By Chris Thomas Public News Service - WA June 23, 2008 Churches in Washington are taking action on such issues as fair trade, climate change and conservation, and they're part of a national groundswell. A new Sierra Club report features faith groups in every state that are making the environment a top priority.
By Lance Dickie The Seattle Times June 15, 2007 Fifteen years after the pioneering Earth Ministry was founded in Seattle to link religion and the environment, the nation's attention will be drawn back to the city toward another, potentially broader spiritual awakening.
By Unknown Editorial The Seattle Times June 06, 2007 President George W. Bush is not fooling any of his G-8 colleagues in Germany with his belated call to set long-term goals reducing emissions related to global warming. The same is true here at home.
By Janet I. Tu Seattle Times June 01, 2007 From faith groups carrying signs at climate-change rallies to prominent evangelical Christians speaking out on the topic, people of faith appear to be increasingly involved in environmental issues.
By Dave Ross News Radio 710 KIRO May 31, 2007 "This is the Dave Ross Show on News Radio 710 KIRO....Coming up in this hour we're going to talk about taking care of the Earth from a religious perspective.
By Rodric Bradford Busted Halo May 31, 2007 Seattle has never been known as the epicenter of faith, religion or spirituality in the U.S., but for four days from May 31 to June 3 faith and spirituality will be at the center of the Emerald City as Seattle-based Earth Ministry will host its first annual Interfaith Creation Festival.
By Christine Dubois The Catholic Northwest Progress May 31, 2007 Derek Eisel leads work parties for Heron Habitat Helpers, cares for a stretch of stream-side habitat in Carkeek Park, and writes a blog celebrating the good work volunteers are doing in Seattle.
By Julie Lehman Vantage May 01, 2007 Unless your denial skills are uncanny and extend to all things seen and heard, you are probably aware that the world is in bad shape. Those of us who have been paying attention to the overwhelming evidence realize that for the first time in human history humans are capable—and apparently willing—to threaten not just their own survival but that of all life on the planet.
By William Poole Land & People May 01, 2007 Why do people work to conserve land and protect the environment? Episcopal priest Carla Pryne says that at least some of them do so as an expression of faith.
By Janet I. Tu Seattle Times April 14, 2007 LeeAnne Beres has what she calls the "60 Second Scripture" — a run-through of examples in the Bible that show a love of the environment.
By LeeAnne Beres and Rev. Steve Grumm Seattle P-I February 01, 2007 Amen. That was the first word that came to mind after reading Mark Trahant's Jan. 21 column calling for real solutions to climate change ("Moving climate debate into solution arena"). As Trahant states, there is a clear scientific consensus that Earth is warming, and it's high time that our political leaders take concrete action to reverse this dangerous trend. What he didn't mention is that there is also a growing religious consensus that climate change is one of the largest -- if not the largest -- moral issue of our time.
By Rosette Royale Real Change January 10, 2007 Every morning, LeeAnne Beres performs the same ritual: She walks along the shores of Alki Beach. Occasionally, she’ll be gazing out to the water when the head of a sea otter breaks the waves. Or perhaps it will be a sea lion, or the dorsal fin of a dolphin. “It renews my soul,” says Beres, executive director of Earth Ministry, an organization that mobilizes the Christian community to play an important role in creating a just, sustainable future.
By Blaine Harden Washington Post February 06, 2005 SEATTLE -- Thanks to the Rev. Leroy Hedman, the parishioners at Georgetown Gospel Chapel take their baptismal waters cold. The preacher has unplugged the electricity-guzzling heater in the immersion baptism tank behind his pulpit.
By Christopher Schwarzen Seattle Times February 28, 2004 A day after the company responsible for a 4,800-gallon oil spill removed its heavy equipment and ended most of its cleanup efforts, Suquamish tribal elder Marilyn Wandrey sprinkled herbs in the waters of the Doe-kag-wats estuary, a sacred place her ancestors first used for spiritual ceremonies.
By Eric Pryne Seattle Times April 10, 2001 King County's moratorium on permits for new churches and schools in rural areas could end as soon as April 23. But some schools and churches, which don't like the moratorium one bit, say the remedy the Metropolitan King County Council is offering them is worse.
