Posts Categorized: Eco-Justice

Fair Food and Christian Vocation Sunday

Just before Christian Vocation Sunday and Labor Day, the Campaign for Fair Food of the Presbyterian Hunger Program has announced that the Coalition of Immokalee Workers has come to a fair food agreement with Sodexo. The Campaign for Fair Food…

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Two Upcoming Earth Care Events

Are you looking for a way to be involved in a movement to care for creation, create a just society, and speak out against the injustices of mountaintop removal? “The Cross in the Mountains: An Ecumenical Prayer Service to Renew…

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August Eco-Notes E-Newsletter

Subscribe to Eco-Notes, the monthly e-newsletter from Environmental Ministries. Below is the August edition of Eco-Notes. Join a webinar on Earth Care Congregations and Energy Star PC(USA) Congregations that are interested in working on earth care are invited to participate…

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Commemorating the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

Thank you to my colleague Leslie Woods for sharing the following reflection and resources on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Commemorating the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Resources and Reflections from Across the Faith Community Remembering Katrina: A Reflection…

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‘Coming home’ five years after Katrina struck

From Swords into Plowshares, the Blog of the Presbtyerian Peacemaking Program NBC special on August 29Watch a preview For many Americans, August 29 marks an anniversary that has scarred both bodies and souls. That was the day, five years ago,…

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Explore EcoJusticeNow

EcoJusticeNow is a new website that is edited by Dieter Hessel, a Presbyterian minister who directs the ecumenical Program on Ecology, Justice, & Faith (PEJF), and has served as editor of many eco-justice anthologies. The new website is made to…

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Worship Resources from the 2010 Peacemaking Seminar

From Swords into Plowshares, the blog of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program. The worship resources include some eco-justice themes. The time draws near for the 2010 Peacemaking Seminar. Peacemaking Program staff members leave for New Mexico on Saturday, August 21. Leadership…

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Learn More about Earth Care Congregations

Earth Care Congregations is a new program from Environmental Ministries that encourages churches to care for God’s earth and honors churches that have committed to this important mission. Is your church working on earth care issues, or hoping to get…

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Flooding in Pakistan

Torrential rain has caused flooding in Pakistan over the past few weeks that has affected over 20 million people. An estimated 1,600 people have died as a result of the flooding. Rain is expected to continue, worsening flooding. Over one-fifth…

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Oil Flow Stopped, yet Impacts Remain

The flow of oil from the Deepwater Horizon rig has been cut off since July 15, and BP continues to work on drilling the relief well to make this fix permanent. This is good news. However, work remains in around…

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