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Don’t ignore use of space when planning for a church’s environmental sustainability
A half-empty church building isn’t just a financial problem; it’s an environmental problem, writes a consultant.
Link to author Rick Reinhard
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Rick Reinhard
Consultant, The Lakelands Institute
Loving our neighbors, including the leafy ones
Learning the names of the plants around us is a Christian practice that invites us into loving, hope-filled care of the natural world, writes an associate director for LEADD’s Thriving Congregations Coordination Program.
Link to author Sarah E. Forsyth
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Sarah E. Forsyth
Associate Director, Thriving Congregations Coordination Program
Growing flora and faith: Churches embrace native plant gardens
The National Wildlife Federation’s Sacred Grounds program helps churches increase native plant gardens — thereby helping wildlife flourish and encouraging community connection.
Link to author Leslie Quander Wooldridge
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Leslie Quander Wooldridge
Journalist
Rajiv Shah: How to solve big problems with big bets
Incremental change isn’t enough to address the world’s problems. Instead, we must work to actually solve them, says the president of the Rockefeller Foundation.
At Bethlehem Farm, living creatively and building community
A West Virginia Catholic community based on a working farm shares a commitment to sustainability and support for their neighbors with rotating teams of volunteers.
Link to author Zack Harold
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Zack Harold
Journalist
‘King Coal’ reminds us of power’s perils
A West Virginia-based journalist sees parallels in a new film between the role that the coal industry has played in Appalachia and biblical warnings about rulers.
Link to author Zack Harold
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Zack Harold
Journalist
How churches can work to make the demand for food pantries obsolete
A program in North Carolina is teaching faith leaders to tell the stories of food needs in their communities as they help build a movement toward systemic change.
Link to author David Allen
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David Allen
Project manager, Come to the Table
Moving beyond creation care to address environmental justice
Churches called to ministries focused on climate change should also recognize that its impact falls disproportionately on already vulnerable communities.
Link to author Dan Holly
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Dan Holly
Journalist
Majora Carter: Don’t leave! We can make low-status neighborhoods better
A real estate developer in the South Bronx works to build attractive spaces and create jobs in her home community and show people they can have beautiful, successful lives in their own neighborhoods.
Why I take bird photos: Wildlife photography offers a respite from the stresses of academic life
Stalking the wild birds near his home on the Canadian coast provides a chance to focus and be still, writes the president of Vancouver School of Theology.
Link to author Richard Topping
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Richard Topping
President, Vancouver School of Theology
