Green Options » churches http://greenoptions.com/tag/churches Posts tagged 'churches' Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:03:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Eco-Churches Take Action Across the U.S. http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/20/eco-churches-take-action-across-the-us/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/20/eco-churches-take-action-across-the-us/#comments Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:03:37 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/08/20/eco-churches-take-action-across-the-us/ Infrogmation at Wikimedia Commons under a GNU Free Documentation license.)They might not garner as many headlines as big-name corporations when they go green, but many churches across the U.S. are tackling environmental challenges as a way to honor God’s creation.

Among those leading the way are groups like the National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC), whose Eco-Justice Working Group includes participants of every denomination from African Methodist Episcopal to Greek Orthodox and Mennonite. The NCC’s Washington, D.C.-based Eco-Justice Program also provides a wealth of resources to help churches and church-goers take environmental action.

Many of those actions are highlighted in the Eco-Justice Program’s guide to “Bottom Line Ministries that Matter: Congregational Stewardship with Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy Technologies.” Among the success stories held up as examples in the report:

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