Good Steward Campaign

08/19/2014

60,000 Floridians ask Gov. Rick Scott to take a stand on climate change http://ow.ly/Autys

Addressing climate change and the scientific consensus that humans are causing it by our fossil fuel use will

08/18/2014

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Congregants in a Miami church handed the Rev. Mitch Hescox a Bible to take with him to Tallahassee. It was a gift for the governor, and it...

08/18/2014

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Evangelicals are frequently called out for

07/30/2014

Thanks to over 230,000 supporters like you, General Mills announced that they are taking bold steps to address climate change in their operations and supply chain. This is HUGE news! Learn more here: http://politicsofpoverty.oxfamamerica.org/2014/07/general-mills-big-picture-climate-change

Food company will implement industry-leading measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its supply chains.

07/30/2014

Not reducing the carbon pollution that is leading to climate change is costing the US economy billions. http://ow.ly/zKnS5

Failing to reduce carbon pollution could cost the United States economy $150 billion a year, the Council of Economic Advisers said.

07/25/2014

Rabbi Moti Reiber is behind church pulpits urging Christians to be Good Stewards.

(RNS) Rabbi Moti Rieber travels the politically red state of Kansas armed with the book of Genesis, a psalm and even the words of Jesus to lecture church audiences, or sermonize if they’ll let him, about the threat of global warming. “...

07/24/2014

The movement to divest is gaining momentum. Are the communities you belong to on board?

Like many social movements from gay marriage to the anti-apartheid campaign, the effort is seeing its first successes on the left flank of the religious landscape and slowly gaining the notice of more established groups. Taking this step is one thing, but all of us have our own lives lead, and all o…

07/23/2014

Communities of faith are divesting from Fossil Fuels!

Faith communities are dumping their fossil fuel investmentsBy Lauren Markoe|comments|Print|ShareNewsEnvironmentc. 2014 Religion News Service(RNS) Worried about global warming, a growing number of churches and other faith groups are divesting their holdings in fossil fuel companies, which release lar…

07/22/2014

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The two nations lead the world on greenhouse gas emissions.

07/21/2014

Researchers at Columbia University have found that we don't have much time to act on climate change:

The world is not on track to keep global warming below 2 degrees Celsius but can still hold that line with tremendous effort

07/18/2014

Faith communities continue to dump their fossil fuel investments: http://ow.ly/zkdrf

(RNS) Worried about climate change, an increasing number of churches and religious groups are removing fossil fuel companies from their investment...

07/16/2014

Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, has taken a very strong stance recently on the need to address climate change, to protect the environment and respect “God's creation.”