Posts By: Katie Holmes

What will I do?

Participants were asked to ponder “What will I do with what I have learned?” at the close of the Fab Five Seminar on climate change and its impacts at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. Responses included: Push my…

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What did I learn?

Several times the question “What did I learn?” was posed to participants (young people and adults alike) in the Fab Five Seminar on climate change and its impacts at the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations. At the closing of…

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Fab Five – Day One

How is climate change affecting the earth and its creatures? How is climage change affecting the human family? How are women affected by climate change? What is the work of the United Nations High Commission on Refugees – UNHCR? How…

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February 2011 Eco-Notes

Eco-Notes is the e-newsletter from Environmental Ministries that is delivered approximately monthly. Sign up to receive Eco-Notes. February’s Eco-Notes is below. Celebrate Earth Day Sunday Earth Day is April 22. Celebrate God’s good creation on a Sunday near that date…

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Sacred Soil Video

Brennan Pearson, a senior at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, created a video on the 2010 Festival of Faiths for his senior seminar course. The theme of the Festival of Faiths was “Sacred Soil: Foundation of Life” and the video includes…

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Food Justice Fellows ~ accepting applications now

From the Presbyterian Hunger Program’s Food and Faith blog about a new program – Food Justice Fellows – that is accepting applications until February 28. Do you get angry that we grow more than enough food for everyone but so…

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Environmental Education Job Posting

Colleagues at the River Ridge Environmental Education Program(RREEP) at the John Knox Center, a Presbyterian Camp and Conference Center in Ten Mile, Tennessee asked me if I would help spread the word about environmental education opportunities at their site. Below…

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Send a Valentine Asking for Chemical Policy Reform

I received the following action alert from Chloe Schwabe, the Health Program Manager with the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program. Take a minute this Valentine’s Day to ask your Congressional leaders for chemical policy reform. Cancer, learning disabilities, and…

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National Preach-In on Global Warming

Interfaith Power and Light (IPL) is sponsoring a National Preach-In on Global Warming on the weekend of February 11-13. The organization, which works to mobilize a religious response to global warming by promoting renewable energy, energy efficiency, and conservation, is…

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January 2011 Eco-Notes

Eco-Notes, the e-newsletter from Environmental Ministries comes out approximately monthly. Below is the January 2011 edition. Subscribe to Eco-Notes. Tread Lightly for Lent Observe the reflective season of Lent with “Tread Lightly for Lent,” a calendar from Environmental Ministries that…

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