Resources for Greening Congregational Outreach
Advocacy
- Contact Congress through the PC(USA) Office of Public Witness (OPW)
- OPW “How to be an Effective Advocate” pdf for download
- Join campaigns for eco-justice via Creation Justice Ministries
- Take action with the Presbyterian Hunger Program
- Web of Creation “Public Ministry and Political Advocacy Action Plan”
Sustainable food practices
- Become involved in direct farm marketing or other sustainable food practices at your church. Use GreenFaith’s “Repairing Eden” for ideas.
- Glean leftover produce from farmers’ markets or farms, to donate
- Organize a community garden with these downloadable pdfs: “Garden Safe, Garden Well” or “Food Sovereignty for All”
- Participate in the Food Week of Action and World Food Day
General resources and suggestions for outreach
- Visit urban parks, nature centers, wilderness areas for day or overnight trips
- Organize an environmental justice/environmental racism tour of your community to explore blighted areas and work with justice leaders
- Donate used materials instead of throwing them away
- Share, speak with, or teach at another congregation, to encourage their Earth Care activities
- Share or rent office space within the church with local nonprofit groups to reduce the building footprint
- Include environmental action and education in your church mission trips, domestic and abroad
- Network with other houses of worship and organizations in your area that are active in earth care
- Share the Earth Care Congregations program by connecting with other congregations in your presbytery and/or by hosting informational tables and sessions at presbytery events, at community events, or in partnership with other churches or religious communities
- Host an alternative transportation day (bike/walk/carpool to church)
- Habitat for Humanity Restore collects reusable and surplus building materials
- Become a group member of Presbyterians for Earth Care
- Sponsor an e-trash recycling or household hazardous waste day for the community
- Purchase Sweat-Free clothing (no sweat-shop labor used)
- Sign up to join the Environmental Ministries Action Network to stay connected with PC(USA) Environmental Ministries, others in your presbytery working on earth care
- Contact the Presbyterians for Earth Care Regional Representative for your area to learn about opportunities to be involved in earth care
- Volunteer with one of the community organizations supported by Presbyterian Hunger Program grants (look at this map for your area of the country)
- Mission trips through Living Waters for the World, Solar Under the Son, PCUSA World Mission, and Presbyterian Hunger Program/Joining Hands reflection-action trips.
