The NCC wishes you a blessed Advent!
News
NCC hosts congressional briefing "Pulpits, Pews, and Toxics: Faith Perspectives on Chemical Policy Reform." Click here to read more and view footage of the panelists. 
NCC Mountaintop Removal Webinar Attracts People of Faith from 31 States. Click here to listen to the recording. (To access it, you'll need to download the free WebEx software.)
Chesapeake Covenant Community gathers interfaith group to reflect on watershed justice. Click here to read a report.
First Presbyterian Church in Palo Alto hosts a lecture series with eco-theologian Larry Rasmussen. Click here to read more.
NCC applauds Food and Drug Administration's announcement to change regulations on BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups. Read the statement.
Get Involved
LAST CHANCE! Ask President Obama to "Do iT in Durban." Click here to ask President Obama for a fair, ambitious, binding climate agreement with international adaptation assistance and climate justice for all at the COP 17 negotiations in Durban, South Africa, which start November 28.
Ask your legislators to make children's health a priority. NCC hosted a congressional briefing last week: "Pulpits, Pews, and Toxics: Faith Perspectives on Chemical Policy Reform." Click here to magnify our witness by asking your legislators for chemical policy reform that protects children's health.
Events
Earth Care Summit: Environmental Justice and Faith. January 30, Portland, OR. Sponsored by Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Interfaith Network for Environmental Concerns. Click here to find more info and register.
Smart Grid Webinar: Using Emerging Technologies for Energy Stewardship Friday, Feb. 10 at 1:00pm EST. Learn how emerging technologies such as smart grids can help save energy in our personal lives, work lives, and faith lives. This webinar will explore, from a faith perspective, issues related to smart grid technology. Click here to register.
Ecumenical Advocacy Days. "Is this the Fast I Seek? Economy, Livelihood, and Our National Priorities." March 23-26, 2012 in Washington, DC. Click here to read about the conference.
New Community Project Offers Learning Tours. These tours are intergenerational experiences intended to challenge, change and renew us, while building relationships with our neighbors and with God's Creation. Upcoming tours are headed to: Nepal (Jan 5-18), Virginia (April 19-23), Ecuadorian Amazon (June 13-22), Guatemala (July 12-21), Denali (Aug 2-9), and Alaska (Aug 9-17). Click here for details.
Resources
Energy Stewardship: Using Smart Grids and Emerging Technologies for Protecting God's Creation We all use energy in our personal lives, work lives, and faith lives. Yet, our use of energy often comes at a cost to God’s planet and people. This guide educates readers about emerging technologies such as smart grids that can help reduce energy usage. Click here to download.
Reverend Joshua Langille-Hoppe from Hermitage, Missouri held a five-week sermon series at Pomme de Terre UMC on healthy aging. Listen to or read sermons and learn what inspired Reverend Langille-Hoppe to preach on this topic.
PC(USA) offers resources on Living More Sustainably for Autumn, Thanksgiving and Advent.
Advent Devotional from Presbyterians for Earth Care. Click here.
Creating Opportunity Through Micro-Enterprise: Faith Kitchens as Micro-Business Incubators This resource by the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon Interfaith Food and Farms Partnership outlines how your congregation's kitchen can become an incubator for a micro-enterprise that promotes health, eco-justice, and economic justice. Click here to download.
Greener Gifts for the Holidays: There are many opportunities to give gifts for Christmas that are sustainable. Get ideas from Church World Service, New Community Project, or The Recycle Store. You can also make a gift to the NCC Eco-Justice Programs in someone's honor.
Compilation of Book Reviews by David Radcliff of the New Community Project. Click here to read reviews of books about eco-justice and economic justice.
Book: On Sacred Ground: A Religious and Spiritual History of Wyoming. By: Warren Murphy. Click here to read more.
Book: A Watered Garden: Christian Worship and Earth's Ecology. By Rev. Benjamin M. Stewart. Click here to read a review at Living Lutheran.
