Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry The Climate Action Campaign has alerted us to the EPA’s threat of loosening 2024 environmental protections that are keeping hazardous coal ash out of our most vulnerable communities. Arsenic, lead, chromium, and radium are linked to serious health outcomes. Communities of concern are most often in the vicinity of the coal … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Thanks to those of you who completed postcards at the Simpler Living advocacy table in the past few weeks. Along with your support and that of thousands of other Californians, on May 19 the State Senate passed SB 868, the Plug-In solar bill! Now the bill will be taken up by the State Assembly … READ MORE…
There can be a tension between trusting in God and walking the way of Jesus. With so much happening in our world at this critical moment in history, it’s tempting to take one path – particularly trusting in God – and leave the walking to someone else. Yet when we don’t follow Jesus as his … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry How can we maintain resolve to care for God’s good Creation in the midst of setbacks in environmental laws and a general disregard for the natural world around us? One way is to come together in prayer and celebrate Earth! Join Simpler Living members for our annual Spring retreat at … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry & Sacred Ground in Action Initiative Taking place each week from February 26 until March 26 from 6:30 – 8 pm, one of the virtual Lenten book study selections this year is Trace: Memory, History, Race, and the American Landscape by geologist and writer Lauret Savoy. From a Ploughshares review: “[Savoy] traces her Native, … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry Last month we learned about Scott Wiener’s Senate Bill 868, the Plug and Play Solar Act that would make energy more affordable for many households by establishing statewide safety standards and eliminating regulatory barriers for portable and balcony solar devices. As a reminder, and a much easier way to contact … READ MORE…
Simpler Living Creation Care Ministry The current administration wants to cut clean efficiency standards for vehicles. Weakening these standards increases air pollution and carbon emissions. As always, those most affected are frontline communities of concern. California Interfaith Power and Light invites us to sign on to their petition (Click Here), Strong Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) … READ MORE…
Simpler Living: Creation Care Ministry Good words are worth repeating. As we draw near the shortest day of the year – and the longest night – and another year’s end, consider this O Antiphon, the “rising dawn:” “O Rising Dawn, Brightness of the light eternal, sun of righteousness: Come and enlighten those who sit in … READ MORE…
Simpler Living: Creation Care Ministry There was much information to absorb from TEC’s “Climate Action and Beyond COP30″ UN Climate Conference of the Parties, COP 30 that hopefully you’ll click on the link below for a fuller picture. While the Conference was purported to produce “mixed reviews at best,” hope prevailed and some advances were made. Here are … READ MORE…
Simpler Living: Creation Care Ministry On November 6, nine Colorado River Indian Tribes members voted to recognize personhood for the namesake river under tribal law. As sustained drought continues, the recognition of this “living entity” highlights the critical importance of water that frames the vast reservation along the California border. Many similar movements to recognize natural … READ MORE…