We started planting all the trees around this place, and then we started having the, energy efficient bulbs and so forth and all that.

And then the next final step was to install the solar panels.

which we think is the one of the ways to reduce the fossil fuel use the Green Mission award came from ISNA Green initiative, which is a part of the Islamic Society of North America.

The purpose of this, is to promote environmental friendly practices in the mosques, and then persuade them to be conscious about the environment and the climate change.

It's the whole focus is to be environmental friendly practices I have to emphasize that this is not one person's effort.

It's a whole community affair.

And the leadership of the Islamic society, they, this has been possible for that.

the realization was that there was so much saving then and we started did that extension building then it was easy to get that money to do that.

And now both of these buildings have the solar panels.

Almighty God has sent as the caretakers of this, not the destroyers.

spiritually, we try to, to refer to the people that it's not only economic reason, but it is a spiritual reason also, that this is a responsibility that you are.

You are the guardians of this place.

So you have to take care of that.

Tri-State Creation Care is an interfaith group of people who are interested in in that environment.

And this the people who volunteer for that belong to different congregations And the whole emphasis is, again, how we can promote and convince people to become environmental friendly and be conscious of the climate effects.

So the best way to do that, if all the people of faith all around the world would link up in their various religions, faith, traditions and work towards the same goal We can accomplish something a lot quicker.

I think pretty much all religions that we have encountered, every one of them stands for being good stewards of the earth.

And it isn't just people of faith.

We are.

Tri-State Creation Care works with any person of goodwill.

They do not have to belong to a tradition.

We really feel strongly that we have to fill up a new consciousness about our environment.

that's not only a physical transformation, but it's a spiritual, So.

soulful transformation it is part of our faith duty to try to be good stewards of the earth.

we have really wonderful opportunities here.

obviously we have Wesselman Woods, we have the parks.

We have a lot of even private, you know, like at my parish.

We turned a grassfield into a pollinator garden and a prayer garden.

And one of the things that we try to encourage is to to take a creation care pledge, and one of the elements of that is that commit to enjoying a bit of nature each day.

It's just saying, okay, I'm going to leave my house, and go for a walk.