Browsing Environment

A Conversation with Wendell Berry
Watch the 2013 Chubb Lecture at Yale University, A Conversation with Wendell Berry, posted on the website of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale. While you’re there check out the many other resources available on this website. (Photo: Center for Interfaith Relations, Creative Commons)

Celebrate the Season of Creation
Here’s a great idea: Follow the rhythms of the church year to help you focus on themes of creation, life and the environment! That’s the idea behind Let All Creation Praise, which offers free resources for worship, preaching and educating. (Photo © JulietPhotography – Fotolia.com)

Lutherans Join Climate Change March on Sept. 21
People of faith will join concerned citizens around the world to march in New York city to urge action on climate change. Planned for Sept. 21, the event has the support of more than 400 groups, many of them church and religious organizations. Learn more at LutheransRestoringCreation. (Photo by Takver, used by Creative Commons license.

Seminary Garden Feeds Body, Mind, & Spirit
Asbury Theological Seminary’s community garden is doing much more than feeding students. It’s become an important educational tool that includes a prayer garden, fire pit, preaching amphitheater, and nature path. (Photo: seminaryalliance.org)

Taking to the Pulpit Against Climate Change
A rabbi in the politically conservative state of Kansas is going from church to church and synagogue to synagogue to bring the message that global warming is real and that God’s people need to rally to do something about it. From USA Today.

Catholics, the Environment and Our Culture of Waste
Pope Francis has generated headlines with his outspoken comments on the dangers of consumerism and threats to our environment, but his thoughts follow other Pontiffs who have raised concerns, says this insightful article from the Catholic World Report.  (Photo © Keller, Fotolia.com)

Efficiency Saves Energy and Money
By spend$16,000 on energy efficiency, First Unitarian Church in Minneapolis saved $17,000 in just the first year! How much money could your congregation divert from utility costs to mission! First Unitarian shares its story in this article, which includes links to resources. (Photo by TheLatin10 via Bigstockphoto.com)

Plastic Purge
Want to know more about plastics, their effects on humans and the environment, and how to recycle them properly? Here’s a comprehensive article from UTNE Reader by Plastic Purge author Michael SanClements. You’re almost there. Click the title to be redirected. (Photo: Katherine Davis, Creative Commons)

Bishops Support Carbon Limits
The presiding bishops of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and The Episcopal Church called a proposed federal rule on carbon emissions a “critical step toward safeguarding the lives and livelihood of future generations.â€Â From ELCA News. (Photo © Jan Will – Fotolia.com)

The Human Face of Climate Change
Check out this excellent article by Ben Lowe in the current issue or Relevant Magazine. To read the entire article, you’ll need to register, but it’s well worth it. (Photo: William Warby, Creative Commons)