Presbyterians for Earth Care - Plastic Pollution & Environmental Justice Webinar

NEW WEBINAR! From Plastic Pollution to Environmental Justice Join us for a webinar related to the PEC-supported overture (OVT-014) on “Becoming Free from Plastic Pollution.” Presenter Avery Davis Lamb, Co-Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries, will expand on CJM’s Earth Day resource: “Plastic Jesus: Real Faith in a Synthetic World.” According to CJM, “Everywhere we look in our culture, you will find plastic. One place where you will not find plastic, however, is in the Bible.” This webinar will help individuals and congregations think more deeply about the ways that plastics impact our lives and God’s creation. This PEC webinar intends to equip people of faith to take actions to address the plastic pollution epidemic in faithful and practical ways. Webinar Date: Thursday, March 14, 2024 Time: 7:30 pm EDT (6:30 CDT, 5:30 MDT, 4:30 PDT) Presenter: Avery Davis Lamb Avery Davis Lamb is a Co-Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries. Avery has a background in both ecological research and faith-based environmental organizing, studying ecology in various ecosystems and organizing faith communities across the country in support of action on environmental justice. Previously he has worked for Sojourners and Interfaith Power & Light. He serves on the board for The Center for Spirituality in Nature and is a Fellow with the Re:Generate Program at Wake Forest Divinity School and the Foundations of Christian Leadership Program at Duke Divinity School.  Avery received the Emerging Earth Care Leader Award for 2021 from Presbyterians for Earth Care.

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Interfaith Power & Light names two PC(USA) churches as Cool Congregations for 2024   Among the six honorees are Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Minnesota, and Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church in Kensington, Maryland. Oak Grove Presbyterian Church in Bloomington, Minnesota, won the Electric Vehicle Award for the church’s annual electric vehicle demonstration days. Warner Memorial Presbyterian Church in Kensington, Maryland, won IPL’s Renewable Role Model Award for developing a community solar project with newly installed solar on the roof of the church that’s seeing its output exceed the church’s needs. As a result, Warner Memorial has been providing electricity at reduced rates to a neighboring nonprofit housing program and a number of low-income families. To read the entire Presbyterian News Service article written by Interfaith Power & Light CLICK HERE.

Presbyterians for Earth Care – Advocating for caring for God’s creation at the 226th PCUSA General Assembly June 25 – July 4, 2024 Salt Lake City, Utah The two overtures supported by Presbyterians for Earth Care are now posted on the PCUSA Biz-link website with direct links to Overture 13 on removal of investments in and subsidies for fossil fuels and Overture 14 on becoming free from plastic pollution.  A Conversation on Overtures about Fossil Fuels, Climate Crisis and Plastic Pollution hosted by the Susquehanna Valley Presbytery – presentation recording On Becoming Free from Plastic Pollution – slide presentation Removal of Investments in and Subsidies for Fossil Fuels – slide presentation Draft Transmittal Letter from Your Church to Presbytery with Overture(s)  Why we all need to act now to counter the climate crisis (these overtures will help the church help our planet), listen to this presentation from the PEC 2023 Earth Care Conference by Univ. CA Berkeley award-winning professor and scientist: Carbon Is Changing Our Planet with Dr. Jeffrey Reimer Slide Presentation

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