Working within and across communities of faith to urgently fulfill our sacred duty to love and protect Creation, address our changing climate and ensure justice for all life.
We are guided by faith, informed by science, and focused on environmental justice
Preparing to Meet with Your Elected Officials
An ICCT Webinar From Our New Interfaith Climate Advocates Network (ICAN)
Join us for the webinar on March 25, 6-7 PM when Susannah Tuttle from NCCC Eco-Justice Connection will review step-by-step guidance for scheduling an introductory meeting with your representatives in the North Carolina General Assembly and the US House of Representatives.
After the webinar, if you choose, we can introduce you to 3-5 people in your voting districts and together you can advocate for the care of creation and a fair, affordable energy system that serves all communities. Register for the webinar here. Learn more about the Interfaith Climate Advocates Network (ICAN) and this non-partisan advocacy campaign here.
ICCT Launches Advocacy Network
Wow! We had a great turn-out on January 13th, 2026, for the ICCT Webinar on Advocating with Compassion with Susannah Tuttle from NC Council of Churches Ecojustice Connections.
During the webinar, we launched an exciting new ICCT initiative called ICAN (Interfaith Climate Advocates Network) that will support you as you make your voice heard.
Cesanne Berry and Bobbi Mullins, Co-Chairs of the ICCT Advocacy Team, presented our vision for advocating with compassion and talking about what we love. What better way to show a little love to our elected officials than by sending them Valentine cards that tell them what we love?
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on Advocating with Compassion, joining the ICAN Network,
and participating in the Valentine Cards Campaign.
ICCT 2025 Convention: Grounded in Hope
In Jerusha Neal’s keynote presentation, “Grounded Hope in the Face of Ecological Loss,” she looked deeply at the impediments to hope and the promises of hope.
In John Morrison’s main presentation, “Causes for Optimism in the Energy Transition,” he highlighted actions we can take to hasten the transition. If our government won’t lead the way, then we as individuals and communities of faith can!
A panel of Creation care leaders shared stories of their work in their own Creation congregations. A video will inspire you and get you thinking about Creation care in your own congregation.
Results of Earth Friendly Practices Survey
Reflecting the sacred through our creation care practices, many of our faith communities have responded to a survey detailing their earth-friendly practices. We are happy to present you with the collected responses, along with a dynamic map locating the congregations that have responded.
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Join Us as a Faith Community Liaison
We invite you to serve as a liaison to your Triangle faith community. We are looking for partners who will help ensure your faith community is informed about ICCT events and resources, and make ICCT aware of your faith community’s priorities and creation care activities.
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ICCT Website Upgrade Is Now Live
On July 1, 2025, the ICCT website underwent an upgrade. The changes are subtle, but you will find that it is easier to navigate and interact with.
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An ICCT Webinar: Recycling 101
Learn how to recycle more effectively on this 2025 video recording with John Wilson, an energizing and informed advocate for recycling.
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ICCT Youth Leaders Gaining Momentum
ICCT-sponsored Youth Creation Care Leaders serve Durham and Raleigh faith communities by offering youth-to-youth, interactive presentations on Creation care for youth groups. New youth are welcome and congregations may request presentations for their youth groups.
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The Good News of Advent
During the Christian season of Advent, all Creation waits in the encroaching dark and cold with eager longing for the birth of baby Jesus. You’re invited to select an Advent resource with a Creation Care theme to guide your own reflections, your family’s, and your congregation’s.
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Religion, Ethics and Law Forum
The Forum on Religion, Ethics, and Law in a Time of Planetary Crisis and Political Decline was sponsored by Binkley Baptist Church in Chapel Hill and presented there on April 20, 2024. It was co-sponsored by Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle among other groups.
Recap of the 2024 Convention
Did you miss the spirit-filled 2024 ICCT Action Traction Convention, or just want a
refresher?
Check out the recap and keynote video.
Gratitude for Creation
On a beautiful fall day in Raleigh, ICCT and Triangle Interfaith Alliance held a glorious service of Gratitude for Creation at Greystone Baptist Church.
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Climate and Our Money
Resources from the DIVEST–INVEST
2023 Forum on How to Stop Funding Fossil Fuels
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2023 Prayer Chain
Triangle creation caretakers forged the Third Annual Prayer Chain for the Earth on Monday, October 23, during the evening rush hour.
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Youth Leaders Initiative 2023
Two ICCT/NCIPL Youth Listening Sessions and a Planning Session were held in the summer of 2023. Youth and their adult leaders met to discuss ways youth can get involved in the Creation Care movement!
Read more about these meetings.
ICCT & ONE Wake on Energy Efficiency
Finding ways to make energy efficiency equity an integral part of affordable housing for low-income residents.
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Planning for the Season of Creation 2023
Resources to plan for this Christian celebration dedicated to to praying and responding together to the cry of Creation, Sept. 1 – Oct. 4, 2023.
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2023 Youth Listening Sessions
The first ICCT/NCIPL Youth Listening Session was held in June, 2023 at Watts Street Baptist Church. A small but mighty group of nine youth and three adult leaders met to discuss ways youth can lead the charge in the Creation Care movement!
Read more about this meeting.
Urban Forestry & Racial Justice Discussion
Urban Forestry & Racial Justice Discussion:
New funding for planting trees in underserved communities.
Read more here.
ICCT Position on Composting
ICCT Position on Composting Policy
March 29, 2022
View and download the policy.
Divestment Resource
“Climate and Money: A Guide to Fossil Fuel Divestment and Reinvestment”
Divestment Resource
Urban Forestry and Racial Justice
ICCT Sponsors a Panel on Urban Forestry and Leveraging Funding for Projects for Trees in Underserved Communities May 11, 2023
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Creation Care: Youth Engagement
A new direction for ICCT that holds so much promise and hope for the Earth’s future!
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ICCT at ONE Wake Listening Sessions
Voicing two concerns in our community – affordable energy bills for low income households through energy efficiency upgrades and emergency shelter for homeless neighbors in extreme weather.
Healing Our Hearts, Healing Our Land
Earth Day 2023 To Heal Our Hearts: Resources and liturgy to explore Earth Day activities for your own faith community.
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Winning Hearts, Minds & Hands for Creation
At the ICCT Imagination Convention on January 28, 2023, we gathered to celebrate our past and imagine our future.
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Lenten Resources for 2023
Lenten Resources for 2023
A simple way to adopt a plant-rich diet leading to spiritual and environmental well-being
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The Pentagon, Climate Change & War
A 2023 Zoom forum, attended by 96 people, featured author Neta C. Crawford, Professor at the University of Oxford discussing her book on the Pentagon, the world’s largest single greenhouse gas emitter and how to break the link between national security and fossil fuels.
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The Letter, a Poignant New Documentary
See this film about the Pope’s meeting with 5 climate champions from around the world and how they embody the message of Laudato Si’, his letter to everyone on earth.
Read the full article here
Cost Savings on Solar are Never Better!
Homeowners, nonprofits, and businesses can install solar and battery storage while navigating multiple layers of cost savings while becoming better stewards of the Earth.
Learn more and watch the videos.
2022 Prayer Chain for the Earth
“Save Our Mother,” “Vote/Pray,” — some of the messages from almost 200 folks holding signs that greeted drivers on Raleigh’s Wade Avenue during ICCT’s 2ndPrayer Chain for the Earth on October 3, 2022.
See the videos and read a stirring blog on this amazing happening.
An Ecumenical Prayer Service
Listen to the Voice of Creation, Heal the Earth…Our Home. An ecumenical prayer service celebrating the Season of Creation welcomed people of all faiths and the entire community on Saturday, September 24, 2022, to the BeeLoved Community Garden of West Raleigh Presbyterian Church.
Learn more & read the words of the beautiful service.
Earth Care Practices Survey of Congregations
Since its inception, ICCT has held the firm belief that together, faith communities will make a powerful impact on the growing climate crisis. Happily, earth care practices at the 78 ICCT faith communities are bubbling up everywhere. To learn from and inspire each other, ICCT's Earth Friendly Practices Action Team has created a survey for network Triangle congregations.
Get more Information and see the survey
Congress Can Act on Composting
Good news! The U.S. Senate passed the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act on July 28, 2022. ICCT supported the bill when we hosted an April 2022 webinar presented by the U.S. Composting Council and attended by 50 people in April 2022. Ask your U.S. House member to support the bill using this easy-to-navigate link. See more information on the bill, the webinar, the recording, and ICCT’s position here.
Planning For the Season of Creation
Celebrated worldwide by many Christian denominations, the Season of Creation (SOC) is a time to renew our relationship with our Creator and all creation. This year’s theme “Listen to the voice of Creation” is based on Exodus 3:1-12. Whether you are looking for an in-depth study of the SOC or specific resources such as prayers, lectionaries, sermons, or a sample of an ecumenical prayer service, you will find it all in the 2022 SOC Guide and on the SOC website .
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Duke Energy Carbon Plan: ICCT Response
Duke Energy’s Carbon Plan lacks urgency, concern and commitment to meet Governor Cooper’s mandate to achieve a 70% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030.
It’s not too late to comment online if you missed the meeting. (Reference Docket No. E 100, Sub 179.) Use the ICCT Policy Statement as a resource.
See more about the rally.
ICCT Policy: Duke Energy Carbon Plan
In the fall of 2021, North Carolina passed HB951, a landmark piece of legislation requiring Duke Energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in North Carolina by 70% from 2005 levels by 2030 and to achieve net-zero by 2050. Duke has now released their Carbon Plan, outlining how they intend to meet these targets and much effort and careful analysis has been put into it.
Read the entire ICCT Policy.
EN-ROADS Climate Workshop
Join Caroline Wofford for a dive into climate change, policy, social justice, and imagining a better world. Working together using Using Climate Interactive’s En-Roads Simulator tool we will create and analyze a scenario that limits global temperature rise, and investigate the social, economic, and environmental consequences of our actions. This will be a highly interactive workshop, so come prepared to participate, and be ready to challenge your mental models and expand your understanding of climate systems!
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Earth: Beloved Community
Read more about Christian, listen to the YouTube recording, and access the words, lead sheet, and chord sheets for the song. Christian generously welcomes us to use the song in our faith communities.
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Earth Day Challenge
It’s April, time to make plans for Earth Day (April 22) for my family and faith community. I remembered an incredible resource that my friend Grace had shared: 31 Days of Climate Action.
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Greener Lent, Ramadan & Passover
The ICCT Earth Friendly Practices Team is excited to share an opportunity to practice an earth friendly diet in conjunction with the Christian observance of Lent. We also offer some resources to adapt it to Ramadan and Passover.
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NCSU Environmental Justice Study: Participant Invitation
Participate in a study on the effect of environmental contaminants such as PFAS and toxic metals on liver health. Data from the CDC shows the body burden of these contaminants is disproportionately borne by ethnic minorities and the poor of any ethnicity. More data is needed to enable better environmental policy.
Renovating or Building Green and Where to Start
Renovating or Building Green: Where to Start
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 7:00 PM
Faith communities, homeowners, and businesses are renovating or building green. Sixty people joined ICCT and cosponsors for a program on the benefits of green building for sustainability, energy efficiency and savings, and advocating for greener building codes.
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A Plant-Rich Diet
On November 6, 2021, Dilip Barman, an accomplished chef, and Emily Barrett, a sustainability expert led a dynamic discussion on how to care for the earth, optimize your health, and promote compassion for animals at the very same time!
Watch the video and see great resources from the speakers.
Update: Prayer Chain for Climate Justice
On October 18, 200+ people of faith and people of conscience formed a Human Prayer Chain for Climate Justice sponsored by ICCT along Wade Avenue from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh to the Community United Church of Christ and beyond! On October 24, Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation is sponsoring a similar prayer chain in Chapel Hill.
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Triangle Clergy Dialogue on Climate Action Review
Eighty people joined the virtual Triangle Clergy Dialogue with Rep. Deborah Ross on Climate Action on September 27, 2021. This was a powerful coming together of faith leaders and members of congregations all over the Triangle to speak our common voice on the critical need to care for the environment for the sake of future generations. Hosted by Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle and Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation.
Vulnerable Communities Bear the Brunt of Pipelines
A new study by Dr. Ryan Emanuel of N.C. State finds that oil and gas pipelines put vulnerable communities at risk of water and air pollution, with greater incidence of public health and safety issues. Find out more.
All Creation Sings!
Watch this inspiring sermon on Creation Care by Rev. Megan Pardue, from the Duke University Chapel on May 30, 2021. Watch the Sermon
Take Action on Climate Change
ICCT signed a letter urging Congress to support an Infrastructure Plan that tackles climate change! As an individual, you can too!
Carbon-Neutral North Carolina– A Faith Community Open Letter
Welcome partners in Creation Justice! Here is a chance to make your voices heard as a faith community on Duke’s infrastructure plans and their climate change consequences.
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Creation Care Messages and Solutions for Faith Communities
Join us for Bringing Creation Care Messages and Drawdown Climate Solutions to Faith Communities, a free Zoom event on Tuesday, May 11 from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, co-sponsored by Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation and Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle.
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The Beeloved Community Garden
How did West Raleigh Presbyterian Church transform a vacant lot into a space for cherishing creation and each other?
Learn all about it
New Climate Action Recordings, Just in Time for Earth Month!
Just in Time for Earth Month! Share these newly released ICCT Recordings based on Drawdown Climate Solutions.
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh Goes Solar
2021 dawned with the completion of a 117-panel solar array on the roof of Raleigh’s Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. The array is a major element in UUFR’s commitment to fight climate change and reduce its carbon footprint.
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Utilities Commission Holds Hearings on Duke Energy Plan
Is Duke Energy’s 15-year Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) up to the challenges posed by climate change? View the April and May hearings on YouTube, and make your voices heard via written comments.
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Clean Energy Opportunities in 2021
On April 8, Will Scott, Energy Policy Manager for the North Carolina Conservation Network, spoke on “Clean Energy Opportunities in 2021 for North Carolina” in
Environmental Art by Gayle Stott Lowry
Stunning environmental paintings by Raleigh artist Gayle Stott Lowry can help inspire you to new environmental awareness and action.
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Latest Drawdown Webinar for Faith Communities
Check out our recently released Drawdown webinar for faith communities: Reducing Dependence on Fossil Fuels and Advocating for Science-Based Climate Change Policies.
Triangle Watersheds: Vital Sources for Life
The Eno and Neuse River watersheds have an outsized impact on the Triangle’s ecosystems and overall quality of life. On February 23, ICCT sponsored a discussion with local experts.
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Healthy Eating for a Greener Lent
This Lent, consider changing the way you eat. Local Catholic churches have put a new twist on Lent called Greener Lent, designed to care for the poor, who are first and foremost affected by environmental degradation.
Learn more and join in
Now Scheduling Drawdown Zoom Webinars
We are now scheduling 2021 Drawdown Zoom webinars for faith communities! The Drawdown Project delivers a hopeful, inspiring message about solutions to climate change. These webinars will inspire you and your faith community to join the effort to fight climate change. We are available for Sunday school classes and evening events. Learn more
The Sun and St. Francis of Assisi Church
The environmental awakening at St. Francis of Assisi Church in Raleigh started on the roof and has taken root in the soil. The new solar cells, dedicated last fall, have inspired an environmental awakening, which now includes a community garden and recycling. Read more
Ask Duke Energy to Reduce Emissions by 2030
ICCT recently endorsed NC Interfaith Power & Light’s resolution calling for Duke Energy to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. Now we invite you to endorse
Solving the Climate Challenge:
National Climate Policy and Advocacy
The ICCT Meeting, “Solving the Climate Challenge: National Climate Policy and Advocacy,” on January 26, 2021, featured two speakers from Citizens Climate Lobby: Donald Addu, Program Director; and Shae Reinberg, Youth Team Leader.
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Treatment of Animals and Covid-19: a Religious Issue
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, many ICCT presentations focused on demonstrating
that climate change is a biblical issue, as well as a scientific one. The pandemic has
moved us to recognize that Covid-19 is also a biblical/religious issue, as well as a medical one.
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Raleigh Downtown South – How Will It Affect the Environment?
Kane Realty promotes the Downtown South Project in Raleigh as a transformative development. How much more transformative it would be if it were sustainably built, energy net zero, green and racially just! Please make your views known to the Planning Commission and to the City Council. Click here for details.
Community Gardens: Nourishing the Body and the Soul
December 3, 2020
Mary Ellen McGuire (St. Thomas More Catholic Church, Chapel Hill) discusses why community gardens are an important part of creation care, in her December 3 Zoom presentation for Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation and Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle. Watch the Video Now
Tree Planting: a Powerful Action to Slow Climate Change
For more than a decade, I had admired the massive ancient oak trees in my neighbor’s yard. When one of them came down in a storm a few years ago, I was awed by what I saw. When the tree stood upright, I saw strength and majesty. As the tree lay on the ground before me, I saw an intricate complexity to life that I had never before fully comprehended. It was a sacred experience.
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Reaching Drawdown: Climate Solutions for the Next Decade
November 10, 2020
Dr. Elizabeth Bagley from Project Drawdown gave an uplifting Zoom presentation on the Drawdown Climate Solutions Framework, with examples of a diverse array of climate solutions.
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Tales of Environmental Racial Injustice in North Carolina
The voices of people of color in North Carolina have been repeatedly ignored in the decision-making process that determines where to build dumps, hazardous waste sites, confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs), coal ash pits, and, more recently, the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Moving forward, minority communities must have a seat at the planning table. Read the stories of this sordid history here.
Let’s Talk Environmental Justice with Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali
October 12, 2020
Watch the video of this presentation on Environmental Justice by Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, a renowned thought leader, international speaker, community liaison, trainer and facilitator. Co-sponsored with NC Wildlife Federation and Orange Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation.
Farmers of Color Partner with Faith Communities in CSAs
Sept. 24, 2020 Wake County communities of faith are partnering with local farmers of color in a new community-supported agriculture (CSA) program, and a group
Lift Your Voice and Your Vote for the Planet
September 21, 2020 This timely Zoom webinar, presented by Campaign Nonviolence NC, showed you how you can use your VOICE and your VOTE to make
Vote For Creation Care
The 2020 election will be the most important we’ve ever had for protecting the Earth, our only home. Learn more about environmental positions taken by presidential candidates, Triangle congressional candidates, statewide NC candidates, Triangle candidates for the NC General Assembly and environmental organizations’ endorsements here. Learn more . . .
At Peace With the Pine, At Peace With Creation
A year ago, I decided to place solar panels on the roof of my house to reduce my carbon footprint. I agonized over removing seven pine trees . . . . Read more
ICCT Launches Project Drawdown Webinars
ICCT is launching newly released and updated Project Drawdown Zoom webinars for faith communities. Presented by trained leaders from ICCT, these webinars will inspire you and your faith community to join the effort to fight climate change. Webinars are ideal for Sunday school classes and evening events at your faith communities.
Environmental Justice in the Age of Climate Change and Pandemic
What are the impacts, who is at risk, and how can individuals of faith minimize the effects of climate change on communities most at risk? Dr. Ryan Emanuel of North Carolina State University speaks about environmental justice in our times.
Lightning Bugs and Vegetables in Abundance
Chasing lightning bugs, spitting watermelon seeds, and eating vegetables. Those things evoke “summer” through childhood eyes. My family almost never ate meat in the summertime. Why would we? There was an abundance of vegetables outside in the garden . . . . Read more
Environmental Justice in Raleigh
Dr. Louie Rivers is using parks to address environmental justice issues in southeast Raleigh. Watch this 2-minute video.
Important Voter Information for 2020 Election
One of the most important things we can do to care for Creation is to VOTE. Multiple factors make voting in the General Election uncertain this year. Be sure to plan your voting strategy carefully whether you vote by absentee ballot, by early voting, or on election day.
Creation Care in ICCT Faith Communities
This is the first in a series of blogs that will highlight Creation care in our ICCT faith communities. Today we are highlighting the Church of the Nativity in Raleigh, also known as the Zero Waste Church.
ICCT would love to hear about creation care activity in your faith community. Please send us an email at ICCTriangle@gmail.com if you would like to share Creation Care resources, history, activities, etc., on our ICCT website.
Help Eliminate HFC Refrigerants
Believe it or not, eliminating HFC refrigerants is the #1 most powerful solution to climate change, according to Project Drawdown. ICCT urges you to contact your U.S. Senators and Representative to support the AIM Act, which requires the phasing-out of super-potent HFC greenhouse gases, currently used in refrigeration and cooling systems.
Learn more and take action now.
ICCT Policy Position Process
ICCT adopts positions on nonpartisan creation care policy issues. This empowers us to raise our collective voices for climate and environmental policies guided by faith, informed by science, and focused on environmental justice for all. Learn how you can propose a policy issue.
What Makes a Sustainable Community and Why Does It Matter?
How can we use principles of sustainability to foster environmental justice and the wellbeing of all? On June 30, 2020, Orange Chatham Interfaith Creation Care and Interfaith Creation Care of the Triangle hosted an online discussion on sustainable communities.
Is the Covid-19 Pandemic a Fire Drill for Climate Change?
Reduced emissions during the Covid-19 quarantine gave us a brief glimpse of what a green and sustainable future might look like. But urgent action is still required. What does the pandemic teach us about climate change?
Coherence Between Principles and Action in Climate Change
“Human beings thrive when we cooperate and find fulfillment through harmonious and friendly relationships.” This 2019 statement underscores the Baha’i faith’s deep commitment to creation care. A Raleigh member of the Baha’i community offers this perspective.
Break Open a Watershed of Tears, Break Open Our Hearts
In response to the wrongful deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and so many others, 300+ members of Raleigh faith communities created a human line of solidarity from Pullen Memorial Baptist Church to the State Capitol.
Seeing With New Eyes in the Time of COVID-19
Even as we grieve for the impact of COVID-19, it offers an enormous time-out to the Earth and ourselves, and clearly shows us the price of our Earth-consuming life style. Dr. Charles Coble reflects on how COVID-19 can lead us to see our world and society with new eyes.
The Spiritual Practice of Grocery Shopping
Three months ago, I was among the grocery workers, who work on their feet for long hours and little pay. Today, these same grocery store workers are on the front lines in the Covid-19 crisis. We must now advocate for government policy that brings greater economic justice and, in so doing, a healthier and more equitable society.
The Cry of the Earth, the Cry of the People
Join a Conversation about Pope Francis’ Laudato si’ in the context of COVID-19. It’s happening on Zoom, May 21 from 7:00- 8:30 pm, and is facilitated by Trevor Thompson, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, in conjunction with ICCT.
Transforming a World in Triple Crisis
Pandemic, Climate, the Economy – what can people of faith do to transform a world in triple crisis? Watch our May 5 conversation with Dr. Dirk Philipsen of Duke University.
As We Are Holding Our Breath, Nature Is Taking One
Wednesday, April 22nd marks the 50th anniversary celebration of Earth Day. ICCT encourages you to read, reflect and act upon this wonderful Earth Day blog shared by Dawn Comfort from West Raleigh Presbyterian Church.
Flowers in the Pandemic: Why Not Garden?
Michael Pollan writes, “Planting a garden sounds pretty benign but in fact it’s one of the most powerful things an individual can do.” In this time of isolation, why not consider gardening?
Ecological Reflections for Lent
This Lenten Reflection Guide offers ecologically and scripturally-based reflections for individuals or small groups, with suggestions for praying, fasting, and acting during each week of Lent.
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Are Solar Panels Manna from Heaven?
In conversations about solar collectors, you don’t expect to hear the phrase “Manna from Heaven”—yet that was exactly the topic of a meeting of Orange
Creation Care Policy Series
The Episcopal Public Policy Network’s Creation Care Series is a wonderful resource that explains the many different aspects of climate change, as well as their