5th Grader to Petition Salt Lake City Council to Ban Plastic Bags
-submitted by Julie Miller, Director of Religious Education and Joan M. Gregory, Co-Coordinator, Environmental Ministry

When our children stand up and take action, it’s important for us to support them, right? Well now’s our chance!

Liam, a fifth grader at Uintah Elementary School and a member of the First Unitarian Church, started a petition last Spring to ban the use of plastic bags by retail stores in Salt Lake City. He was inspired to do this after writing an essay in his class about the environmental dangers of plastic bags and how other cities and countries have banned their use. He now has over 200 names on the petition – one of those signatures is likely yours if you have stopped by the Environmental Ministry table within the last few months.

Liam will be attending the Salt Lake City Council Meeting on 12/6/16 with a group of kids from Uintah Elementary and First Unitarian Church who also support this project. He will present his petition to the Council and ask that they pass an ordinance to ban the use of plastic bags by retail stores in Salt Lake City.

We invite you to attend the Salt Lake City Council Meeting on Tuesday, 12/6/16 starting at 7:00PM at the Salt Lake City & County Building on 451 S. State Street to support this project. You can park in the underground parking at the Downtown Salt Lake Library and receive parking validations at the meeting.

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Environmental Ministry will screen “Before the Flood” on Fri, Dec 2nd, 7PM, Eliot Hall, First Unitarian Church. “Before the Flood” presents a riveting account of the dramatic changes now occurring around the world due to climate change, as well as the actions we as individuals and as a society can take to prevent catastrophic disruption of life on our planet.