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Mosques Encouraged to Go Green
God has appointed humanity as trustees of Earth. Unfortunately, humanity’s increasing footprint is causing unprecedented resource depletion and environmental degradation…
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Apply for the Adamah Climate Action Fund!
So much feels out of our control, like rising temperatures. According to NASA, the summer of 2023 was the hottest on record for our planet and just recently (July 22, 2024) the globe reached the hottest daily temperature ever measured (and may even have been surpassed by the time this is published)…
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Celebrate the Season of Creation
In the month of September, the Season of Creation is celebrated in churches around the world. The first Season of Creation was celebrated in 2000, under Norman Habel’s leadership at St Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Adelaide, South Australia…
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United Church of Christ and Blessed Tomorrow offer ways to respond to dire climate report
by Hans Holznagel | Originally published United Church of Christ News on Mar 7, 2022 Find the original post HERE. The world just got its most urgent warning yet about rising temperatures and the suffering they will cause. Earth’s climate continues to erode faster than expected, a United Nations panel said in a Feb. 28…
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“Eating Our Way Toward Climate and Racial Justice” Now Available with Karyn Bigelow, Co-Executive Director, Creation Justice Ministries
Recording Now Available: “Eating Our Way Toward Climate and Racial Justice” with Karyn Bigelow, Co-Executive Director, Creation Justice Ministries Watch the full Let’s Talk Climate recording here. Join us for ecoAmerica Webcast series, “Let’s Talk Climate.” ecoAmerica is hosting fast-paced discussions with leaders in climate change on a wide range of topics. The latest episode, Eating…
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Fusion Later- Fusion Now-People coming together for climate solutions
Fusion Later- Fusion Now Fusion: noun, the coming together of two or more distinct elements to form a new entity. The use of fire for energy emerged sometime around 200,000 years ago. Maybe for cooking, for warmth, light, heat, or defense, we don’t really know exactly why fire was used, but that seismic innovation began…
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Presbyterians are getting ready to inspire climate change action
Ambassador training will ‘empower and equip you’ Originally posted HERE by Darla Carter | Presbyterian News Service Photo by Tiago Aleixo via Unsplash LOUISVILLE — If you want to become better equipped to educate others about climate change, now is your chance to register for training that leads to becoming a certified Blessed Tomorrow Climate Ambassador.…
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Pursuing Environmental Justice on MLK Day- By Rev. Teresa Hord Owens
Pursuing Environmental Justice on MLK Day- Guest Blog The article below was originally posted on Creation Care Alliance of Western NC Website in 2019, we hope that on this day celebrating the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. that you may engage in building the beloved community. By the Rev.…
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200 Bright Lights for this Season-Announcing Blessed Tomorrow’s Faith Organization Directory
200 Bright Lights for this Season Over 200 organizations are sharing their light in this Season. Find them in the Directory of Faith and Climate Organizations. In my faith tradition we celebrate the entrance of God’s light and renewed presence during this time of year. This Sacred Season is filled by stories and images of…
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Blessed Are Those Who Also Mourn-Words on Eco Grief
Adding climate change on top of the everyday mental health stressors we face, compounds issues and impacts, as shown in this new report from ecoAmerica and the American Psychological Association: Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Inequities, Responses. Reading the report as a person of faith caused me to see that supporting mental health…
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Thanksgiving, Manna, and “Just Enough”: Exodus 16:13-21- Rev. Dr. Leah Schade
Written by Rev. Dr. Leah Schade- First appeared on Eco Preacher Blog on Patheos.com Ideas for reading and preaching Exodus 16:31-21 for a Thanksgiving sermon or reflection. This is part of the EcoPreacher 1-2-3 series to equip pastors and church members to engage the Bible through an ecological lens. An alternative to the colonialist Thanksgiving…
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Taking Off the World’s Armor
Taking Off the World’s Armor- Rev. Carol Devine Ephesians 6.10-20 I will never forget my son’s 3rd birthday when he received the first of many sets of batman pajamas. The pjs were gray with the bat symbol emblazoned across his little chest and a black cape on his back. He put them on immediately and,…
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Beyond Apology: Bringing Communities Together to Call for Collective Action
It’s time for people of faith to shift from climate apology and lamentation to action on climate change. This was the topic of discussion on our latest Blessed Tomorrow Let’s Talk Climate episode, “Beyond Apology: We Need Climate Action Now”, co-hosted with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).
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California Faith Group Leads Advocacy Against Impacts of Climate and Air Pollution
Based on a student research partnership, Catholic Charities of Stockton’s Environmental Justice Project determined that high-impact polluters are located in a specific area in Stockton, most notably the Port of Stockton, and pose significant health concerns for the community members. These results were used to identify the industries to hold accountable and promote community health…