Earth Friendly Practices seek to inspire faith communities and individuals to promote and take part in environmentally friendly actions such as recycling, tree planting, sustainable gardening and landscaping, renewable energy, fair trade sourcing and shopping.
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
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.
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.
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?
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 Chatham Interfaith Creation Care (OCICC) in January 2020. (more…)
Sikh groups around the world have united to fight against climate change by planning to plant 1 million trees in 1,820 different locations by November.
The Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina is an absolutely wonderful resource for faith communities that are just starting out, or have been on the journey toward sustainability (more…)
