Creation Care
Nations, interfaith community reaffirm commitment to cut carbon emissions
Greenpeace stages a protest outside the UN Climate Change Conference 2016 (COP22) in Marrakech, Morocco, Nov. 18, 2016. PHOTO: Youssef Boudlal/REUTERS [Episcopal News Service] Nations worldwide convened Nov. 7-18 in Marrakesh, Morocco, to hammer out the details of the Paris Agreement in a shift toward implementation and action on climate and sustainable development. “Our climate […]
From the Episcopal Church's advisory council for Stewardship of Creation
From the Episcopal Church’s advisory council for stewardship of creation.
Demandes de subventions axées sur la Création et le changement climatique acceptées dès maintenant
Les demandes de subventions pour des projets locaux religieux axés sur l’atténuation du changement climatique sont dès maintenant acceptées. Le Conseil Consultatif de l’Église Épiscopale pour la Sauvegarde de la Création, organe désigné par la Résolution A030 de la Convention Générale de 2015 « Créer un groupe de travail sur les changements climatiques, fera des […]
Se Aceptan Solicitudes para Becas Centradas en el Cambio Climático y la Creación
Ya se aceptan solicitudes para becas que se centren en proyectos religiosos locales para mitigar el cambio climático y guardar la integridad de la creación. El Consejo Asesor de la Mayordomía de la Creación de la Iglesia Episcopal, autorizado por la Resolución A030, “Crear un Cuerpo Especial Sobre el Cambio Climático,” aprobado en la Convención […]
Applications accepted for grants focused on climate change and creation
Applications are now accepted for grants that focus on local faith-based projects for mitigating climate change and safeguarding the integrity of Creation. The Episcopal Church Advisory Council for the Stewardship of Creation, enabled by Resolution A030, Create Task Force On Climate Change, approved at General Convention 2015, will make recommendations for grants up to $10,000. […]
Call is issued to the Episcopal Church to stand with Standing Rock on November 3
The Episcopal Church community on the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota has issued a call for the Episcopal Church to stand in solidarity and witness with those protecting water on the Standing Rock Sioux Nation in North Dakota. Concerned by the increased repression of non-violent water protectors whose ranks include men, women and […]
Head Of The Episcopal Church Says It’s ‘Sinful’ To Ignore Climate Change
The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church had strong words this week for people who deny climate change based on “political interests” or “willful blindness.” “The Judeo-Christian tradition has always called those motivations sinful,” Bishop Katherine Jefferts Schori said Tuesday at an event to raise awareness about climate change. “It’s decidedly wrong to use resources […]
Empowering Episcopalians and the next generation to care for creation
Students from Campbell Hall and St. Margaret’s Episcopal Schools observe elephant seals during mating season on the coast of Big Sur, California. From birth to death and everything in between, the full cycle of life was on display. Photo: Diocese of Los Angeles [Episcopal News Service] Episcopalians old and young often turn to the phrase […]
Bishops, spouses learn firsthand about Flint’s water crisis
Flint Mayor Karen Weaver discusses the city’s water crisis during a Sept. 17 briefing at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Diocese of Eastern Michigan Bishop Todd Ousley, far right, and the Rev. Dan Scheid, St. Paul’s rector, organized the briefing as the first stop on a tour of Episcopal Church ministry sites in Flint for bishops, […]
North Dakota churches set sights on energy sustainability
[Episcopal News Service] The recent protests of an oil pipeline in North Dakota have thrust the Standing Rock Sioux Nation, and many of its members who are Episcopalians, into the national spotlight. But for the several Episcopal congregations on Native American reservations in North Dakota, the focus on energy issues and the environment is nothing […]
