Peace Lutheran Church, a Greening Congregation in West Seattle, has installed a beautiful rain garden. Check out this video from the dedication ceremony and learn how your congregation can go RainWise too! King County Water Treatment Division March 4, 2016 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwK-gto-9z8 Honoring a…
Laura Baumgartner, member of University Temple UMC in Seattle and candidate for ministry, shares how an internship at Earth Ministry is giving her new opportunities to witness on behalf of God’s creation. By Laura Baumgartner United Methodist PNW Conference News January 19, 2016 The…
Earth Ministry/WAIPL Executive Director LeeAnne Beres and ten other religious leaders recently met with Governor Jay Inslee to discuss how we can combat climate change in Washington. These faith leaders, representing Jewish, Christian, Muslim, and Sikh traditions, have since released…
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In his first ever visit to the United States of America, Pope Francis repeatedly emphasized the need to care for our common home. The Holy Father was welcomed at the White House, to the United Nations, and made history by…
Earth Ministry collaborated with Physicians for Social Responsibility to publish this OpEd by Father Stephen Sundborg, President of Seattle University, and Dr. Howard Frumpkin, Dean of the UW School of Public Health, which combines the message of Pope Francis’ encyclical…
Read More Pope Francis, science and government are reframing climate change
Local NPR interview with Earth Ministry's Jessie Dye speaking about the faith community’s role in protecting the “Thin Green Line” of the Northwest from fossil fuel projects, and the Pope’s encyclical and climate change. It also featured audio of Fr.…
Read More KOUW: “Pope’s Alarm Bell On Climate Change Heard In Puget Sound”
June 19, 2015 By Louis McGill Published in Northwest Catholic's Local SEATTLE – “Who will bring this message of hope to the world?” Father Jack Walmesley asked the estimated 250 people who gathered June 18 at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish to…
Read More Seattle Parish Celebrates Release of Pope’s Encyclical on Climate Change
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2015 CONTACTS: LeeAnne Beres, Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light, 206.632.2426 Peggy Behnken, Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish, 206.935.0358 x114 (church) ENCYCLICAL CELEBRATION EVENT IN SEATTLE Pope Francis’ letter on caring for creation Pope Francis’ much anticipated encyclical on…
Read More Press Release: Encyclical Celebration Event in Seattle
Earth Ministry's Jessie Dye is quoted in the LA Times about the upcoming Papal encyclical on the environment. She reminds readers that the value of stewardship is not new to Catholic social teaching and that this historic statement will be a…
Read More Pope Francis, in leaked draft letter, calls for curbing global warming
During a recent ceremony, faith leader Rev. Holly Hallman reaffirmed the promise of support and partnership between faith leaders and tribal leaders to protect tribal lands and fishing rights threatened by the planned export of coal from Washington to Asia. Eco-Journey, blog of…
Read More On behalf of the Lummi Nation and Northwest Native Tribes
Harvard Divinity Bulletin Winter/Spring 2015 (Vol. 43, Nos. 1&2) By Tim DeChristopher Recently, there has been a growing discussion of climate change as a moral issue, both in academia and in religious communities. This past fall I spoke at three religion and…
Read More Religious communities: lead, don’t follow on climate justice
Climate change is a moral challenge threatening the rights of the world’s poorest people and those who deny it are not using God’s gift of knowledge, says presiding bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori. March 24, 2015 The Guardian By Suzanne Goldenberg The highest…
Read More Climate denial is immoral, says head of US Episcopal church
The Lummi Nation has requested that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers deny permits for proposed coal export facility at Cherry Point. The tribe cites severe impact to treaty fishing rights, as well as their cultural and spiritual ways of…
Read More Lummi Nation Requests Denial of Coal Export Permit
Are you, or your congregation, interested in solar power but not able to invest in panels on your building at this time? Community solar offers a great solution, providing an opportunity for congregations, or individuals, to “buy-in” to pre-existing solar infrastructure. The Capitol Hill…
Cynthia Moe-Lobeda encourages the religious organizations of Cascadia to lead the way in divestment from fossil fuels. As we see climate change disrupt Earth's web of life and disproportionately impact vulnerable populations, "never before in Christian history have the stakes in heeding our call…
