Is your congregation looking for ideas on how to make your facility more environmentally friendly? The National Religious Partnership for the Environment website features profiles of churches that have undertaken earth care projects. There are some creative and inspiring ideas!…
Read more »GreenFaith is offering a webcast on green jobs and climate justice on November 12 from 7:30-8:30 p.m. Eastern Time. The webcast will focus on advocacy around the U.S. Senate climate bill and will include perspectives from Jewish and Evangelical leaders….
Read more »Go to Hopenhagen.org to sign a petition urging meaningful action at the climate talks in Copenhagen and to share what gives you hope. This is a neat site, where over 300,000 people have shared their hope with each other. Become…
Read more »For any of you in the Washington D.C. area, the PC(USA) Washington Office sent this email yesterday asking for participation in a Climate Witness event next week: The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Washington Office along with Church World Service, the National…
Read more »Yukon’s Executive Presbyter Rev. Curtis Karns recently wrote an inspiring post about the theology of earth care on the Presbytery of Yukon blog. He reminds us of the importance Jesus placed on responsibility for leadership. With this in mind, it…
Read more »International leaders will be meeting in Copenhagen in December to create a new international agreement to lower greenhouse gas emissions that will replace the Kyoto Protocol when it expires in 2012. These are crucial talks, and it is important for…
Read more »Bayou Blue Presbyterian Church in Gray, Louisiana has found a passion for hospitality and education. They invite volunteers at the Houma Presbyterian Disaster Assistance Volunteer Village to for dinner and to an educational program on the shrinking of Louisiana’s wetlands….
Read more »On the eve of 350.org’s International Day of Climate Action, there are several new resources and reports on climate change that I thought I’d share. A new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute states that 25 million more…
Read more »The United Nations sponsors the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty every year on October 17. The day seeks to recognizee the struggle of people living in poverty, give folks in poverty a chance to make their voices heard,…
Read more »Each year the Energy Star for Congregations Program of the Environmental Protection Agency awards congregations for outstanding energy efficiency and innovation. This year Swarthmore Presbyterian Church in Swarthmore, PA was one of only four churches nationwide to win the award….
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