CAPSULES - News and Opportunities for Creation Justice
Winter 2017

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CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY NEWS

• Religious Communities Send Environmental Priorities Letter to Trump Transition Team | Creation Justice Blog January 11, 2017
  
• Groups Urge Faith Leaders to Pray for Climate at Inauguration | Hannah Hess, E&E News January 16, 2017
  
• Was 2016 the Year of Environmental Justice? | Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt The Pollinator UCC Blog December 13, 2016
• Christians and Jews Greet Pruitt Nomination to EPA with Serious Concern, Vigilance |Creation Justice Blog December 9, 2016
• Politics by Candlelight: Contemplating Political Catharsis and Illumination | Rev. Dr. John Chryssavgis  Public Orthodoxy November 24, 2016
• Religious Environmentalists Gird Themselves for a Trump Presidency | Lauren Markoe Religion News Service  November 13, 2016

CONSERVATION NEWS

• New Presidential Memorandum and National Monuments Celebrate Diversity and Civil Rights in the Public Lands System |Creation Justice Blog  January 12, 2017
• Eight Spiritual Treasures: The Public Lands Legacy of President Obama | Shantha Ready Alonso, Sojourners  January 9, 2017
• Secretary Jewell Formally Establishes Harriet Tubman National Historical Park | Department of Interior January 10, 2017
• Interior Department Announces 24 National Historic Landmarks, including home of Episcopal Priest Pauli Murray and Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission Chapel | Department of Interior January 11, 2017
• Expanding Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument a Holy Cause | Bishop Staccato Powell and Rev. Dr. Walter John Boris The Oregonian November 28, 2017

CLIMATE & ENERGY NEWS

• Religious Communities Celebrate $500 Million U.S. Investment in the Green Climate Fund | Creation Justice Blog January 17, 2017
• In Boston, Who Will Bear Climate Change Burden? | Rev. Mariama White Hammond, New America Media January 6, 2017
  
• Top Alaskan Religious Leaders Celebrate Withdrawal of Arctic Oil Drilling Leases | Creation Justice Blog November 18, 2016
  
• Faith Leaders Thank Bureau of Land Management for Cutting Methane Waste | Creation Justice Blog November 12, 2017
  

FOOD & WATER JUSTICE NEWS

• Minneapolis Synod Embarks on Watershed Stewardship Campaign | Southwest Minneapolis Journal January 12, 2017
  
• Religious Communities Celebrate New Stream Protection Rule | Creation Justice Blog December 19 2016
  

RESOURCES
17 Ways to be an Eco-Preacher in 2017
Rev. Dr. Leah Schade

Christian Food Movement Guide

GET INVOLVED
A Congressional Recess is coming up February 20-24. Set up a meeting with your U.S. Senators and/or U.S. Representative. Now more than ever, Members of Congress need to hear from constituents about the urgent moral imperative to do justice for God's creation. Fill out this form to let us know if you set up a meeting, or reach out to us at info@creationjustice.org if you'd like help setting up a meeting.

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First 100 Hours Climate Vigils
January 20-22 in Many U.S. Cities

Webinar: Let's Talk Climate
January 26 Online Program of Blessed Tomorrow

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EVENTS
Come to the Table Food Justice Convening of North Carolina Council of Churches
March 16 in Durham, NC

State of Appalachia Conference
March 31-April 1 at Pipestem Resort State Park in West Virginia

Water Justice Institute of Trinity Wall Street
March 22-24, 2017 in New York, New York

Creation Justice Pathways in North Carolina
March 24-26 in Winston-Salem, NC

Resisting Empire: Student Christian Movement USA Leadership Training
March 23-26 in Berkley, California

Earth Day Sunday 2017 theme will be "Environmental Justice from Indigenous Peoples' Perspectives"
April 23 in churches across the United States

Ecumenical Advocacy Days: Confronting Chaos, Forging Community
April 21-14 in Washington, DC

SOIL Youth Summer Conference of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
July 24-28 in Black Mountain, NC

Presbyterian Peacemaking Travel Study Seminars
August 7-18 in Central America and November 6-18 in Madagascar

Presbyterians for Earth Care 2017 Conference
September 26-29 in Portland, Oregon