Speakers and workshops
Explore how creation care is woven into the biblical narrative: contact Elin Goulden for a guest speaker or workshop on creation care.
This workshop was developed by Diane Marshall, a Toronto Anglican, and Geoffrey Wilfong-Pritchard, a United Church minister.
For church schools, Bible studies and more
A Rocha Canada, a Christian environmental stewardship organization working in conservation, environmental education and sustainable agriculture, offers a range of free downloadable resources for kids and adults.
Video suggestions
- Global Weirding with Katherine Hayhoe: the Canadian-born (and Christian) climate scientist has teamed up with PBS to create a series of short videos on climate change.
- The Story of Stuff: these short videos focus on the damage done by our throwaway culture and the opportunities for changing that culture through both personal choices and systemic advocacy.
Book suggestions
- Living Ecological Justice: A Biblical Response to the Environmental Crisis, ed. Mischka Lysack & Karri Munn-Venn (2013). Incorporates prayers, reflections & study guide & action ideas. Ideal for parish study groups. Available through Citizens for Public Justice.
- Planted: A Story of Creation, Calling, and Community, by Leah Kostamo (2013). Tells the story of the establishment of A Rocha Canada and living a theology that takes seriously the issues of poverty, justice and creation care.
- For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care by Steven Bouma-Prediger (2001). A thorough exploration of the relationship between Christianity and the natural environment, including in-depth biblical study and ethical reflection.
- Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture: An Agrarian Reading of the Bible by Ellen F. Davis (2009). A detailed reading of the Hebrew Bible and its emphasis on care for the land, challenging the destructive mindset and practices of the globalized food economy.
- A Climate for Change: global warming facts for faith-based decisions by Katharine Hayhoe and Andrew Farley (2009). Nobel laureate, scientist wife and pastor husband team up to address Christians about the seriousness of climate change and the importance of taking action.
- Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World by Katharine Hayhoe (2021) Nobel laureate Katharine Hayhoe shows how respectful conversations can help propel unlikely allies toward climate action
- An Altar in the Wilderness by Kaleeg Hainsworth (2014). A “spiritual ecology” that draws on Eastern Orthodox spiritual teaching and the experience of the Canadian wilderness to point toward an alternative relationship with the earth.
- For Earth’s Sake: Toward a Compassionate Ecology by Stephen Bede Scharper (2013). Short articles originally published in the Toronto Star, organized under the themes of revealing, reflecting and redeeming.
- The Sacred Universe: Earth, Spirituality, and Religion in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Berry (2009).