About Us
Mission
The Creation Care Alliance brings people of faith from across the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains together to care for God's creation by loving our planet and our neighbors.
What We Do
As the faith-based program of MountainTrue, the Creation Care Alliance brings people of faith and faith communities in the Southern Blue Ridge together to care for creation—our human and non-human neighbors and the places we call home.
Through education, service, advocacy, and organizing, we offer congregations and people of faith a clear path to cultivating their environmental stewardship and ecological justice ministries while contributing to needed systemic change in the broader community.
We believe that faith communities and people of faith have a vital and unique role to play in movements for ecological and intersectional justice, and it is our honor and joy to support and empower that calling. Our work is an expression of our love. Our love is an expression of our faith.
Faith Identity
When we were first founded as WNC Green Congregations in 2012, our grassroots membership was made up of Christians and Jews from a variety of theological backgrounds. We were a rooted Abrahamic, Judeo-Christian community. We were also excited by the prospect of working alongside our siblings of other faiths and spiritualities to achieve our shared goal of creation care and ecological justice.
As we’ve grown, we have continued to expand our membership with the hope of forming a truly multi-faith network. We believe that we need each other’s wisdom and support to create a just and sustainable world and welcome people of all faith and spiritual backgrounds who share our values of love for neighbor and care for the planet.
Our Director
Sarah Ogletree has worked at the intersection of faith and ecological wellness for the past decade, partnering with organizations like GreenFaith, United Women in Faith (formerly United Methodist Women), Creation Justice Ministries, People’s Justice Council, and Interfaith Power & Light.
Sarah holds a BA in sustainable development from Appalachian State University. She earned her Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Wake Forest University School of Divinity. Sarah served as North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light (NCIPL) Program Coordinator from 2019 to 2021 and joined the Creation Care Alliance team as Director in July of 2021. Notably, she was the recipient of the 2018 national Emerging Earth Care Leader Award from Presbyterians for Earth Care and was named a Re:Generate Fellow by the Food, Health, & Ecological Well-Being Program at Wake Forest in 2019.
Sarah lives in the shadow of Roan Mountain with her husband, daughter, and their array of furry critters including dogs, cats, and chickens. She enjoys reading and singing.
