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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 →
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 →
This week's green-living tip is to offset your holiday travel, and our quote is the Rev. Ragan Sutterfield on taking climate action during Advent. 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!... Continue Reading →
In October, the world's leading body of climate scientists and researchers -- the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- released a long -awaited report that found climate change is happening faster than previously thought, the consequences will be even deadlier and more expensive than previously confirmed, and the world has only 12 years... Continue Reading →
This week's green-living tip is to pick a green Christmas tree, and our quote is the Rev. Rob Mark on the link between Advent and climate change. 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... Continue Reading →
This week's green-living tip is to winter-proof your home, parish, or office, and our quotes come from the Episcopal Church’s delegation to the United Nations climate-change conference. 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... Continue Reading →
This week’s ECN local-project spotlight features Grace Church in the Diocese of Virginia! Share on Facebook Last year, the Episcopal Church approved 44 Stewardship of Creation grants for local projects, including many great ideas that your parish or diocese could do too. Every Thursday, to help highlight the exciting work happening across God's church and... Continue Reading →
The Episcopal Church is not just in the USA. Did you know that Province 2 includes both the Dioceses of Haiti and Cuba plus the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe, Province 8 includes Taiwan, and Province 9 includes five other countries in Latin America? This week’s Episcopal Climate News local project spotlight features Catedral... Continue Reading →
Episcopal Climate News is edited by the Rev. Nathan Empsall, an Episcopal deacon and current seminarian. In my preaching course at Yale Divinity School, we were required this week to write and deliver a brief "prophetic oracle" -- a short passage (or oracle) focused on judgement, lamentation, and/or hope, in the style of the Old... Continue Reading →
One of the biggest things we can do to care for God's creation is to vote today for the candidates whom we believe will do the most to mitigate climate change — and not just in federal elections, but at the state and local levels, too. The separation of church and state is important, but... Continue Reading →
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