Stewardship
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Background
"Care for the earth and for the environment is a moral issue. Protecting the land, water, and air we share is a religious duty of stewardship and reflects our responsibility to born and unborn children, who are most vulnerable to environmental assault. Effective initiatives are required for energy conservation and the development of alternate, renewable, and clean energy resources." USCCB, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, 2007, 87.
Act
Individuals
- Examine your own lifestyle and see how your family can be a better steward for God and the environment
- Shop at your local Farmers' Market
- Calculate your own carbon footprint and identify areas where you can change
Parishes
- Consider one of NWEI's discussion courses on food, health, transportation and household consumption for your community.
- Coffee and Doughnuts? Serve juice and coffee in real cups and wash them instead of using Styrofoam cups
- Conduct an energy audit
- Recycle
- Calculate your parish's carbon footprint at Cool Congregations
Learn
Educate Your Parish
Vatican
- 2010 World Peace Day Statement: If You Want To Cultivate Peace, Work For Creation
- Pope John Paul II, The Ecological Crisis: A Common Responsibility
USCCB
- USCCB: 2010 World Peace Day: Resource Guide
- USCCB: Environmental Justice Department
- Columbia River Pastoral Letter Project
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