year olds. The building is 66,000 square feet and has a video arcade, a cafe’, movie theaters and a 2000 seat concert area.
Randall Brown, Fusion coordinator, stated that the youth center is “bringing the community, leaders, and organizations together”.
Click on the link below to go to their website. I spoke with them in May, and they said that they have been so busy with the students that they haven’t had time to update their website but you can still find some good information there.
Fusion Warehouse Student Center
The care2 network has a great little program that shows you how to reduce your carbon footprint in 3 Easy Steps!
Click on link below to reduce your carbon impact. It’s just 3 Easy Steps!
The Earth Day network has a great website for churches looking to “go green”. Links include: Global Warming Sermons, Congregations Making a Difference, Tips for changes you can make at home.
Earth Day Links for Communities of Faith and Climate Change - Scroll down web page to see these links.
Free Kool-aid!!! Green Kool-aid at that.
Members of the greenLIFEproject gave out free cups of Kool-aid at the Toby Mac concert which was held March 29th, at Timmon’s Arena, on the campus of Furman University.
If you thought green cleaning was too expensive, think again. This article by Annie B. Bond, author of Clean & Green(Ceres Press, 1990) on the care2 website compares, ounce-for-ounce, the prices of green cleaning products and their mainstream competitors.
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The greenLIFEproject hosted a “tea” at the Bi-Lo Center before the Winter Jam concert in February. Of course, it was green tea since the project promotes “green” living. The greenLIFEproject team, which consists of The Sound of Light, NorthPointe Church, Greenville Technical College, and Green Arch Design Group, gave out cups of hot green tea and t-shirts as well as fliers about “green” living. There were 380 people who signed the greenLIFE pledge which states:
I pledge to do my best to:
There were also quite a number of people who asked for more information about “green” living.
You can browse through our website, greenarchdesign.com, to find tips on going “green”.
The Green Sanctuary program provides a lot of great information that churches can use to “Go Green”. Resources include:
“Multi-site churches are definitely a movement that will become as mainstream in the next five years as the use of video screens did in sanctuaries in the 90’s.” - quote by Jim Tomberlin in article by Greg Ligon of the Leadership Network.
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Inside the Multi-Site Revolution
Click on the link below to view Part 3 of an interview by Tom Doyle in Faith & Insight. We could not find part 1 & 2 on their site. The article says Jim can be reached at jtomberlin@cox.net
greenLIFEproject Ceremony
Pictured above are the founding partners of the greenLIFEproject. From the left is Jack Eason from The Sound of Light, Pastor Tommy Vandiver of NorthPointe Church in Greenville, and Clay Gandy of Green Arch Design Group in Greenville.
Read below how Pastor Vandiver addresses the theological issue of the greenLIFEproject.
Would it rock your world if I told you that God’s favorite color is “green”? If you don’t believe me, just take a look at the world in which we live. By far the predominant color is green. I know that it’s not exactly what is implied these days with the terminology of “green”, but a quick look at John 3:16 and Genesis 1-2 reveal that God’s favorite color actually is “green”. “For God so loved the world…” Since it’s inception, God has had a “love-affair” with the world (not just humanity, but all of creation) that He created, and He wants us to love the world in the same way that He loves it. In fact, at the very beginning of time, God gave man the responsibility to oversee the world that He loves. “God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:27-28, NASU) With the command to “rule” comes the responsibility of caring for the world in which He placed us. In other words, we are to be faithful stewards of all that God has entrusted us to “rule” over. But “rulership” is never exercised without responsibility, and if we, as “rulers” of this world that God has created act irresponsibly we run the risk of destroying the very thing that brings glory to God – His creation, His world. Living “green” is one way that we can act a s responsible “rulers” of this world in which we live. So become part of the greenLIFEproject today. After all, God’s favorite color is “green”. Tommy Vandiver - Pastor, NorthPointe Church
“The International Mission Board has joined the world of podcasting with the launch of it “podTask”, taking students on missions adventures around the world.
With its weekly updates on iTunes and thetask.org, the podTask is full of information for students to get involved with international missions by hearing about what others are doing around the world in proclaiming Jesus’ name.” - Excerpt from The Baptist Courier
“We want to provide…videos, stories and music for students to download and watch to encourage them that GOd is moving around the world, and he’s using students to reach the world,” siad Felicity Watson , host of the podTask.
Click on the link below to go to the website.
Once you have signed on to the webpage, scroll down and click on PodTASK to subscribe to iTunes to listen to the podcasts as well as watch videos about missions.
“In Texas, the Christian Life Commission, the public policy agency of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, is mobilizing Baptists to oppose the coal-fired plants by urging members to contact legislators.” - excerpt from an article at www.statesman.com.
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Texas Baptists Oppose Coal Power Plants
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Kent Shaffer posts this article on ChurchRelevance about how National CineMedia is making its movie theaters available as churches. Posted on ChurchRelevance.com December 20, 2006.
We are very excited about theaters as churches because no construction is as sustainable or “Green” as not building until you absolutely have to. Remember WillowCreek started at a movie theater…