Green Drinks and EarthKeepers



Last week Ann was invited to something called Green Drinks. It’s an international organization that encourages people who work in the environmental field to meet up monthly for information sessions. You can read more about it at https://www.greendrinks.org/.

There are many chapters in Washington. It looks like the Tacoma group doesn’t keep the website updated, but they do have a Facebook page at  https://www.facebook.com/greendrinks253/ with about 1,600 followers.

This meeting was at the Mule Tavern in Tacoma, known for its grilled cheese. I didn’t eat there, but did have a Moscow Mule. They make their own Ginger Beer, and it’s some spicy ginger that made for a good drink.

They had a huge crowd. A couple of people talked about the upcoming Green Tacoma event, and then everyone had a chance to plug their own upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. It was neat to hear about everything going on around Tacoma relating to tree planting. Ann was lit up. She certainly felt like she made the right choice in coming here – these were her people.

The next day we went up to Federal Way and met with some of my people – the United Methodists, to join them for a meal at their EarthKeepers training. These are United Methodist who are putting their faith into action in caring for the environment. It’s a lot more methodical than Green Drinks, with required reading, project submission and approval, grant opportunities, etc. EarthKeepers are part of the General Board of Global Ministries.  When you go to the Creation Care Ministries Network online (https://creationcare.umcmission.org/) , it has a directory of people who aren’t necessarily Earthkeepers, but they are interested in sustainability. Missouri has 11people in the network for the whole state. There are 48 people in the network in the Seattle/Tacoma area.

Back-to-back social events were a big deal for us in our new work-from-home life in a new town. The weekend would call for getting back to nature. 

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