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Resources for Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Stewardship at Churches and Homes

Learn more about how to perform an energy auditof your churchthrough PC(USA)s Electric

Stewardship Program at http://www.pcusa.org/energy.

Find a Do It Yourself energy audit from Kansas Interfaith Power and Light athttp://www.climateandenergy.org/CEPProject/IPLresources/Index.htm.

The Energy Star for Congregations website includes a guide book on how to make your church more

energy efficient (includes Energy Star Sure Energy Savers). Go to:

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=small_business.sb_congregations.

The Enough for Everyone program at PC(USA) has created a Green Living guide that has

environmental information and tips on how to green your life. Access the guide and more

information athttp://www.pcusa.org/justliving/everyday/greenliving.htm.

To calculate the carbon footprint of your church, go to:http://coolcongregations.com/calculator.

Calculate your household carbon footprint and learn steps to lessen the impact on this EPA website:

http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ind_calculator.html.

Web of Creation offers many resources on faith and ecology; including The Environmental Guidefor Congregations, Their Buildings, and Grounds, a holistic look at how congregations impact the

environment with steps to reduce this impact. Go to:http://www.webofcreation.org.

The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program provides resources on environmental issues

available athttp://nccecojustice.org/resources/.

The Interfaith Power and Light website has a wealth ofresources on energy efficiency issues at

http://interfaithpowerandlight.org/resources/#enef.

Learn how to purchase fairly traded coffee and other products, learn about the Eco-Palms project,

and Sweat Free T-shirts at the Enough for Everyone site:http://www.pcusa.org/enough.

Information on Church Case Studies in Energy Efficiency

Learn more about Limestone Presbyterian Churchs Solar Panels at

http://www.limestonepresbyterian.org/solar/index.htm.

Read about Swarthmore Presbyterian Churchs journey to an Energy Star Congregation Award at

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=sb_success.congregations2009_swarthmore.

Read a story about First Presbyterian Church Tallahassees carbon neutral commitment at

http://www.pcusa.org/environment/solarchurch.htm.

Read more church earth care stories atwww.pcusa.org/environment/earthcare.htmand email your

own to be posted on the website to Katie Holmes atkatie.holmes@pcusa.org.

Funding Sources

Search the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency atwww.dsireusa.org/.

Energy Stars Guide for Congregations has several funding ideas at

http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=congregations_guidebook.congregations_guidebook.

Contact your local Interfaith Power and Light affiliate to see if local funding opportunities exist. For

a listing of state affiliates visithttp://interfaithpowerandlight.org/state/.

Ask your power company about incentive programs and free/reduced cost energy audits.

Search the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Programs database of funding for green

congregations athttp://www.nccecojustice.org/greenchurch/grbfunding.php.

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Linking Spirituality and Social Witness

For background on the churchs environmental policy and a study guide for congregations, read

Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice (1990 General Assembly) and Hazardous Waste, Race, and

the Environment (1995). To order and find other PC(USA) environmental policies including the 2008

Power to Change: U.S. Energy Policy and Global Warming go to:

http://www.pcusa.org/environment/resources.htm.

And the Leaves of the Tree are for the Healing of the Nations by Carol Johnston explores biblical &

theological basis for caring for Gods creation. Order at

http://www.pcusa.org/environment/resources.htm.

To order back issues ofChurch and Societymagazinethat focus on environment and energy, and

many other concerns, go tohttp://www.pcusa.org/acswp/church-and-society.htm.

To explore environmental theology and ethics read Earth Habitat: Eco-Injustice and the Churchs

Response edited by Dieter Hessel and Larry Rasmussen. (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2001) or

Ecotheology: Voices from South and North edited by David G. Hallman (Orbis Books, 1994).

To keep up with legislative issuesaffecting the environment, visit the Washington Offices website

athttp://www.pcusa.org/washington.

Learn more about Presbyterians for Earth Care, an Eco-Justice Network, at

www.presbyearthcare.org.

Incorporating Eco-Theology in Your Worship

For environmental worship resources go to

http://www.webofcreation.org/Worship/resources.htm.

To find eco-centered hymns go tohttp://nccecojustice.org/resources/hymns.php.

For an archive of PC(USA) Earth Day resources to use with your congregation go to

http://www.pcusa.org/environment/earthday.htm.

Contact the PC(USA) Environmental Ministries Office at 1-888-728-7228 x5624 for more resources and

ideas about how you and your church can be more energy efficient stewards of Gods creation.

Visit our website and subscribe to our e-newsletter athttp://www.pcusa.org/environment.

Read the Eco-Journey blog athttp://presbyterian.typepad.com/ecojourney/.

Environmental Ministries coordinates with other General Assembly Mission Council offices and works

with presbyteries, synods, congregations, and members on environmental concerns related to worship

and education, public policy, mission responsibility through investment, individual and corporate lifestyle,

and leadership development.

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