Eco-Journey
About this blog
Eco-Journey is the blog of the Environmental Ministries Office of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). It will include a wide array of environmental topics: upcoming environmental events, links to interesting articles and studies, information on environmental advocacy, eco-theology topics, and success stories from churches that are going “green.”
Author Rebecca Barnes-Davies is the Associate for Environmental Ministries at the PC(USA). She recently graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary with a M.Div. and Master of Arts in Religion (MAR) dual degree.
Recent posts
- St. Andrews Presbyterian Church wins GIPL award
- PCUSA Environmental Ministries and GreenFaith collaboration: webinar now available online!
- First Presbyterian Church of Elizabethtown, KY loves mountains!
- Sunday Morning Sustainability: Earth Day Sunday 2013
- Earth Care church spotlight: Bayfield Presbyterian Church
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December 2009
December 21, 2009Article on Faith and Mountaintop Removal
The front page of Sunday's Courier-Journal featured an article on faith and mountaintop removal that started out with a quote from Stewardship of Creation Enabler Rev. Robin Blakeman, “Mountaintop-removal mining blasts away our souls, blasts away our communities, the souls...
December 17, 2009
Cities, Provinces, States: We Can Do Something, We Must Do Something
By Carol Somplatsky-Jarman, December 17 On Tuesday, mayors and other local government officials from more than 80 cities worldwide called on the COP 15 at the Climate Summit for Mayors at the Copenhagen City Hall to consider cities in any...
December 16, 2009
OOPs: Last Day in the Life (A Day in the Life, Part #2)
By Carol Somplatsky-Jarman Monday, December 14: Twenty percent. Our specially appointed delegate has gone to the Bella Center to the specially appointed place, to pick up the specially prepared sealed envelope with the specially prepared second passes. Twenty-one: that is...
December 15, 2009
Green Advent from Odyssey Networks
Odyssey Networks is providing a daily green Advent calendar entry. The daily entries share a bible verse, prayer, and tip for environmental stewardship. While you are visiting the website you can catch up on reports from the religious community at...
December 15, 2009
A Day in the Life, #1
By Carol Somplatsky-Jarman, Friday, December 11 Buzz, buzz…. Buzz, buzz, buzz… I hear an intermittent buzz of Bill’s Blackberry, which goes off (accompanied by a flash of red light) every time an email comes in. It has been like this...