ECO-MOSQUE ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2023 Pilot Project of Community Gardens at 3 transitional houses
PAST ACTIVITIES
COMMUNITY GARDEN IN PROGRESS
We accept donation of gardening supplies for our Community Garden.
ON THE NEWS
Last March, CMGT was interviewed by Muslim Travelers, an Indonesian Award Winning TV show. The interview was aired in April, close to Eid and Earth Day. It focused on Masjid Al Farooq, the CMGT’s main partner in the 2023 Green Mosque Program and Tree Ambassadors Program. The 3 parts of the show can be found on Youtube here: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.
WHAT IS MAF GREEN TEAM?
MAF Green Team is a group of people from Masjid Al Farooq (MAF) who provides cooperative leadership to educate, connect, and advocate for healthier communities by transforming MAF to be a model of Eco-friendly Islamic Center in the City of Chicago.
Expectations for the Green Team members:
- Meet regularly
- Set goals for their house of worship
- Connect spiritual traditions with Earth care and justice for our neighbors
- Plan activities and educate to encourage eco-friendly behaviors
- Connect with the community at large to expand impact
- Advocate for Earth care policies
- Measure benchmarks
- Celebrate accomplishments
Goals
- To establish a group of Muslims with the same mission and vision to care for the environment and to bring benefits for the Muslims and general communities in Chicago area
- To start community gardens at MAF’s community houses
- To install Water Filter/Fountain in order to reduce plastic bottle and water waste during Ramadan
- To create eco-friendly educational programs for youths
MEMBERS
In Alphabetical Order
- Djeneba Diakite – MAF Green Team Leader and C3 (Chicago Conservation Corps) Leader
- Diabbi Diarra – Community Garden Program Manager
- Haroon Arrasheed – Tree Ambassador
- Imara Khadejah Abdullah – Tree Ambassador
- Jahmai Jones – Tree Ambassador, Recycle Art and Craft
- Rashida Zarif – Community Garden member
- Suwaiba Umar Lawal – Tree Ambassador
- Omotola Ashiru Gamyat – Tree Ambassador
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Donate directly to MAF with memo: “MAF Green Team”
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Greening is an act of justice, faithfulness, and love.
Keep goals in mind, but do not rush them. Work with love, patience, and a teacher’s spirit.
Tap into the Divine, an endless source of creativity. Many solutions are available, so let your imagination run free to implement what works best for your unique community!
No one is blameless, so there is no good reason for finger-pointing.
There are people around you, inside and outside your house of worship, who care deeply about these issues. Seek them out!
Public policy advocacy can be difficult, but vital. Do not engage too early. When members are ready to participate in
advocacy, invite them to do so. But keep space for loving disagreement.
Green is not just a subcommittee. It’s a way of being that touches the entire faith community. Weave environmental consciousness into all faith community activities.
Faith communities can move at a glacial pace. Be patient, stick with it, and ask for help when you need it.
Green issues, to have relevance, need a neighbor’s face. Engage your faith community at the local, human level. The effects of environmental degradation fall most heavily on disadvantaged neighbors and communities. When we connect environmental justice with social justice, both flourish, and we all thrive.
Don’t forget to have fun! Let people rejoice together in the good work that your faith community is doing. Joy generates momentum for future projects and makes slower periods less challenging.