Press Room
Check out the lastest press releases and press clips from Earth Ministry.
The following Press Clips highlight the work of Earth Ministry or include quotes from our staff and members.
For press-related issues, please write emoffice (at) earthministry.org or call 206-632-2426.
Press Contacts
- LeeAnne Beres
- Executive Director
- LeeAnne@earthministry.org
- Phone: 206-632-2426
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Recent Press Clips
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Mar 05, 2010Seattle PostGlobe
- Earth Ministry board member Kevin O'Brien and the Statewide Poverty Action Network's Aiko Schaefer share their thoughts concerning climate legislation and its potential impacts on the poor. "All of us will benefit from clean jobs and climate protections," they write. "Climate laws must be written so that the poor cannot be harmed by the switch from dirty energy to clean and efficient fuel sources."
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Jan 16, 2010New York Times
- A study released in December by the Barna Group, which more typically studies trends among evangelicals, said that older, mainline churches faced many challenges but that their approach to environmental issues was among several areas that “position those churches well for attracting younger Americans.” “We actually encourage it as a way to get people into the churches,” said LeeAnne Beres, the executive director of Earth Ministry, a Seattle group founded in 1992 that has guided many area congregations through environmental upgrades over the past decade but has recently emphasized more direct political action for pastors and parishioners.
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Jan 14, 2010U.S. Catholic
- Former Earth Ministry board member Derek Eisel discusses the seeds of his environmental passion and the ways in which he lives out his creation-honoring beliefs in his day-to-day life as a man of faith.
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Nov 21, 2009The Bellingham Herald
- ...Scientists now predict that summer arctic sea ice may be completely gone within ten to twenty years. While frightening, that prediction may not mean a lot to those of us who live near the shores of Puget Sound. My synod is very aware, however, what this means to a Lutheran community in Alaska. The tiny native village of Shishmaref on the Chuckchi Sea near Nome is being washed away, no longer protected by arctic sea ice... [Lutheran Bishop Wm Chris Boerger is a partner of Earth Ministry and expresses his concern over climate change from a spiritual perspective.]
