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Environmental Stewardship

The Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Justice is committed to providing information and resources to assist the churches in the Diocese in initiating or continuing programs that reflect care for creation.

There are many ways for churches to get involved, from faith and education efforts to advocacy projects focusing on environmental issues. The committee seeks to encourage and support awareness of our responsibility to think as stewards of creation and to realize that mission through ministry, outreach, education, community relations, and environmental advocacy.

Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Justice Newsletter Archive

2019

October: Introduction
November: Church of the Ascension’s Community Garden
December: Energy and Advent

2020

January: Holy Hikes
February: Pollinator Gardens
March: A Different Kind of Lent
April: Windows on Creation
May: St. John’s Biblical Garden
June: Good News Gardens
July: Cool Congregations
August: Justice and the Environment
September: Climate Issue: The Plight of the Oceans
October: Seed Season: Grant Opportunities
November: Annotated Bibliography of Environmental Books

2021

December/January: Legislative Issues
February: Earth Day Kits, Matthew 25 grants, heart-shaped nature
April: Earth Day, Earth Week, Earth Month
May: Rogation Days
July: St. George’s Community Garden, grants, laudato si workshop, COP26 registration
August: Season of Creation, The Elephant in the Room
November: COP26 report by Addie Tapp, EDUSC delegate
December: COP26 report by Addie Tapp, EDUSC delegate

2022

January: To-Do List of Environmental Actions
March: Greening Your Kitchen, Giving up Plastic for Lent
April: Trees Upstate – The Critical Importance of Trees
July: Report on General Convention Resolutions on Care of Creation


Click here to subscribe to the Environmental Stewardship Newsletter and get more information about the Committee on Environmental Stewardship and Justice.

In 2019, the committee hosted a "Let's Talk Climate" workshop with The Nature Conservancy. Below are videos from the workshop, as well as links to the resources mentioned.

Let's Talk Climate booklet
Climate Change In The American Mind study


Below are additional links to useful information in teaching about, planning for, or implementing efforts around environmental stewardship.

EDUCATION

Episcopal Ecological Network
Zero Waste Church
Catawba College Center for the Environment
Wofford College Goodall Environmental Studies Center
Sewanee Center for Religion and Environment
Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale
Master's Degree in Religion and Ecology

FAITH

Creation Care in The Episcopal Church
Interfaith Power and Light
Theology and Liturgy: Creation Care Task Force
Province IV of the Episcopal Church Environmental Ministries

ADVOCACY

Upstate Forever
Coastal Conservation League
Conservation Voters of South Carolina
Episcopal Public Policy Network
South Carolina Environmental Law Project
Southern Environmental Law Center
South Carolina Wildlife Federation

Plant, Pray, Proclaim: Good News Gardens

Plant, Pray, Proclaim: Good News Gardens

Along with, and often because of, the issues facing our communities today, there is an immediate and widespread problem with the food supply. Sometimes it's a supply chain glitch, sometimes it's and economic calamity. The Episcopal Church...
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What is it Like to Experience a Holy Hike? – A Personal Reflection by Laura Snow Hawkins

What is it Like to Experience a Holy Hike? – A Personal Reflection by Laura Snow Hawkins

Environmental stewardship can play out in many forms. One intriguing and deeply meaningful way is by participating in a Holy Hike.In the following story, Laura Snow Hawkins, Coordinator for Holy Hikes Upper South Carolina, gives us a thoughtful e...
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Diocesan Calendar

Sunday, 4/2 at 2:00 PM
Piedmont Convocation Meeting
Tuesday, 4/4 at 11:00 AM
Chrism Mass: Clergy Reaffirmation of Vows and Luncheon
Friday, 4/14 at 9:00 AM
Commission on the Diocese Regular Meeting
Saturday, 4/15 at 10:00 AM
Commission on Ministry Regular Meeting
Friday, 4/21 at 5:00 PM
New Beginnings
Saturday, 4/29 at 11:00 AM
5th Grade Bridge Retreat
Saturday, 5/6 at 10:00 AM
Diocesan Executive Council Mutual Ministry Review
Saturday, 5/13 at 12:00 AM
Still Hopes and Finlay House Day - loose offerings to these institutions

Piedmont Convocation Meeting

Sunday, April 2, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM



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Chrism Mass: Clergy Reaffirmation of Vows and Luncheon

Tuesday, April 4, 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM



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Commission on the Diocese Regular Meeting

Friday, April 14, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM



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Commission on Ministry Regular Meeting

Saturday, April 15, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM



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New Beginnings

Friday, April 21, 5:00 PM - 1:00 PM



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5th Grade Bridge Retreat

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Diocesan Executive Council Mutual Ministry Review

Saturday, May 6, 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM



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Still Hopes and Finlay House Day - loose offerings to these institutions

Saturday, May 13, 12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

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