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• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Rongkun Liu

  Enlightenment at 16,340 ft: Rongbuk Monastery against Mt. Everest. Photo credit: Rongkun Liu
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: 2018 Photo Contest 2nd place photo: Tony Losekamp, "Spiritual Tree"

  2018 Photo Contest 2nd place photo: Spiritual Tree- I took this photo in Hocking Hills, Ohio on the trail between Old man’s cave and Cedar Falls. It was spring and the forest was exploding with life. The air hummed with excitement and power that is comparable with excitement and power of a rich spiritual life in communion with God. Photo credit: Tony Losekamp
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Tony Losekamp, "Twinrise"

  This photo was taken together with “Morning Tree” (also in this gallery). I took this photo in Armleader Park on the Little Miami River after soccer conditioning at 6 am in high school. Coming home the sun was always still rising in the river valley that was blanketed in fog every morning. After practice instead of going back to sleep I decided to take advantage of the beauty of a new day to see the world in a unique light. The low sun and thick fog created amazing silhouettes that really emphasized the strength of the trees to me. Photo credit: Tony Losekamp
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Kyle Meyaard-Schaap (1)

  Activists with Young Evangelicals for Climate Action meet with Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) to discuss faith-based climate advocacy. Photo credit: Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Columbus Bonds with Ghana Sister City Through Agriculture Project

  Youth gardens catalyzed by Cardinal Turkson visit to Columbus in 2015. Photo credit: http://www.dispatch.com/news/20170829/columbus-bonds-with-ghana-sister-city-through-agriculture-project
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Kamara Willoughby

  Milo-Grogran community garden in Columbus, OH. Photo credit: Kamara Willoughby
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: technologyforthepoor.com (2)

  Container gardens. Photo courtesy of technologyforthepoor.com
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: technologyforthepoor.com (1)

  Rooftop garden sunflowers at the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Headquarters in Chicago, IL. Photo courtesy of technologyforthepoor.com
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Deb Conklin

  Peace Church, Bowling Green, OH. Photo courtesy of: Deb Conklin
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Ohio Interfaith Power and Light (2)

  Sr. Paula Gonzalez, Ohio Interfaith Power and Light Co-Founder, the Solar Nun. Photo courtesy of Ohio Interfaith Power and Light
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Ohio Interfaith Power and Light (1)

  Clergy climate-energy advocacy at the Ohio Statehouse. Photo courtesy of Ohio Interfaith Power and Light
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Jenaye Michele Hill

  Father and son duo help remove on of the largest bittersweet roots the Athens Conservancy had ever seen in Strouds Run State Park, July 7th, 2018. This was part of an ongoing monthly service project called First Saturday, where all participants wear their red shirts with the Wesley quote: “Do all the good you can. By all the means you can. In all the ways you can. In all the places you can. At all the times you can. To all the people you can. As long as ever you can.” Photo credit: Jenaye Michele Hill
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: 2018 Photo Contest 1st place photo: Jacob Taylor

  Theotokos in the Apothecary. Photo credit: Jacob Taylor, 2017
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Carl N. McDaniel

  Trail Magic 2nd Year Tall Grass Prairie. Photo credit: Carl N. McDaniel
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Ann Hitzhusen, “At the Core of Beauty is a Loving Heart.”

  Every year when flowers are at their peak, I try to capture some of the beauty of God’s creation. This morning I took some photos of the caladium leaves (while not a bloom, the leaves provide glorious color all summer). When I looked at the photos on my computer I saw the heart shadow on this leaf. I didn’t notice it when I took the photo but it somehow represented the gift of the beauty all around me. Photo credit: Ann Hitzhusen
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Ann Hitzhusen, “A Walk on the Beach.”

  This photo was taken on South Bass Island on Lake Erie while waiting for the ferry. Whether looking for treasures, meditating, praying or just enjoying the water, wind and sunshine we have another opportunity to enjoy a gift of God’s creation! Photo credit: Ann Hitzhusen
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Ann Hitzhusen, "Fire in the Clouds?"

  Sunrises and sunsets are such gifts of beauty! This photo was taken at sunset over the harbor at Put in Bay, Ohio. Photo credit: Ann Hitzhusen
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Ann Hitzhusen, "High Water 2019"

  This photo was taken at Oak Point State Park, Ohio’s smallest state park, on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. This year spring storms and winds from the northeast brought record high waters to the western basin of Lake Erie. Here at the park water washed over the sidewalk along the docks, eroding the soil, washing in debris and making boaters walk through water to get to their docks. It remained this high most of the summer. With our climate changing and weather events becoming more severe, is this the new normal? Care of creation becomes the topic. Photo credit: Ann Hitzhusen
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Karen Scheid (2)

  St. Francis of Assisi Creation Care Team members load yard waste to be composed and used in a community garden to feed hungry families. Photo credit: Karen Scheid
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Karen Scheid (1)

  St. Francis of Assisi Creation Care Team gather to prepare the church’s flower and vegetable gardens for spring planting. Photo credit: Karen Scheid
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Erin Tatman

  In a hot and muggy room in southern Georgia and had the honor of meeting the former president turned bible study teacher Jimmy Carter. This photo was taken the day before his bible study, which undeniably changed the way I view the world, and strengthened my faith. Photo credit: Erin Tatman
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Mary Armbruster

  This photo was taken in Corfu, Greece outside of Vlacherna Monastery. I was in Corfu for study abroad and this church always comes to mind when I think about my time there and how lucky I was to be surrounded by such a beautiful culture. To get to it, you had to travel down a long walk way through the lake that connected two parts of the island. To me, this picture symbolizes how worshiping god in the middle of the nature he created is one of the most powerful experiences. Photo credit: Mary Armbruster
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Bryan Mark

  Cross-mounted steeples of a church in Riobamba, Ecuador, are flanked by the moon and active Tungurahua (left) and geologically recent Altar volcanoes (right) on the horizon, juxtaposing the creation and created as environments of worship. Photo credit: Bryan Mark
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Fred Krueger

  Glory to God for the beauty of the earth. Vernal Falls, Yosemite (1983). Photo credit: Fred Krueger
• Religion and Environment Photo Gallery: Jim Antal

  Hoping to convince President Obama to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline, 48 climate activists cuffed our wrists to the White House fence as a non-violent witness. It was Ash Wednesday 2013, a good day to be arrested. Photo credit: Jim Antal