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Creation Justice News and Views
Winter 2018

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RESOURCES
Earth Day Sunday 2018: Sense of Place Creation Justice Ministries' 2018 Christian education resource for Earth Day Sunday will soon be available at www.creationjustice.org/place. Sign up to reserve a free copy now, and join the Facebook event.

Green your Valentines Day From gifts of fair trade chocolates to dedicating trees to your beloved, some great ideas from the Green Chalice Ministry of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

RESOURCES FOR LENT

• Lent Creation Justice Daily Practices, Creation Justice Ministries
• Tread Lightly for Lent, Presbyterian Church (USA)
  
• A Just Response to Extractivism, Inter-Religious Working Group on Extractive Industries
  
• Ecumenical Carbon Fast, New England Regional Environmental Ministries
• Carbon Fast resources via Interfaith Power and Light

New documentary addresses Flint, Michigan water crisis Rick Jones, Presbyterian News Service December 20, 2017
Interfaith Water Resources Packet from the Peoples' Water Board

Four Commentaries on the Pope’s Message on Climate Change and Income Inequality Calvin B. DeWitt, The University of Chicago Press Journals
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Creature Kind invites Christians to love God and their neighbors—all of them—by attending to the welfare of farmed animals. 

CHURCH NEWS

• Traveling the Jesus Movement: A Witness to Hurricane Recovery Episcopal Presiding Bishop Michael Curry seeks the Good News among communities bouncing back from extreme weather events
• Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to Host International Green Attica Symposium in Athens
  
• Presbyterians Plan 260-Mile Walk to General Assembly: Action seeks fossil fuel divestment Presbyterian News Service January 23, 2018
  
• Catholic Institutions Divest From Fossil Fuels Global Catholic Climate Movement October 4, 2017
  

FAITH VOICES ON CREATION JUSTICE

• Dr. King, Black History, and Green History Dr. Betty Holley, Feb. 14, 2018
• When Ashes and Roses Collide Aana Marie, Vigen, Ph.D., Feb. 14, 2018
• Coal Country to Feel New Life with Bipartisan RECLAIM Act Allen Johnson of Christians for the Mountains, Charleston Gazette January 21, 2018
• Gold Butte a Place of Heavenly Serenity Dr. D. Edward Chaney, Second Baptist Church of Las Vegas Las Vegas Sun January 13, 2018
• Commentary: To fight Climate Change, we Must Change our Vocabulary  Dick Munson, Midwest Energy News January 4, 2018
• Trump is Spitting in God's Face by Slashing National Monuments Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas Boston Globe December 15, 2017
• What About the Children? A Moral Argument for the Clean Power Plan - Rev. Michael Malcom, The Pollinator December 5, 2017
• Clean Space for a Green Planet: Ecology for the Space Age - Robert Bachelder, The Pollinator December 5, 2017
• From Bonn to Cleveland: Climate Hope  Brooks Berndt, The Pollinator November 14, 2017
• Re-Envisioning Rural and Agrarian Ministry  Sam Chamelin, The Pollinator November 2, 2017
• Climate Change and The Church Princeton Theological Seminary
  

Creation Justice Ministries' team went to Philadelphia, PA to join with locals pray over toxic Superfund sites. (September 2017)

GET INVOLVED
​Religious leaders: Please sign a Petition to Protect God's Oceans from Offshore Drilling
As stewards of God's creation, now is the time to raise or voices in opposition to dangerous offshore drilling that could endanger not only only marine life, but also the health and economic well-being of coastal communities: TAKE ACTION.

Justice for #EachGeneration Campaign
In solidarity with the 21 youth who have taken the U.S. federal government to court for neglecting to take action to abate climate change, clergy and youth are encouraged to make a pledge to preach a sermon in the coming months. Liturgical resources and updates are provided. Help us spread the word about the challenge on social media at #EachGeneration. Join a webinar on Wednesday, February 28 at 8pm ET to learn more and get involved.

Calling All Massachusetts Children and Youth: Policy-makers needs to hear from you about care and reverence for God's ocean creation. Learn more.

EVENTS

• Simple Service Saturday and Detroit Urban Plunge Weekends Young adult service opportunities are available every 3rd Saturday of the month, and urban plunge weekends are also offered at Solanus Casey Center in Detroit, Michigan
• Justice For Each Generation Webinar- February 28, 2018 
• Religion and Ecology Summit: Gender and Religion in Ecology March 16, 2018 San Francisco, CA
• Integral Ecology for the Common Good: Catholic Perspectives on Science, Sustainability and Justice March 22-23, 2018 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada 
• State of Appalachia Conference  March 23-24, 2018 at Pipestem State Resort Park , WV
  
• Ecumenical Advocacy Days: A World Uprooted April 20-23 in Washington, DC
• Saint Louis Climate Summit April 22-24, 2018 St. Louis University in Missouri
• Convergence: Where Faith and Science Meet June 23- July 1 Ashland, VA​
• Star Island Retreat – Live Green, Love Green: Ecology, Faith and Justice July 28- August 4, 2018 at Star Island, NH

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE NEWS

• An Atlanta Pastor Keeps MLK Alive in the Fight for Clean Air and Water Yessenia Funes, Earther, January 15, 2018
• We Vote and We Win, But If We Don't Vote, We All Lose  Ernie Edwards, The Pollinator January 12, 2018
• Waste Dumps a Burden for Minority Neighborhoods  Elizabeth Miller, Idea Stream January 16, 2018
• Eco- Justice: Ecological Responsibility Linked with Social Justice Quaker Earthcare Witness