Offer an environmental book study or film series

Suggested Practices and Examples for Implementation:

Offer a 4-6 week book study on a text focused on creation and/or care for the environment such as:
- GreenFaith by Fletcher Harper
- Laudato Si by Pope Francis,
- Eco-Womanism by Melanie Harris,
- Church of the Wild by Victoria Loorz,
- Live Justly from Micah Challenge,
- Drawdown by Paul Hawken,
- Active Hope by Joanna Macy,
- Rooted & Rising by Margaret Bullitt Jonas and Leah Schade,
- Green Deen: What Islam Teaches about Protecting the Planet by Ibrahim Abdul-Matin
- All We Can Save by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katherine Wilkinson,
- Making Peace with the Land by Fred Bahnson & Norman Wirzba,
- Earth & Word by David Rhoads,
- Saving Us by Katherine Hayhoe,
- Climate Church, Climate World by Jim Antell,
- Green the Church: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Rejoice by Rebekkah Simon-Peter,
- For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision of creation Care by Steven Bouma-Prediger
Additional books on creation for Christian liturgical seasons:
- Lent:
  - For the Beauty of the Earth by Leah Schade
  - Wild Hope: Stories for Lent from the Vanishing by Gayle Boss
- Advent:
  - All Creation Waits: The Advent Mystery of New Beginnings by Gayle Boss
Host a weekly or monthly film series to show documentaries or other environmental films
Seek out relevant events happening in the broader community and encourage participation from members of your faith community

Creation Care Alliance upcoming events
- Contact Sarah Ogletree at sarah@creationcarealliance.org
Project Drawdown Workshops (in-person workshops reliant on COVID-19 safety)
- Contact Charley & Pam Rogers: crogers216@gmail.com

First Baptist Church, Asheville, NC
- Contact Brenda Denton: Bbelle2001@gmail.com
- Contact Marian Arledge: MarianSadler@gmail.com