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What is the Partnership?

dropcap_care and respect for God’s Creation has been a perennial mandate, mission and ministry of religious life.

More recently people of faith in increasing numbers have been studying sacred texts and other theological resources and acting on behalf of the land, air, water, and other creatures, and on behalf of the vulnerable ones who suffer most from the abuse of the earth.

In the early 1990s, the National Religious Partnership was established through its founding faith groups and denominations to further inform their efforts, and to amplify their voices in communities of faith and in the public square.  Of course, just as “creation care” initiatives existed before the Partnership’s inception in 1993, much work is taking place by other participating faith groups in this arena that has no connection with this organization.

Such work may not label itself, “environmental.” But, wherever the work of the Creator is honored and human needs for the life-sustaining gifts of the earth are met with intelligence, foresight, and prudence, creation care is happening.

By encouraging and supporting the work of faithful people across the religious spectrum — Jewish, Catholic, Orthodox, Mainline and Evangelical Protestants — the Partnership illustrates both the diversity of traditions that enriches, and the common purpose that drives, this movement.


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Light Up the Night --- A Faith Community Acts Together

Catholic

Light Up the Night --- A Faith Community Acts Together

St. Bridget Human Concerns Ministry, Richmond, VA Light Up the Night, a campaign of the St. Bridget Human Concerns Ministry in Richmond, VA, gave parishioners the opportunity to purchase energy-efficient compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) to replace inefficient existing incandescent light bulbs. Members at St. Bridget got a head start on complying with the new energy law passed by Congress on December 19, 2007, which requires the incandescent light bulb to be phased out...

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Mainline Protestant

St. Francis Day Service

St. Mark's Episcopal Church Seattle, WA A spill off the Washington coast in 1989 sparked the formation of the Ecology/Spirituality Group at St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral was started in 1989 after a priest and some church members answered a call for help to clean oil-soaked birds.

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Catholic Colleges, Universities Take Steps To Go Green CA, IN, MN

Catholic

Catholic Colleges, Universities Take Steps To Go Green CA, IN, MN

Article By Mandi Stirone taken from Catholic News Service Catholic colleges and universities are joining their public counterparts in pursuing green initiatives for their campuses using a variety of resources, offices and organizations. Students and school officials are tapping into Internet-based initiatives such as the Campus Greening Initiative at http://www.netimpact.org and Campus Climate Challenge, and they're also entering competitions such as RecycleMania, which promotes friendly competition among campuses to promote recycling efforts.  About 24 Catholic...

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Energy Stewardship

Mainline Protestant

Energy Stewardship

First English Lutheran Church Columbus, OH First English Lutheran Church has been in the creation care business for the past 20 years. ...

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Parish Renovation

Catholic

Parish Renovation

Church of St. Joan of Arc Parish Center Minneapolis, MN In 1997, the Church of St. Joan of Arc formed an Eco-Spirituality ...

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