50 Ways to Help Save the Earth: How You and Your Church Can Make a Difference

by Rebecca Barnes-Davies

Overview

This guide outlines fifty ways in which you, your congregation, and your local community can help fight global warming and enjoy participation in a vital part of Christian discipleship. 50 Ways to Help Save the Earth makes a clear connection, in a practical and unintimidating way, between stewardship of the earth and living one's faith. This easy-to-follow book consists of seven chapters on topics related to global climate change: "Water," "Energy," "Transportation," "Food and Agriculture," "People," "Other Species," and "Wilderness and Land." Each chapter begins with a statement on how the content relates to global warming, followed by seven action items ranging from individual efforts to activities that encourage the involvement of the congregational and wider communities.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781611640519
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	06/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	120
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Rebecca Barnes-Davies is an environmental activist with over a decade of experience in advocating for public policy changes, educating groups of concerned Christians, and writing numerous articles. She is a consultant for Environmental and Social Justice Ministries and also served as the Director of Presbyterians Restoring Creation. She is currently studying at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

Read an Excerpt

There is no simple checklist of either fifty, or a hundred, or a thousand foolproof ways to save the earth. If only it were that easy! The truth is that we alone cannot save the Earth. But we are called to help in God’s ongoing saving work in the world. This is our task: to learn to reshape our lives to honor rather than destroy God’s creation. To participate in God’s saving work will be an ever-unfolding journey, one that has no definable end but that is both worthwhile and absolutely vital for the future of the planet.