Resources.

We are at the beginning of this resourcing project and will be adding links to worship resources, organizing toolkits, denominational resources, helpful websites, and more. This will be the landing page for those things, with links below. This is a cooperative project! Please let us know if you have a great site for creation resources, or if you are creating resources you would like to share. Although our primary focus is on the urgency of 2030, many of these resources listed are more general. The conversation is a big one. (See our presentation What’s at Stake by 2050) We will try to note the resources more specific to 2030 with an (*) as we go.

Resources Below: Worship resources - Denominational Orgs - Green Orgs - Trainings - Science links

Since starting the Faiths4Future project, a lot of our energy is directed toward the Multifaith Climate Cafe. We send out a weekly email with updates, reports, news (good news and not so good) and more. To find all of that, our blog page is really the best place to find many things. Other than that, scroll down for some great sites.

One stop resource library from Creation Justice Ministries just launched! A great starting place.

Songs & Hymns

Climate Vigil from Porter’s Gate is an album of Christian-focus climate songs and worship, includes some free resources as well.

Dayenu Jewish focus songs with songsheets, the message of the songs are open enough to be shared and appreciated outside of Jewish settings, also.

Liturgies, Prayers, Reflections

The United Methodist Creation Justice Movement launched an is growing fast. They also have worship resources umcreationjustice.org

GreenFaith Seasons of Creation guide for 2022

Earth Ministry, the Washington state chapter of Interfaith Power and Light has a worship resources page with a variety of creation centered resources.

An amazing resource of prayers and multi-faith practice/theology in this ebook from UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme), Faith For Earth a Call For Action.

Let All Creation Praise has a good list of a variety of resources for worship.

Creation Justice Ministries have a good list of educational resources that require a login to access.

For the Love of Creation just launched a set of Climate Conversations designed for small groups.

Sermons

An Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development and Rev. Dr. Leah Schade partnership of eco-preacher sermons and sermon resources.

 Living Lightly on a New Earth* - A sermon on the climate crisis, reflecting on Isaiah 65, Luke 12, and Bill McKibben’s book Earth: Making Life on a Tough New Planet. (Rev. Jeffrey Geary, PC(USA))

The Pearl that Points to God - A sermon on the beloved earth and climate change, reflecting on ‘a pearl of great price,’ Matthew 13:45-46. (Rev. Richenda Fairhurst, Circle Faith Future. Contact Richenda for the password.)

(More sermons also above in the general liturgy links.)

Youth and Children

Comprehensive curriculum including many links to multimedia resources, Climate Justice With and For Children and Youth in Churches, through the World Council of Churches.

While good for all ages, A Rosha has a Duplo Challenge that uses duplos to help people calculate their carbon footprint. The organization also charges for Wild Wonder, VBS style curriculum.

Teaching Cultural Compassion. Climate justice is all about diversity and equity. Tura Gillespie has curated a searchable library of books for children. Find information on racial diversity and representation within the story and artwork of hundreds of children’s books.

For the Trustees - buildings and emissions reductions

Blessed Tomorrow recently launched a Unety tool for congregations that assists with building improvements aimed at resilience and green house gas emissions reductions. Building upgrades and repairs, HVAC replacement, landscaping, water and more come under the program.

Earth Day Resources

* Creation Justice Ministries put together a comprehensive toolkit of worship and other resources that focus on Earth Day 2020 but are of continuing value for people of faith across traditions, The Fierce Urgency of Now.

From Green and faithful organizations

Creation Justice Ministries is widely connected nationally, and their members and partners list is a tremendous resource that includes church groups, denominations, and organizations.

Interfaith Power and Light - Resources page listed on the top menu.

Green the Church ‘stands at the intersection of the Black Church and the environmental movement.’ Link to see their Three Pillars program. Right now the resources page is focused on COVID, but check back.

Catholic Network offers a fantastic and extensive list of eco-faith orgs here. Not all links are current, but many still are.

Church World Service has international reach and as such offers some comprehensive information as well as moving stories dealing with immigration and displacement.

A Rosha is a bible-based Christian conservation organization focusing on the preservation of nature and addressing climate change especially through their Climate Stewards program. Their online resources includes presentations, and an offset and carbon footprint calculator.

Seedkeepers. Seedkeeping in Indigenous Communities was stewardship of the community food heritage. Many native seedkeepers kept seeds safe, handing them down generation after generation after the trauma of white colonization. A number of organizations have emerged to now reclaim, restore, replant and replenish this tradition of keeping sustaining seeds. Many of these organizations offer seed for sale, and a few offer workshops and classes. Organic Seed Alliance, and the Alliance of Native Seedkeepers here & here.

Catholic Climate Covenant resources include prayer and actions and revolve centrally around the Laudato Si.

Aytzim Ecological Judaism a site which includes links to a variety of educational resources.

Jewcology, Jewish Environmental Movement. This site includes a number of recommended books.

Green Muslims is an organization begun in Washington DC and growing. At GreenMuslims.org find resources and opportunities for the Muslim community including education, action, and a lot more. Also, find a page devoted to Green Scriptures.

Religious Denominations & Traditions

Yale Forum on Ecology and Religion includes a library of bloggers and writers from many religious and faith perspectives.

Unitarian Universalists (UU) have some terrific creation justice resources online, including some general Earth Liturgies, 100 complete worship services led by young adults, and a worship resource handbook (PDF) with many prayers and readings.

Unity Worldwide Ministries EarthCare. Included online are some ministry resources, and an overview of the EarthCare program.

Presbyterians for Earthcare sits under the PC(USA) umbrella. See our recent presentation that walks through the Presbyterian effort from the local church to the national level.

Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ECLA) Lutherans Restoring Creation.

Young Evangelicals for Climate Action (YECA) offers leadership and advocacy trainings, with some worship resources also on their website.

Jewish Climate Action Network (JCAN) has chapters on the East Coast. It’s resources include conferences and webinars.

Earthkeepers is an effort of The United Methodist Church under their Global Ministries agency. The resource pages are out of date, but Earthkeepers feature a yearly training and a recent Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism webinar.

United Church of Christ (UCC) is a frontrunner for denominational engagement with climate justice. A number of resources can be found on the Wisconsin conference page.

Climate Training

Center for Earth Ethics offers a Minister’s Training specifically around environmental and climate justice once every year or two in partnership with other organizations, including The Climate Reality Project. There are a few videos on their youtube channel, including one featuring speakers from the 2017 minister’s training.

* The Climate Reality Project offers a Leadership Corps. training that is designed to teach the basics of climate science, policy, and effects of climate change in a moving and evocative way. This training once complete offers attendees access to slide show materials and webinars, and addresses the urgent 2030 timeline.

* Also part of The Climate Reality Project is The Climate Speakers Network (CNS). CNS is designed to work with local people including ministers and pastors who want to bring a conversation or training to their local community.

Climate Science & Information

Dr. Katharine Hayhoe has established an unequalled reputation as both a Climate Scientist and an Evangelical Christian. Her posts, videos, and TEDtalks are worth the watch, and she has been a guest for numerous webinars, including this one, Climate Change, Our Faith Values and 2020, with Susan Hendershot of Interfaith Power and Light. Dr. Hayhoe also is connected to the site Global Weirding which has a number of accessible videos. And check out this webinar where she talks about covid and climate.

Yale Climate Communications has grown and expanded and become a wide ranging, accessible and reliable resource for climate science, impacts and stories. It includes some coverage of faith and morality.

The Daily Climate is your one stop every day compendium of curated news to keep you up to date on the latest developments in climate science, policy, solutions and challenges. To build your contemporary knowledge, bookmark this site.

Global Optimism podcast featuring Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac.