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Opportunities and information for education, advocacy, and action to accompany you on your own justice journey.

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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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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Celebrate Protection of God’s Creation

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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Environmental Ministry and Leadership Certificate

McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago is going to offer a Certificate in Environmental Ministry and Leadership, through a partnership with Faith in Place, a Chicago-based organization educating faith communities about clean energy and sustainable farming. The program is designed for…

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Compassion, Peace and Justice Training

PC(USA) Compassion Peace, and Justice (CPJ) ministry area will hold a training day on March 25, 2011 in conjunction with Ecumenical Advocacy Days in Washington D.C. The training day theme will be “A Justice Society and the Changing Role of…

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