Offer a youth event or class focused on care for creation
Suggested Practices and Examples for Implementation:
- Incorporate teachings about environmental issues and caring for creation in a bible study class or another adolescent learning space
- Check out these Eco-Storytimes: Compost Stew, Spring After Spring, Luna & Me, Wangari Maathai, St. Francis, Old Turtle, & Miss. Maple’s Seeds
- Hold events at the park or in other outdoor spaces instead of indoors, and talk about the significance of being connected with the natural world
- Find a time to work in a community garden together and allow children and youth to get their hands dirty, connect with the earth, and learn about different plants, foods, and critters
- Host a children or youth plant sale to raise money for your faith community or another organization, and sell only native/non-invasive species of plants
- Include messages about caring for creation during the children’s sermon or other moments during worship that are focused on your younger community members
- Host an Earth Day outdoor event for children and youth
General Information Related to this Strategy:
- Blessed Earth: books, lessons, activities, camps, and web resources for kids and youth about creation care
- NCIPL: books for kids and teens dealing with climate change, conservation, and environmental action
- Interfaith Power & Light: Lessons, activities, and books about caring for creation
- Eco-Curriculum Reviews
- Children’s curriculum from EcoCongregations Scotland
- Check out these fun nature activities and crafts for kids
- 25 Kids Books about Caring for the Environment
- Fun activities to teach kids about recycling and waste reduction
- Creation Care Alliance
- Contact Sarah Ogletree, sarah@creationcarealliance.org