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Stewardship Stories
Stewardship Stories of Interfaith Environmental Engagement
Main Line Unitarian Church Devon, PA In the Main Line Unitarian Church of Devon, Pennsylvania, social activism among the congregants comes naturally. The congregation has a long tradition of social…
Maine Interfaith Power & Light, Inc. Brunswick, ME In 2003, laypeople and clergy from the Saco-Biddeford area of southern Maine came together as a coalition formed between the First Parish…
Northwest Interfaith Movement Philadelphia, PA The Northwest Interfaith Movement (NIM) of Philadelphia, an alliance of 41 Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim congregations, has a long history of helping families, children…
Santa Rosa, CA The Religious Campaign for Forest Conservation, based in Santa Rosa, California, is surrounded by the awe-inspiring grandeur of the California Redwoods forest, and has not taken the…
The West Michigan Environmental Action Council Grand Rapids, MI Western Michigan is a region of strong religious heritage, rich with faith communities whose sacred texts and religious traditions urge care…
Interfaith San Ramon Valley San Ramon, CA In May 2003, the suffering of an indigenous people half a world away led a group of Californian pastors and rabbis to challenge…
New Mexico Conference of Churches Albuquerque, NM The New Mexico Conference of Churches (NMCC) sees their involvement with issues of environmental justice as going hand-in-hand with the proper practice of…
Earth Ministry, Seattle, WA A unique partnership in Seattle, WA, is uniting people of faith with community environmental leaders to decide advocacy priorities and win legislative battles. Earth Ministry, an…
Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment North Tustin, CA The Orange County Interfaith Coalition for the Environment (OCICE) was the lead organization in the "International Day of Climate Action",…
Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church Portland, ME Unitarian Universalists, as a whole, hold to the conviction that all existence is interconnected, and thus interdependent. But in the Allen Avenue Unitarian…
Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, New York City, NY An interfaith coalition of more than 90 congregations is greening low-income housing in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Harlem Congregations for Community…
Commission on Stewardship of the Environment The Louisiana Interchurch Conference Baton Rouge, LA The Louisiana Interchurch Conference, located in the region of Baton Rouge, Larose, West Monroe, and Lafayette, has…
Dunkirk, NY Though few people may now be familiar with the concept of “gleaning” — the practice of gathering the remains of a harvest left behind as surplus by the…
The First Unitarian Universalist Church of Austin Austin, TX The Unitarian Universalist Church holds as one of its central tenets that the interdependent web of existence, of which humans are…
STEWARDSHIP STORIES
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An Evangelical Church Discovers Creation Care
Fellowship Church Knoxville, TN Evangelical Free Church of America Lyndsay Moseley wasn’t sure what lay in ...
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New Mexico Conference of Churches Albuquerque, NM The New Mexico Conference of Churches (NMCC) ...
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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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Au Sable Institute for Environmental Studies, MI A version of this article by Peter Illyn originally appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of Creation Care magazine.
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Converting Green Ideals Into Energy-Saving Practices
Sylvania United Church of Christ, Sylvania, OH Members of Sylvania United Church of Christ (UCC) in Sylvania, OH are saving more than 84,000 pounds of CO2 emissions each year through conservation efforts. The building itself has a passive solar design that uses a hillside to maintain a constant temperature in certain parts of the building. The church recently added to its energy savings by installing a photovoltaic array (solar panels) on its roof. The...
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