The Clean Air Act helps keep communities healthy and guards against increased pollution. The act has been under threat, and some sources indicate that a proposal to limit the effectiveness of the Clean Air Act will be voted on today,…
Read more »Today, March 8, is International Women’s Day. Read a blog post by the Presbyterian Ministry at the United Nations about how the United Nations is recognizing International Women’s Day. The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following action…
Read more »The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs sent the following action alert, asking for people of faith to speak out to protect God’s creation fromhydraulic fracturing (or fracking) in Wyoming. Learn more about fracking. Churches, citizens, and communities in Teton…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »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…
Read more »The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program sent the following action alert on mountaintop removal. Learn more about the EPA action on Eco-Journey. Join us in saying “Thank You” to the EPA for saying “no” to the devastation that Mountaintop…
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