The EarthSpirit Team’s primary focus, the Green Sanctuary Program, is sponsored nationally by the Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth, UUMFE (http://uuministryforearth.org/mfe_overview.html). Their mission is to facilitate and support the work of Unitarian Universalists by affirming and promoting the Seventh Principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association, "Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part." Members believe that the Earth is in peril from human activities, and for us as people of faith, this is a moral and spiritual challenge of utmost importance.

The UUMFE’s Green Sanctuary Program provides a framework for study and reflection, and encourages individual and collective action for responding to the call to heal the earth. It develops materials, shares information among congregations, trains church leaders to implement the Green Sanctuary Program, and provides resources related to caring for the planet.