Subscribe to Eco-Notes, the e-newsletter from Environmental Ministries that comes out approximately once a month. Below is May’s edition of Eco-Notes: Earth Day Sunday in Review Earth Day takes place each year on April 22. PC(USA) churches are encouraged to…
Read more »Over the past several days I have seen a lot of helpful resources about and responses to the BP Oil Spill that is ongoing in the Gulf of Mexico. Many of these reflections focus on the need for limiting our…
Read more »World Fair Trade Day is Saturday, May 8, and celebrations of fair trade will be taking place for the first two weeks of May. Why celebrate Fair Trade? For starters, fair trade gives producers a just price for their goods….
Read more »As the oil spill continues in the Gulf of Mexico, I feel a bit stuck. I cannot remember such an ongoing environmental disaster. And what can I do? As much as I’d like to grab a bottle of Dawn off…
Read more »It seems that there is always contradictory news to report. I smiled as I read the headline this morning that the country’s first offshore wind farm had been approved. This is a good step forward in creating more renewable energy…
Read more »Stewardship of the Land: a Christian Community Gathering will take place on May 21-23 at Bluestone Camp and Retreat near Hinton, West Virginia. This weekend retreat will include workshops, discussions, outdoor activities, and worship that will inspire us to act…
Read more »Earlier in the week I attended the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Working Group meeting. At it I learned of an upcoming opportunity through the Reformed Church in America for church leaders who are interested in care for creation. Steve…
Read more »Earth Day takes place each year on April 22. PC(USA) churches are encouraged to celebrate Earth Day Sunday the Sunday before or after Earth Day to remember the glory of God’s creation and to explore how we can serve as…
Read more »Dear Creator, help us make every day one of celebration of and protection for your creation. Thank you, Creator, for the wonders of creation that remind us of your handiwork: the first blooms in spring, the mist rising out the…
Read more »Recently I stumbled upon Anna Lappè and Bryant Terry’s book Grub. Over the past few months I had been learning a lot about our food system and trying to integrate what I was learning into my life by changing the…
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