{"id":5673,"date":"2012-07-18T21:37:50","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T01:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/?p=5673"},"modified":"2012-07-18T21:37:50","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T01:37:50","slug":"sacred-grounds-a-new-habitat-certification-program-for-congregations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/sacred-grounds-a-new-habitat-certification-program-for-congregations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Grounds: A NEW Habitat Certification Program for Congregations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/themes\/vigilance\/images\/top-banner\/2012\/07\/birds-in-tree1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/themes\/vigilance\/images\/top-banner\/2012\/07\/birds-in-tree1-133x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Birds in Tree\" width=\"133\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-5675\" \/><\/a>Interfaith Power &amp; Light\u00a0(MD \u2022 DC \u2022 NoVA) in coordination with the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and the National Park Service is developing a new program. \u00a0It&#8217;s called<strong> Sacred Grounds: A NEW Habitat Certification Program for Congregations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The program, similar to NWF&#8217;s existing\u00a0certification programs, will give congregations an opportunity to receive recognition for undertaking landscaping projects that attract wildlife, reduce stormwater runoff, and encourage sustainable gardening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The enhanced certification program will contain elements uniquely relevant to the grounds owned by religious institutions.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are currently seeking a very small number of DC-area congregations to participate in a pilot phase as we develop and refine this certification program!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>*Your congregation could be eligible for a grant (of up to $1,000) to finance green grounds projects at your\u00a0congregation, and will receive technical support and training for your volunteers and staff from NWF experts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To apply: please read more details in the\u00a0 form <a href=\"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-content\/themes\/vigilance\/images\/top-banner\/2012\/07\/Sacred_Grounds_CWH_Pilot_Application1.pdf\">Sacred_Grounds_CWH_Pilot_Application[1]<\/a>, fill out the last page, and return it to joelle(at)gwipl.org by August 6th at 5 pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*Your congregation could be eligible for a grant (of up to $1,000) to finance green grounds projects at your congregation, and will receive technical support and training for your volunteers and staff from NWF experts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[759,758],"class_list":["post-5673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-green-grounds","tag-habitat-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5673"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5677,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5673\/revisions\/5677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uusj.net\/wp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}