Washington Churches
- Wooden Cross Lutheran Church in Woodinville became the first church in the nation to become an electric car chargepoint.
- Earth Ministry, an ecumenical environmental justice group works with advocacy organization, has formed a unique partnership in Seattle, WA uniting people of faith with community environmental leaders to decide advocacy priorities and win legislative battles.
- St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA hosted Healing Our Planet Earth: Singing a New Song of Hope seeking to engage the church in understanding and actively addressing the crisis of climate change. http://www.healingourplanetearth.org
- Wesley UMC in Yakima, WA, keeps 5 million pounds of trash out of the landfill.
- First United Methodist Church in Tacoma, WA operates a store called “Ends of the Earth” which sells only fair trade items.
- Earth Ministry and Healthy Washington have teamed up in Seattle, WA, to select and advocate for 4 environmental issues each year.
- A one-time Carless Sunday event at Grace Episcopal Church in Bainbridge Island, WA has grown into a long-term program that is raising awareness about global warming.
- At Saint James Cathedral, the cathedral for the Catholic Archdiocese of Seattle, WA, stewardship begins with catholic social teaching.