Does your church purchase palms for Palm Sunday? If so, consider buying Eco-Palms this year. Purchasing Eco-Palms supports eco-justice: Eco-Palms are harvested in a sustainable manner and workers are paid a fair wage. Around 300 million palms are used in…
Read more »Presbyterians for Earth Care (PEC) is a non-profit, grassroots eco-justice network. The group publishes a newsletter four times a year, and the fourth edition for 2010 is available on the group’s website. Read the new newsletter, and consider becoming a…
Read more »Eco-Notes is the e-newsletter from PC(USA) Environmental Ministries that is sent out approximately once a month. Below is the December 2010 issue of Eco-Notes. Sign up to receive the e-newsletter. Advent greetings As we prepare ourselves for Christ’s birth, may…
Read more »The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following information about the Eco-Justice Track at Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) on March 25-28, 2011: The annual EAD conference in Washington, DCis a space for the ecumenical Christian community to worship,…
Read more »Though we are still in the season of Advent, I know that some churches plan far ahead, so I wanted to make the 2011 “Tread Lightly for Lent” calendar early this year. If you are looking for a way to…
Read more »The first winter I was out of college, living in an apartment on my own, I did what I thought was the environmentally responsible thing, and ran out to buy an artificial Christmas tree. I convinced my parents to do…
Read more »The 2011 Eco-Stewards Program has just been announced with the theme “Living with and from the Land on the Crow Reservation in Montana: Sustainability and Reconciliation through Agriculture, Health and Green Building.” This program, for young adults ages 20-30 will…
Read more »The following is reposted from the Presbyterian Hunger Program Food and Faith Blog: Climate and social justice: from Cancun #1 Blain Snipstal and Bethel Erickson during the Agrarian Road Trip in June Blain Snipstal, HEART Road Trip alumnus, is currently…
Read more »The Presbyterian Peacemaking Program has produced Proclaiming the Good News of God’s Peace: Advent Devotions 2010. This booklet contains daily devotions for the season of Advent that focus on Peacemaking. The devotion for December 6th focuses on the fullness of…
Read more »I was sent the following action alert from the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program. Please take a few moments to ask Congress to protect children’s health from toxic toys. Christmas is about celebrating the birth of the Christ and…
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