To order the following materials, call Presbyterian Distribution Service at (800) 524-2612. When calling, be sure to have the PDS item numbers available for reference. Materials are also available for ordering through these online links.

Electric Stewardship Brochure

Click here to order through the PC(USA) online marketplace

PDS # 74360-02-326
Free

Electric Stewardship Poster

Click here to order through the PC(USA) online marketplace

PDS # 74360-02-330
Free; limit one per congregation.

Restoring Creation for Ecology and Justice: A Report Adopted by the 202nd General Assembly (1990) of the PC(USA).

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PDS # OGA-90-002
$1.50

Further steps to take in electric stewardship

1. Set a timeline to implement the rest of the recommendations in the energy audit and create a plan and timeline to meet your goals.
   
2. Incorporate creation stewardship as a theme in the preaching, teaching, and community life of the congregation.
   
3. Find out what other churches in your presbytery are doing and partner with them in common efforts for environmental stewardship! Call your presbytery office to make inquiries or call your presbytery's Restoring Creation Enabler. (To inquire if your presbytery has an RCE, call 888-728-7228 ext 5811.)
   
4. Sign a congregational energy pledge. (See a sample pledge)
   
5. Become an EPA Energy Star Congregation. Call EPA toll free at 888-STAR-YES for help with any measures of energy efficiency and conservation your church is undertaking! The Web site, www.epa.gov/congregations, contains a host of helpful information on energy efficiency, an email update list, a national awards program, a free energy efficiency manual, and more.
   

Energy saving measures that an energy audit might recommend

• Turn off lights when rooms are not in use
• Turn down thermostats at night and when the church building is not in use
  
• Replace light bulbs with Compact Fluorescent Lights
  
• Tune-up your heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems
  
• Purchase EPA Energy Star labeled products
  

Organizations to contact for help with congregational energy efficiency

United States Department of Energy

United States Environmental Protection Agency- Energy Star Congregations

Interfaith Coalition on Energy

Eco-Justice Working Group and Web of Creation

Interfaith Global Climate Change Campaigns

Other resources

Loans: PCUSA incentive loans for energy conservation

Energy Stewardship Guide

Advocacy on Climate Change

PC(USA) Environmental Justice Office Resource List