Posts by Climate Justice (Page 5)
Call on Congress to Protect Funding for Clean Energy Projects
An Action Alert from Creation Justice Ministries. As Christians, we believe budgets are moral documents, as they demonstrate what we care about and what we are willing to invest in as a country. Right now, Congress is preparing the federal budget for the next fiscal year. As communities across the country experience harm caused by increased flooding, fires, and drought – investing clean energy is imperative to address the urgency of the climate crisis. In order to meet the moment and…
End Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Fossil Gas Expansion
GreenFaith are sending a letter to decision-makers, urging them to take right action to end fossil fuel subsidies and fossil gas expansion as a moral imperative. Every year, the oil industry receives $20 billion in Federal subsidies which pollute the air, destroy the climate, and harm communities, while enriching corporations that have knowingly caused the climate crisis. That’s $2 million every hour to one of the world’s wealthiest industries, while 2.5 million US children are homeless. This is morally obscene. The…
April 2025 Newsletter
Earth Day is celebrated this year just two days after Easter. As I was thinking about what to say, I came across these words by Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas in a sermon that she delivered in 2022.
Protect the NorthWest Forests
Trees and healthy forests have massive climate, environmental, and spiritual benefits. We need to be planting more trees and protecting our standing forests as invaluable carbon sinks. But now, the US Forest Service is proposing to open up 800,000 acres of previously protected Northwest Forest.
Oppose Cuts in Funding
Two advocacy opportunities – oppose cuts to clean energy funding and to NOAA. Oppose cuts to clean energy funding in the Inflation Reduction Act and the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) are the most significant investments by the federal government ever made to combat climate change. Leaders in both chambers have said they want to make deep cuts or do away completely with unspent funds in the…
Make Big Oil pay for Climate Damages
This year California has a chance to pass a groundbreaking piece of climate legislation that would make polluters pay to protect our communities from the climate crisis. It’s called the Climate Superfund Bill. The companies who are responsible for these climate-fueled disasters, like the January wildfires in Los Angeles, should be the ones to pay for the damages, not California residents. It’s time for California to make polluters pay into a climate superfund that will get money to communities most in…
March 2025 Newsletter
Lent begins with a call to re-pentance, which means to turn around. Perhaps we can think about this in terms of re-cognizing. Cognition is to learn, to see, to discover, to perceive. So, what do you need to re-learn, to re-see, to re-discover, to re-perceive in this Lenten season?
Earth Connect Retreat
Register now for this great opportunity to attend the first Earth Connect Retreat on Saturday April 26th from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
An Afternoon with Brian McLaren
Register now for this great opportunity to meet with author Brian McLaren at San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church on Sunday March 2nd at 1.30 p.m.
February 2025 Newsletter
The news has been coming at us thick and fast in the past two weeks, but we are not alone. Paraphrasing Paul (Phil 4:13), together, we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us.
Special Issue – Fossil Fuel Divestment
This special issue of our newsletter includes some upcoming events and useful resources to make a difference through divesting from fossil fuels.
Rising to the Call
Rising to the Call: 7 Big Questions is a study about the challenges and joy of discipleship with a focus on Climate Justice. Each week during Lent, the study group is invited to explore a big question whose foundation is in that week’s gospel reading from the Year C lectionary. The study was originally co-authored in 2022 by the chair of this Task Force, Rev. Joan Pell, while she was working for the British Methodist Church. It has been updated by…
Eco Justice Courses
Just Faith offer small group programs that advance peace, racial equity and a sustainable world for use at any time of the year. They currently have three Eco-Justice courses that you can organize and run. Each program in the eco-justice series includes eight 2-hour sessions, an immersion experience, and an optional get-to-know-you session. The eight regular sessions include prayer, dialogue, active listening, weekly spiritual practices, and relationship-building. The immersion experiences connect participants with people and organizations working on eco-justice issues; this…
Ideas for Lent Studies 2025
In this issue are four ideas for climate justice studies during Lent. “Rising to the Call: 7 Big Questions” is a FREE downloadable study using the Lent Year C
gospel Lectionary readings.
January 2025 Newsletter
God is making all things new. God is in the process of perfecting the world and each of us. So, we need to start practicing living like we have been made new! Like the magi, let us leave Christmas and enter the New Year by a different route.
10 Minutes Outside
One of the goals set by the Climate Justice Ministries Task Force for this year is to encourage every church member of the the California-Nevada Annual Conference to spend 10 minutes outside each day. We firmly believe that our actions –and our energy — for earth justice work must befed and empowered by nurturing our love for God’s creation, and this simple practiceis an important step in that direction.
Basics for churches
There are six 90-minute videos on our YouTube Channel that our Task Force created in 2023 on “Climate Change, Climate Justice, Climate Action: The Basics for Churches.” Most of the speakers are from our Annual Conference. Watching and discussing these videos is a good entry point to climate justice work.
December 2024 Newsletter
As people of hope, we remember that we are never alone, for God chose this place in which to enter into the darkness as Emmanuel, God with us. May we be compelled in this time of division to be the light in the world, advocating both individually and in community for climate justice.
Advent 2024 Special Issue
In this special advent emailing you will find an idea for an Advent Discipline, a list of books on Climate Change and a set of tips and giving ideas.
November 2024 Newsletter
This Fall, I am thankful for all of you and the work that you do. I know that sometimes it seems never ending and often disappointing. But let’s celebrate the little things and remember that God will never leave us nor forsake us, and that through it all God loves each one us.