News
"Bless (Save) the Bristol Bay" says Orthodox Church in Alaska. Click here to read the story. 
Green Church Immersion Series launched out of Baltimore-Washington conference of the United Methodist Church. Click here to visit the site.
National Preach-in on Global Warming was hosted by Interfaith Power and Light February 11-13. Click here to read more.
Divinity and Forestry Schools to Integrate Study of Religion and Ecology. Yale Divinity School and the Berkley Divinity and Forestry Schools will share a senior faculty chair: Professor of Environmental Stewardship. Read more here.
Get Involved
Earth Day Sunday 2011: Eco-Justice as Community. Reserve a copy by emailing cassandra@nccecojustice.org, or download it here.
Protect the Clean Air Act. Right now, elected officials are trying to limit the Clean Air Act's ability to regulate pollution. Click here to tell your U.S. Senators to protect communities and God's Creation by protecting the Clean Air Act.
The Chesapeake Bay Needs Your Help. It is up to everyday people to make choices to steward our waters sustainably. Click here to download toolkits for Maryland, DC, Delaware, and Virginia churches to help steward the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 
Sign your church on to the Genesis Covenant. Click here to learn more about religious communities that are committing to cut their greenhouse gas emissions in half in ten years, while building a community of faith with a common mission to halt climate change.
Sponsor the Jerry Muys Water Fellowship. In memory of lifelong environmental lawyer and active United Methodist Christian Jerry Muys. The water fellow will strengthen the Council’s work to defend water. Click here to sponsor.
Celebrate Palm Sunday with Sustainably Harvested Palms. Click here.
Events
Ecumenical Advocacy Days Development, Security and Economic Justice: What’s Gender Got to Do with It? March 25-28, 2011 in Washington, D.C. Check out the website. Sign up for the eco-justice track.
Central Appalachia "Week in Washington DC" April 2-6: Join central Appalachians to advocate for passage of the Clean Water Protection Act, protecting the health of people and ecosystems from mountaintop removal coal mining. Register by Feb. 25 here.
Eco Stewards Training Program June 2-9 in eastern Montana. Application deadline March 1. The Eco-Stewards Program is actively seeking passionate, dedicated young adults (20 -30) to come together for the annual Eco-Stewards Program weeklong training event. Opportunities for summer internships following the training event are also available. Click here for more information.
“God’s Earth: Too Big to Fail? A Conversation between Faith, Science and Culture,” August 31 – September 3 in Colorado. This 2011 Presbyterians for Earth Care (PEC) National Conference will be at Highlands Presbyterian Camp and Retreat Center near Estes Park, Colorado. Email Ashley Ann at aamasters@gmail.com for more details.
This Planet as Paradise: Beauty & Ecological Restoration. June 20-26 at the Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Part of the Earth-Honoring Faith series. Click here for more information.
Resources
Lenten Water Devotional: Water, Conflict and Just Peace. Click here to subscribe to weekly email with global water stories, scripture, and prayers from the Ecumenical Water Network of the World Council of Churches.
PC(USA) Environmental Ministries Lenten Eco-Justice Calendar. Each day in the season of Lent, learn about and take action on the issues of waste, energy, water, consumption and food. Click here for the PDF calendar and here for a Word document version that can be adapted for your church.
NCC Outreach Resources for Spanish Speakers. "Made in the Image of God" flyers for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics now available in Spanish. Click here.
NCC Eco-Justice Lenten Series "Where Two or Three are Gathered: Eco-Justice as Community." Starting March 9, the series will lead up to the celebration of Earth Day Sunday 2011. Click here to go to our blog.
Interfaith Power and Light Launches an Updated Version of the Cool Congregations Program. It has the same great features to help you measure your congregation's carbon footprint, only now it has customized tips based on your results. You can create an account to store your results and measure your progress over time. Click here to learn more.
New International Water Policy and Education Resources. "The Human Right to Water and Sanitation" is an international policy brief for all researching and working with water and development. Water, Food, and Hunger describes the relationship between water access and hunger, as well as sustainable solutions. Download from the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Water Network website here.
Book: Natural Saints: How People of Faith are Working to Save God's Earth. By Mallory McDuff. Natural Saints shares the stories and strategies of people of faith working to define a new environmental movement, where justice as a priority for the church means a clean and safe environment for all. Click here to read more.
Book: Green Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice! By Rebekah Todd-Peters. A six-session Christian Education resource that serves as a companion to Seven Steps to Greening Your Church. Click here.
