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Sally Bingham, Rowan Williams recognized for environmental leadership

[Episcopal News Service] The Rev. Sally Bingham, priest in the Diocese of California, and Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams were recognized as numbers three and four, respectively, on Grist's "15 Green Religious Leaders" list.

Both have urged churches to address climate change. Bingham recently convened a summit among Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders to urge U.S. action on global warming, and has been recognized nationally and internationally as co-founder of The Regeneration Project and Interfaith Power and Light. Williams promoted "Sharing God's Planet," a report to the General Synod of the Church of England in 2005, and has been advocating ecological audits for churches, the "Shrinking the Footprint" campaign.

The non-profit, online environmental journal also gave honorable mention to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu of Cape Town, who preached on U.N. World Environment Day in June in Tromso, Norway, and theologian Sallie McFague, whose several books in metaphorical and ecological theology have enriched and deepened the ethical discourse of environmental activists.   McFague is noted for writing, "The planetary agenda, the well-being of the whole, is the context within which theology should operate."

See the whole list here

Visit The Regeneration Project

Download "Sharing God's Planet"

Learn more about the Shrinking the Footprint campaign here

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