otherresources

Online Resources

Evangelical Environmental Network

The Evangelical Environmental Network is "a fellowship of believers" who ground their efforts at creation care deeply in the scriptures and the gospel message of Christ. These motivate an active response to the environmental and personal needs which sin has caused, both globally and locally. They have a number of resources for both individuals and small groups.

Climate Connections: A Global Journey

This NPR special series, in partnership with National Geographic, explores "how climate changes people and how people change climate."

Portland, Oregon, Office of Sustainable Development

This office is a part of Portland's city government and is a neat site to browse around. See what a city that thinks hard about ecology is doing. To whet your appetite: Portland has a highly developed recycling program, organized compost collection, is concerned about sustainable food production, energy consumption, and governmental practices. Check it out!

EMU Chapel Series on Creation Care

During the 2007-08 year, one of the themes for chapel has been creation care as an expression of faith. One particularly good chapel was a part of another chapel theme, "This I Believe...", and featured Jonathan Lantz-Trissel sharing his thoughts on not doing the easy thing in caring for creation.

Print Resources

A Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There

This book is an easy yet poetic read ranging from observations throughout the year on a collapsed Wisconsin farm to the seminal (yet intelligible) philosophy of land ethics. This book, written by early naturalist Aldo Leopold in 1949, is beautiful and simply profound. Published by the Oxford University Press, New York.

Deep Economy

In this 2007 publication, Bill McKibben asks the question "is more still better?" With clear journalistic prose he explores this theme, supporting local communities in a globalized world without denying our global interdependence.