Catholic Perspectives on Environmental Issues

Episcopal Church, USA, concerning the environment

Evangelical Protestant Perspectives on Environmental Issues

Lutheran - A Social Statement on Caring for Creation: Vision, Hope, and Justice

Mainline Protestant Perspectives on Environmental Issues

National Council of Churches EcoJustice Program - The Eco-Justice Program office of the National Council of Churches works in cooperation with the NCC Eco-Justice Working Group to provide an opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations to work together to protect and restore God's Creation.

The National Religious Partnership for the Environment is an association of independent faith groups across a broad spectrum: the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the National Council of Churches U.S.A., the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, and the Evangelical Environmental Network.

Christianity and the Destruction of Nature.  Wendell Berry exposes the threat of a Christianity that excludes nature, culture, economics and the body from spirituality.

GreenFaith inspires, educates and mobilizes people of diverse religious backgrounds for environmental leadership.

RENEWAL (2008) is the first feature-length documentary to capture the breadth and vitality of America's religious-environmental movement. 
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An Inconvenient Truth - Al Gore's must-see on global warming.
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The Great Warming - Evangelical perspective on global warming.
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United Church of Christ Environmental Justice

United Methodist Church God's Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action is a project of the United Methodist bishops that calls Christians to contemplation and action on the interconnected issues of poverty, environmental degradation, and violence.

Yale Project on Climate Change - clear, indepth resources for scientific exploration of issues related to climage change.  Includes NPR recordings.

  Awakening to God's Call to Earthkeeping  Study Guide
This 50-page resource (pdf) includes both a Leader Guide and participant materials for use in faith-based small group context: adult or older youth Sunday school, Christian Education classes, women’s circles, men’s groups, congregational “Green Team,” or in a retreat setting. Members of any Christian denomination would be able to use it, with only slight modification (if desired) to incorporate materials from their own faith tradition.

Bible Verses on Caring for Creation presented by Web of Creation

Care of the Earth An Environmental Resource Manual for Church Leaders
Edited by Tina B. Krause Produced by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago

Clergy Corner at Interfaith Power and Light - Resources that will help you get started in planning a service with the theme of protecting Creation. Many of the sermons were preached during past Earth Day services but are rich with resources for bringing the message of creation care to your congregation year round.

Creation Devotionals - from Earth Ministry

Creation Waits with Eager Longing!
A journey of Reflection, Remembrance, Rediscovery, Repentance, Reconciliation, and Recommitment on our way to becoming more faithful stewards of God’s creation.

Current EARTH DAY Resources - The blessings of God are evident all around us, including in the sacred spaces that make up our houses of worship. These sacred spaces are where we come to be spiritually nurtured, enriched, and recharged. These spaces become a gathering place to meet in fellowship with our neighbors, and are the center of our mission activities. Even as we are blessed as communities of faith with gathering places for our worship and ministry, we have responsibilities to be good stewards of these sacred spaces.

Earth Ministry works in partnership with individuals and congregations to respond to this great moral challenge through education, modeling sustainable lifestyle choices, and organizing for social change through environmental advocacy. While rooted in Washington State, our resources are utilized across the U.S. and internationally.

Faith in Place gives religious people the tools to become good stewards of the earth. We partner with religious congregations to promote clean energy & sustainable farming.

The Green Bible - The Green Bible will equip and encourage people to see God's vision for creation and help them engage in the work of healing and sustaining it.

Green Congregation Worship Guide presented by Web Of Creation

Sustainable Faith: God, the Environment and Human Responsibility: A small group resource created in cooperation between Church Publishing and the popular public radio series "Speaking of Faith ® with Krista Tippett.”
Discuss your role as a steward of the planet and how to make sense of the current climate of challenging political and environmental issues. Inspire conversation and introspection about the choices we make about nourishing ourselves, both nutritionally and spiritually.  

The Green Seminary Initiative is a movement among seminaries designed to foster an ethic of ecological care for God's Creation on our various seminary campuses.

Interfaith Power and Light Interfaith Power and Light is mobilizing a religious response to global warming in congregations through the promotion of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and conservation.

Worship Aides from Earth Ministry - A wealth of resources for worship - Honoring the gift of God's creation during our worship services is an organic way to introduce others to the call to care.

Bellringing for climate justice - Liturgy created by the National Council of Churches in Denmark  for services sounding bells, gongs, drums, conch shells or other instruments as part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

Carbon Covenant from Interfaith Power and Light -  The four projects featured on the Carbon Covenant website are faith communities in the developing world taking the initiative to mitigate climate change and protect their communities.  All of the projects address the number one source of greenhouse gas emissions in the developing world: deforestation.

Earth Aid - you can • Sign up for the free service • Monitor & reduce your household’s energy use • Get rewarded based on how much you save.
Earth Aid is about educating households about your energy and water use, helping you save, and rewarding you when you do save.

Eco-manual Check-list - If you are looking for a helpful guide for greening your community, the staff at Web of Creation suggests that you check out this great place to start!

Greening Our Congregation

Sustainable Lifestyle Choices from Earth Ministry - "For many people, the first step towards caring for God's creation is to take personal actions in their lives to live more sustainably.