This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-X023: Solidarity with the Gwich’in People “With open and broken hearts,” this resolution from the House of Bishops acknowledged “the struggle and plight... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Helping Communities Affected by Change in Energy Use
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-D081: Helping Communities Affected by Change in Energy Use Recognizes that a transition away from coal and other fossil fuels will hurt the... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Criteria and Procedures for Deciding to Engage with or Establish a No Buy List of Companies
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-D068: Criteria and Procedures for Deciding to Engage with or Establish a No Buy List of Companies Requests that the Committee on Corporate... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Stewardship of Creation with Church-Owned Land
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-D053: "Stewardship of Creation with Church-Owned Land" Encourages dioceses and congregations to use undeveloped church-owned land for agriculture, biodiversity conservation, green burials, habitat... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Disaster Resilience Policy
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-D007: "Disaster Resilience Policy" Commends Episcopal Relief and Development, urges the federal government to support long-term economic recovery from natural disasters (many of... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Advocate for Ocean Health
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-C063: "Advocate for Ocean Health" Authorizes the church’s Office of Government Relations “to advocate for public policies that support and advance Ocean Health... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Carbon Tax
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-C020: "Carbon Tax" The resolution supports public policy to stop further climate change, including the possibility of a Carbon Fee and Dividend such... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Advocacy for Creation Care
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-C008: "Advocacy for Creation Care" This resolution requests $30,000 over the next three years “to make a web-based carbon tracking tool such as... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Gender Inclusivity in Climate Change Action
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-B027: "Gender Inclusivity in Climate Change Action" This resolution recognizes that climate change "profoundly and differently impacts people according to their gender," urges... Continue Reading →
Church Resolutions: Fossil Fuel Divestment
This year, General Convention -- the legislative governing body of the Episcopal Church -- passed 19 resolutions for the care of God's creation. Each Tuesday, we feature one here! Share on Facebook 2018-A020: "Fossil Fuel Divestment" In 2015, General Convention resolution C045 supported fossil fuel divestment across the church. 2018-A020 calls on the Investment Committee... Continue Reading →