Movie screening: From the Ashes June 13, 2017 Creation Care, e-Connections, Events Ohio Interfaith Power and Light invites you to attend a special advanced screening of the National Geographic film: From the Ashes, a groundbreaking new documentary that goes beyond the rhetoric of the “war on ...
Presiding Bishop on the President’s action and the Paris Climate Accord June 6, 2017 Creation Care, e-Connections, Public Policy Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop and Primate Michael B. Curry has issued the following statement on President Donald Trump’s action and the Paris Climate Accord. With the announcement by President Donald T...
Green Power: An option that makes sense May 2, 2017 Creation Care, e-Connections The Diocese of Southern Ohio will have all power for its buildings from 100% renewable power products by the end of this month. When you flip a light switch at Procter Center, Diocesan House, Gabriel’s Place, or the Latino Ministry Center in Forest Park, the l...
Gardens a vision at St. James May 1, 2017 Creation Care Some of the beautiful flowers in the gardens surrounding St. James, Piqua. The grounds of St. James, Piqua, are a vision to see when looking at the church from a distance. The gardens in the spring and summ...
Coalition of bishops issue statement in response to Trump’s executive order on climate change May 1, 2017 Creation Care President Donald Trump on March 28 signed an executive order instructing regulators to rewrite rules aimed at curbing carbon emissions and other environmental regulations at the center of the previous administr...
A call to advocacy: Educate, Illuminate and Elevate May 1, 2017 Creation Care In telling my story about how I became a creation care activist, I shared how I felt a call to action to work for environmental sustainability and justice. After 10 years in this ministry, I feel the “urgency of now,” to quote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now i...
Opinion: Fossil fuel divestment the only way forward May 1, 2017 Creation Care Scientific facts and studies tell us climate change, also called global warming, is impacting our environment. The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states: “Wi...
How I became an Eco-activist May 1, 2017 Creation Care When I decided to attend the weeklong Kenyon Conference in the summer of 2007, I just wanted to learn more about the UN’s Millennial Development Goals (MDGs). Instead I had a conversion experience. The bisho...
From Chavez to CIW: The intersection of creation care and farmworker justice April 28, 2017 Creation Care Cesar Chavez Cesar Chavez, legendary labor leader and co-founder of United Farm Workers, was a person of deep faith who practiced nonviolent action in search of justice for farmworkers. Committed to the teachings of Jesus and inspired by the work of Mahatm...
Growing food justice April 28, 2017 Creation Care For eighteen years, the St. Paul’s, Dayton, Youth Mission trip has been out of town. Traditionally it has been a summer week away, for nine years in Athens County and for nine years in the Cumberland Mountains ...
