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  • Environmental Statement – Greek Orthodox

    In 1989, Patriarch Dimitrios I of the Greek Orthodox Church issued a statement on concern for the environment. Like many other faiths, he cited the messages and teachings of the Bible, saying that man was intended to be the steward of nature. To raise awareness for environmental causes and stewardship, September 1st of each year since 1989 has been dedicated to preserving and praying for the environment.

  • Green Justice Congregations

    Sustainability and becoming “green” are more than just simple actions. Many people believe that to truly achieve environmental stewardship, the culture and how we look at things needs to be changed. The United Church of Christ has provided a resource to help faith communities make this change. Their program can be adopted by anyone who wants to help make an impact in their own community.

  • Resource – GreenFaith

    GreenFaith is an organization that seeks to spread environmental stewardship to people of all faith communities. They provide resources, education, and positive outlets for how various faith groups can help better themselves and their environments.

  • The Good Food Toolkit

    The food that we eat can have a huge impact on the environment. The Good Food Toolkit is helping congregations to find food that is both produced sustainability as well as raised humanely, and is economically sound by providing the food producers with a livable wage. These are all areas that we sometimes overlook when it comes to purchasing our foods, but The Good Food Toolkit helps to identify each of these areas to help improve the quality of food we are purchasing.

  • Official Denominational Environmental Webpage – Presbyterian Church

    The Presbyterian faith has an online resource for all members of its community. This website helps provide information and links for people and congregations to become more Eco-friendly. Another valuable resource on their page is their Earth Care Congregations, which provides projects, education, and outreach programs.

  • Official Denominational Environmental Webpage – Lutheran Church

    The Lutherans have their own environmental resource, Lutherans Restoring Creation. This site is full of education, success stories, environmental news, and even resources for preaching.

  • Official Denominational Environmental Webpage – Episcopal

    The Episcopal ecological Network is the Eco-based resource for the Episcopal faith. Their home website contains information on how churches and congregations can become more environmentally friendly and aware. They do this through a three part program involving reflection, education, and action.

  • Official Denominational Environmental Webpage – Catholic

    The Catholic faith has its own set of resources when it comes to environmental awareness. Their website contains lessons on advocacy, environmental justice, and other areas of life. One program, the Environmental Justice Program, is helping people of the Catholic faith to reach out and protect the environment, especially with the poor in mind.

  • Official Denominational Environmental Webpage – United Methodist

    The United Methodist Church addresses environmental issues in a different way. They call their page that focuses on these issues: Social Principles, The Natural World. Through this, you can find information about the Methodists viewpoints on water, energy, animal life, or even space.

  • Official Denominational Environmental Webpage – Unitarian

    This Unitarian website is home to countless resources from the Unitarian faith. It includes a calendar of events as well as various success stories from within the community.

  • Restoring Eden

    Restoring Eden is a website dedicated to provided information and tips on how to be more environmentally conscious. It’s full of resources, news, and events to help get faith communities involved in their cause.

  • Creation Care Study Program

    This program pushes students into learning all about the environment in order to protect it. The lessons and missions are meant to be faith based, as students are learning about The Lord’s creations and how to care for them.

  • Naropa Ceremony

    A Buddhist tradition, the Naropa ceremony, is held once every 12 years. The Drupka, or a religious leader in Mahayana Buddhism, is excited to conduct this ceremony. One principle of Mahayana Buddhism is caring for the environment. This ceremony will help spread the concerns that the Drupka has about the environment, and raise awareness for the issues at large.

  • Steps to Sustainability

    Catholic Churches have been attempting to go green for years. One resource that has helped them to achieve this goal is a series of steps explained in the National Catholic Reporter. This site shows simple and easy steps that a congregation can take to being green, from conserving water and energy to educating and building communities.

  • Ganga Sagar Mela Festival and Sanitation

    The Ganga Sagar Mela Fetival is a meeting of million of pilgrims to cleanse themselves in the Ganges Delta. However, due to a lack of access to toilets and sanitary knowledge, it has also become a site for massive amounts of human waste. That’s all changing as the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance of India teams up with UNICEF to have faith leaders of different creeds teach followers how to begin using more sanitary practices.

  • Global Interfaith Wash Alliance

    Founded by UNICEF, The Global Interfaith Wash Alliance is a coalition of different faiths. Their goal is to provide access to safe drinking water as well as spread knowledge of sanitation to people all around the world. They are achieving this goal by working together with faith leaders who can help spread this information much more effectively than any other group could.

  • Black Churches Turning Green

    African American faith communities are demonstrating how important environmental issues are. These minority congregations are becoming more sustainable in the hopes of helping to reduce the effects of climate change. They are an inspiring group, seeking to make a difference in their communities.

  • Sustainability at Our Lady of Guadalupe

    Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Catholic parish located in Seattle, Washington, has recently undergone the transition to become more sustainable. With the help of Energy Star, city grants, and their own agenda, this parish has implemented changes that help the environment as well as cut costs to their budget. New buildings have been constructed and old ones have been retrofitted to reduce energy consumption as well as teach people about sustainable living.

  • Official Denominational Environmental Webpage – Evangelical

    The Evangelical Environmental Network is a valuable source of information on sustainability and environmental awareness. It shows how people can come together in the church community and help make it a better place.

  • St. John’s Lutheran Church and Solar Power

    Churches have turned to solar power to bring down energy costs for their sanctuaries. St. John’s Lutheran Church in San Antonio has begun to use a large array of solar panels, as well as more energy efficient lights to cut costs.

  • Karenna Gore Speaks on Faith Communities and the Environment

    Karenna Gore, the director of the Center for Earth Ethics at the Union Theology Seminary was recently interviewed on the morning news segment, Ethics Matter. She and Stephanie Sy, the interviewer, discussed everything that is happening with faith communities and the environment. They discuss the bible, what past religious leaders did not do in regards to environmental stewardship, and how things have changed to be what they are today.

  • The Effect of Religion on Climate Change

    Religion is a powerful thing that can spur social movements. In this case specifically, religion has been the cause of people trying to live in a more environmentally friendly way, regardless of the politics around the issues of climate change. This is due to the fact that people involved in this movement are doing it for moral reasons, which can be extremely effective motivators.

  • Easter Shutdown at the University of Leeds

    The University of Leeds has been urging students to participate in a shutdown. During Easter as well as Christmas, the University is encouraging all students to turn off anything that is not essential to research or safety as the students leave for break. The energy savings from these shutdowns is incredible.

  • The Boomerang Alliance’s Use of Good Friday

    The Boomerang Alliance in Queensland is calling on the government to implement the use of container deposits. They are doing this with the theme of Good Friday, invoking religious feelings and morals to gain support. This Easter and holiday season, it is always important to think about what we can all do to make a difference.

  • Earth Keeper Day

    Earth Keeper Day is celebrated in Southern Africa by people and parishes from South African countries including Malawi, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, and South Africa. It is a day for people to reflect on the earth and give thanks. The youth of these churches come together to pray, learn about the earth, and participate in activities to clean the environment. Various leaders in the community come and give presentations as well as lead discussions on how to create a positive impact on the environment.