Test Your Environmental Knowledge

Test your environmental knowledge–the following is an environmental quiz that the Roper Institute (a leading polling institute) and the National Environmental Education Task Force administer on an annual basis to assess the environmental literacy of US citizens.

click here to test your knowledge of environmental issues

Going on an energy diet

It is Lent, and many of us are trying to stick to promises to give up chocolate, meat, or facebook. The discipline that this requires is a good way to focus the mind on what is really important to us, whether it makes us appreciate our blessings (like chocolate!) or realize that something we have been spending a lot of time doing (like facebook) distracts us from real relationships.

Lent is also a great time to be more conscious about how we use the Earth's precious resources. Are we appreciating the blessing of God's creation to the fullest? Check out this article from National Geographic for one person's story about becoming a more conscious steward of Earth's blessings.

Planting Environmental Stewardship

"Our ultimate purpose is to honor God as Creator in such a way that Christian environmental stewardship is part and parcel of everything we do. Our goal is to make tending the garden of creation, in all its aspects, an unquestioned and all pervasive part of our service to each other, to our community, to God's world."
-Calvin B. DeWitt, Reading the Bible Through a Green Lens

This wonderful quote comes from the Episcopal Public Policy Network, in a Policy Alert that I received today. I recommend their email newsletters. Anyway, the quote from Mr. DeWitt states perfectly what the Creation Care ministry is trying to do at St. Thomas. Tending the garden of Creation should be part of the foundation of everything we do at church, woven into the fabric of the faith mission of St. Thomas. And, from there, it should become part of what we do in our broader lives.

Welcome!

Welcome to Deep Green Faith, the new blog from the Creation Care Committee of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Richmond. We are so glad you have chosen to join us! With this blog, we at St. Thomas hope to provide our congregation and the broader community with spiritual and practical resources related to caring for the beautiful Creation all around us. Let us know what you think!