This week's tip is to consider giving up single-use plastic for Lent, and our quote is from Pope Francis. Think having a green corner in your church newsletter or bulletin is a great idea, but don’t have time to research or write one? Episcopal Climate News is here to help! Every Monday, ECN offers a... Continue Reading →
Weekly Parish Newsletter/Bulletin Insert: Reduce food waste, and Phyllis Tickle
This week's tip is to cut down on food waste, and our quote is from Phyllis Tickle. Think having a green corner in your church newsletter or bulletin is a great idea, but don’t have time to research or write one? Episcopal Climate News is here to help! Every Monday, ECN offers a free green-living... Continue Reading →
Weekly Parish Newsletter/Bulletin Insert: Replace phones less often, and Mary Oliver
This week's tip is to replace new devices like phones less often, and our quote is a poem by the late Mary Oliver. Think having a green corner in your church newsletter or bulletin is a great idea, but don’t have time to research or write one? Episcopal Climate News is here to help! Every... Continue Reading →
Local Projects: Procter Camp and Conference Center, OH
This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features the Diocese of Southern Ohio’s Procter Camp and its native prairie! Share on Facebook In 2017, the Episcopal Church approved 44 Stewardship of Creation grants for local ministries. Every Thursday, to help highlight the exciting work happening across the Body of Christ and to provide examples of what your... Continue Reading →
Weekly Parish Newsletter/Bulletin Insert: Dress Sustainably, and Dr. Mary Evelyn Tucker
This week's tip is to dress sustainably, and our quote is from Professor Mary Evelyn Tucker. Think having a green corner in your parish newsletter or bulletin is a great idea, but don’t have time to research or write one? Episcopal Climate News is here to help! Every Monday, ECN offers a free green-living tip... Continue Reading →
Finding Hope and Right Relationship: A Climate-Change Sermon on the Conversion of St. Paul
Today, January 25, 2019, is the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul. ECN’s editor, the Rev. Deacon Nathan Empsall, preached a version of the following sermon this morning at Berkeley Divinity School at Yale, linking Paul's road to Damascus with climate science, Connecticut’s recent ice storm, and the much-beloved hymn “I the Lord of... Continue Reading →
Weekly ECN Newsletter/Bulletin Insert: Eat seasonally this winter, and Dr. Karen Baker-Fletcher
This week's tip is to eat in-season foods this winter, and our quote is from Professor Karen Baker-Fletcher. Think having a green corner in your parish newsletter or bulletin is a great idea, but don’t have time to research or write one? Episcopal Climate News is here to help! Every Monday, ECN offers a free... Continue Reading →
Weekly ECN Newsletter/Bulletin Insert: End the environmentally harmful shutdown, and Margaret Bullitt-Jonas on Baptism
After a brief hiatus due to holiday travel and ordination exams, the weekly Episcopal Climate News column is back! Feel free to copy and paste this green-living tip and theological quote for your parish newsletter or bulletin, editing or shortening as your space requires. Share this week’s column on Facebook. Living on God’s EarthBy Episcopal... Continue Reading →
Weekly ECN Newsletter/Bulletin Insert: Reusable water bottles, and Katharine Jefferts Schori
Happy New Year's Eve! To celebrate tomorrow's holiday, this week's column reprints two of our greatest hits: Our August 20 tip to switch to reusable water bottles, and our October 8 quote from former Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. Think having a green corner in your parish newsletter or bulletin is a great idea, but... Continue Reading →