The Green Team and the parish of St. Mary Anne’s believe that all of us are called through a covenant with God to be stewards of creation.
We at St. Mary Anne’s are blessed with five acres of land along the tidal North East River. The Green Team is working to help the parish exercise good stewardship of this land along with the water and air that sustain all life on Earth.
We are continually seeking ways to reduce our use of non-renewable resources, both as individuals and as a parish.
The Green Team has:
- Established a small native-plant pollinator garden, which uses a rain barrel for watering
- Erected two bat boxes on poles near the river to attract bats
- Been planning a mini-park in the parish’s dock area
- Helped the parish start an active recycling program
- Been reviewing a proposal to replace its many fluorescent lights with LEDs
- Planted a Princeton Elm in the churchyard to replace one lost to disease and storm damage.
- Been continually seeking ways to reduce our use of non-renewable resources
The St. Mary Anne’s Green Team is a Partner Congregation of the Interfaith Partners for the Chesapeake.
