http://www.ohipl.org A Religious Response to Climate Change Fri, 24 May 2013 16:24:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 http://www.ohipl.org/environmental-values/ http://www.ohipl.org/environmental-values/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:37 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=1370 Since the late 1970’s, Forest Hill Presbyterian Church in Cleveland Heights has been working on energy conservation and environmental awareness. Starting out with a focus on energy efficiency in their building, the church has also developed environmental values. Forest Hill Church’s mission statement for Earth care is “Care of the Earth… is achieved through encouragement and education, enabling change within our individual lifestyle, church and greater community.” They focus on encouraging the individual all the way to working with the community as a whole. Longtime member, David Hunter, has been improving the building’s energy efficiency for many years. He has been a pillar in the church’s efforts to conserve energy for the past 30-40 years, with a significant focus the past 10-12 years. Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/environmental-values/feed/ 0 http://www.ohipl.org/mission-41-earth/ http://www.ohipl.org/mission-41-earth/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:00:21 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=1357 Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/mission-41-earth/feed/ 0 http://www.ohipl.org/sacred-earth/ http://www.ohipl.org/sacred-earth/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:00:02 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=1347 Environmental stewardship at The First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, located in Columbus, first got started when global warming was just beginning to be taken seriously. “On April 17, 2007, at the monthly meeting of the Missions Commission, a sub-committee of eight members was formed to engage the congregation in environmental stewardship of the earth,” says Dawn George, the lead committee member. The committee decided to name itself Sacred Earth. The first project of the committee was to raise awareness about ways each person can conserve the earth’s resources. The next action was to begin selling Fair Trade Products through the United Church of Christ Coffee Project. Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/sacred-earth/feed/ 0 http://www.ohipl.org/246-good-reading-for-lent/ http://www.ohipl.org/246-good-reading-for-lent/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 20:53:01 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=1318 Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/246-good-reading-for-lent/feed/ 0 http://www.ohipl.org/the-fierce-urgency-of-now-and-chasing-ice/ http://www.ohipl.org/the-fierce-urgency-of-now-and-chasing-ice/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:42:14 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=1292 Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/the-fierce-urgency-of-now-and-chasing-ice/feed/ 1 http://www.ohipl.org/your-faith-gods-earth-our-responsibility/ http://www.ohipl.org/your-faith-gods-earth-our-responsibility/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 18:09:05 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=841 Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/your-faith-gods-earth-our-responsibility/feed/ 0 http://www.ohipl.org/climate-and-agricultural-ethics-winds-and-seeds-of-change/ http://www.ohipl.org/climate-and-agricultural-ethics-winds-and-seeds-of-change/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2012 15:40:44 +0000 mvincik http://www.ohipl.org/?p=862 The Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Wayne County recently (Jan, 2012) hosted a forum on the ethics of Earth stewardship, entitled Climate and Agricultural Ethics: Winds and Seeds of Change. This unique community lecture featured Calvin DeWitt, an ecologist and author, and David Kline, a local Amish farmer and author. Inspiring a discussion of how to be environmental stewards in the spirit of one’s faithful calling, both presenters spoke of the responsibility of caring for the earth—“as the earth serves us, we must return with service of our own”. When asked if he has seen changes on his farm due to climate change, David Kline noted, “I am an observer of things, and I can say things are different”. Both challenged the audience to “do what you can where you are—make the changes in your own setting; be faithful, not successful.” Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/climate-and-agricultural-ethics-winds-and-seeds-of-change/feed/ 0 http://www.ohipl.org/ministry-and-mining-in-appalachia/ http://www.ohipl.org/ministry-and-mining-in-appalachia/#comments Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:01:01 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=829 Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/ministry-and-mining-in-appalachia/feed/ 0 http://www.ohipl.org/lets-go-matt-lets-go/ http://www.ohipl.org/lets-go-matt-lets-go/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 17:41:15 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=771 Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/lets-go-matt-lets-go/feed/ 1 http://www.ohipl.org/industrial-carbon-pollution-new-epa-safeguards/ http://www.ohipl.org/industrial-carbon-pollution-new-epa-safeguards/#comments Mon, 21 May 2012 18:06:49 +0000 martihunter http://www.ohipl.org/?p=765 Continue reading →]]> http://www.ohipl.org/industrial-carbon-pollution-new-epa-safeguards/feed/ 0