As someone born and raised in Los Angeles County, my experiences with ‘small’ and ‘rural’ are far and few. Furthermore, when I read books on sustainability and agriculture, I typically pick up books written in universities by professors who…
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Category: CCA in the News, Congregational Stories, Educational Resources, Latest News
Tags: Boone, Creation Care, Duke Divinity School, food security, gardens, High Country, love your neighbor, Rebirth, Solar, United Methodist Church
What do Oaks, Violets, Native Bees and Robins have in common? They are native species in Western North Carolina and they are part of the CCA Neighborhood Natives Scavenger Hunt. While we are caring for our human neighbors by maintaining…
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Category: CCA in the News, Educational Resources, Latest News, Prayers & Meditation Practices, Reflections
Tags: backyard, children, climate change, ecology, faith, love your neighbor, native species, nature, prayer, scavenger hunt, science
This month we will celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day! We recognize that we are in the midst of collective trauma and chaos. However, if you are able and interested in joining us as we focus on individual ecological…
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Category: Latest News
Tags: clean energy, climate activism, climate change, Creation Care, Ecochallenge, faith, Food, forests, inspiration, love, love in action, love your neighbor, social justice, spirit, Spirituality, water
We share this story with deep gratitude for the work of Climate Interactive and Rev. Selena Wright. A story of ongoing ripples of grace, healing, and justice from a colleague in ministry. Recently while at a clergy retreat, my friend…
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Category: Congregational Stories, Educational Resources, Latest News, Presentations & Webinars
Tags: afforestation, christianity, climate change, Climate Interactive, climate science, climate simulation, compassion, faith, Faith In action, grace, gratitude, haiti, inspiration, love your neighbor, peace, reforestation, science, social justice, Spirituality, Treeplanting, trees, UN, United Church of Christ, wildfire
Cellist Judith Glixon was on Blue Ridge Public Radio this morning discussing “One Cello, One Planet,” her solo cello concert series highlighting the urgency of climate change. Glixon’s tour has stops in Black Mountain, Tryon, Hendersonville and Asheville this month,…
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Tags: Asheville, Black Mountain, Blue Ridge Public Radio, cello, compassion, creationcare, faith, Hendersonville, inspiration, jubilee!, love your neighbor, Music, One Cello, One Planet, orchestra, science, social justice, spirit, Tryon, Western North Carolina
The Creation Care Alliance will have the privilege to share some of our work to a wider national audience at the Wild Goose Festival this Summer. The Wild Goose Festival is a Spirit, Justice, Music and Arts Festival hosted in Hot Springs,…
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The Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina has launched the Guide to Cultivating Care for Creation – a new resource for churches, spiritual communities and people of faith looking for tangible ways they can act on behalf of our…
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Category: CCA in the News, Educational Resources, Presentations & Webinars
Tags: advocacy, CCA Toolkit, children, Church, clean energy, clergy, climate activism, climate change, compassion, composting, conservation, Creation Care, Creation care Team, Energy Efficiency, faith, Food, garden, green team, guide to cultivating care for creation, hymns, inspiration, joy, love your neighbor, meditation, preaching, Recycling, resources, science, Solar, Spirituality, sustainability, water, worship, zero waste
Toward Zero Waste Asheville, NC, Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina, Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church and Asheville Green Works are happy to present Straws, a short documentary narrated by Academy-award winning actor Tim Robbins, which charts the history of straws…
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Tags: Creation Care, documentary, episcopal, faith, love your neighbor, movie, ocean, plastics, pollution, Presbyterian, Spirituality, straws, zero waste