Connections Call: Responding to Climate Disaster
Rev. Matthew Zemanick, Program Director, Lutheran Disaster Response Initiatives joined us to consider all the ways we can “lend a ...
Just Transitions Conversation (March 2021)
Listen in to our discussion with Ruth Ivory-Moore, ELCA’s Program Director, Environment and Corporate Social Responsibility Focus: Just Transitions What ...
Connections Call: What is Our Response?
As part of our Connections Calls, we get to hear feedback from representatives who work in various expressions of the ...
Working their Beliefs into the Public Sphere
On Earth Day 2016, a small group of people of faith visited Massachusetts' Senator Ed Markey's office in Boston to ...
An Earth Day Action with Results:
*On June 28, 2017 there was a follow-up to this meeting with Sen. Elizabeth Warren - read here* Working their ...
Religious Community Sends Letter to Trump Transition Team
A coalition of 32 faith organizations, including the ELCA, sent a letter on January 11 to President-elect Donald Trump's transition ...
Vegetable Garden at Trinity Lutheran Church (Ft. Collins, CO)
Trinity Lutheran Church volunteers have maintained a vegetable garden at its location for 8 years. More recently, volunteers from the ...
Water discipleship tool for Congregations!
Vermont Lutheran Church partners with Interfaith Power & Light to Share the Various Ways to Revere Water: In 2018, Vermont ...
Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston
This regional organization shares the experts in their midst with the wider audience online across the globe. Check out the ...
Evangelical Lutheran leaders argue for Ohio energy efficiency and renewable energy
The president of a major Lutheran seminary and one of the three bishops overseeing the 550 Ohio congregations of the ...
ELCA Advocacy Updates
The National ELCA Office of Advocacy offers updates from what's going on in our capital and news from various affiliate ...
Luther College and Raptor Resource Project Build Banding Station (2017)
A grant from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources allowed Luther College and the Decorah Raptor Resource Project to build ...
Featured School: Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA
Gettysburg College has been pursuing sustainable decision making for over three decades. As the world's environmental issues grow more and ...
St. Olaf Natural Lands Play an Important Role in Conservation Efforts for Native Species
A story in the Star Tribune newspaper highlights how St. Olaf College's 350 acres of natural lands not only serve ...
Intro Webinar for Congregations Making a Covenant with Creation
"Creation Care" is more than just "being green." Integrating a lens of eco-justice is not only critical in order to ...
Do we Stay Home and DO nothing?
The general call to to action is simply: "Stay Home". However, many can't heed that call, even if they wanted ...
Lutheran Responses to Fossil Fuel Dependency
Some of us bemoan the fact that the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America has not committed to entirely divest from ...
Missouri Lutherans Caring for Creation: 3/30 & 4/27
Collaboration, Commitment, and Action Sat., March 30 in St. Louis, MO or Sat. April 27th in Columbia, MO Register for ...
CA – March for Fossil Fuel Freedom 3/16-18
A request from Kim Acker, member at University Lutheran Church in Palo Alto, to be public witness: On March 16-18, ...
What to do for Spring in 2019?
We know you don't need an excuse to celebrate and protect the Earth... but sometimes knowing that similar projects are ...
Several ELCA Colleges Named in the Sierra Club’s Top “Cool Schools” List (2017)
Muhlenberg College, Luther College, Wartburg College, Wittenberg College, and Pacific Lutheran University were all recently included in the Sierra Club's ...
Capital University Utilizes “Green Thread” Environmental Sustainability Platform
Through Green Thread, Capital University's environmental sustainability platform, innovative and efficient solutions are brought to life. Green Thread helps employees ...
Concordia College in Moorhead Hosts Successful Community Tree Planting Event (2017)
A recent community tree planting event was a huge success. More than 60 students, faculty, and staff helped plant trees ...
Augsburg Awarded $475,000 to Help Infuse Sustainability Into All Facets of College Life (2017)
In 2017, Augsburg University launched initiatives to build capacity for integrating environmental sustainability across all curricular, co-curricular, and operational aspects ...
LRC Seeks Collaboration with ELCA Synods
Lutherans Restoring Creation ("LRC") is working to collaborate with ELCA synods in bringing care for creation into the full life ...
Energy Stewardship
Lutherans have had a tremendous history with being good energy stewards - but we have a long way to go. ...
Consider Caring for Creation Coaching
What is ELCA Coaching? Click here for a Ministry Description Why would you need a Creation Care Coach for your Synod ...
What Can We Do?
AFFIRM: Personally, with your church council, or entire synod, review our ELCA's 1993 call to action and commit to engaging in ...
Church Bulletin and Newsletter Input
There is plenty of information "out there" on how we can make steps to live a life with less of ...
Eco-Resources for Your Synod Gatherings
What can YOU do to get congregations in your area thinking about Caring for Creation as part of church? 1 ...
