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Creation Care Team
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| Concordia Lutheran Church and Faith Based | |
| ELCA Bishop Rebecca Eaton's climate change letter (HTML) (PDF Version) | |
| Concordia Energy Audit (Nov. 2013) | Church enery audit report, by Minnesota Power/Comfort Systems |
| Individual/ Home Audit & Covenant (April, 2009) |
Join Concordia members to reduce your impact on
earth resources from April 26 - October 25, 2009. Youth (5-10 yr old) Covenant |
| Concordia Building Audit (April 2009) | View our completed audit to determine our congregation cares for creation. View specific ideas and action resources. |
| ELCA Environment Social Statement | ELCA is committed to caring for our Lord's creation. This involves the responsible stewardship of all God's creation: soil, air, water and all of God's living creatures. We recognize that God is the giver of all life. |
| ELCA Good Gifts | ELCA Good Gifts are a creative way to go beyond your regular congregational offering to support the ministries of the ELCA that mean the most to you and your loved ones. We can help grow our congregations, inspire new leaders and care for those around the world who live with hunger and poverty. |
| Lutherans Restoring Creation | A grassroots movement within the ELCA, seeking to foster care for God's good creation in all expressions of our church's life. Many resources. |
| Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light | Learn about the Climate Justice Household Program for people committed to effective and sustained action in response to the climate crisis. |
| Web of Creation | Movement for personal and social transformation to a just and sustainable world from religious perspectives. |
| Earth Ministry | Partnership of individuals and congregations to respond to this great moral challenge through education, modeling sustainable lifestyle choices, and organizing for social change through environmental advocacy. |
| Twin Ports and Minnesota | |
| Support Local Earth Friendly Businesses |
Dahl's Sunrise Dairy in
Babbitt
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| Duluth Energy Efficiency Program (DEEP) | Assists all Duluth residents in education about saving energy and money on home heating costs. |
| Duluth Stream Corps |
This group carries out restoration projects on coldwater streams on private land that feed into the St. Louis River and Lake Superior. There primary approach to this restoration is to plant trees and shrubs along the stream corridors. In so doing, they provide jobs for low-income people in the area. |
| WLSSD Food Waste | Free food waste recycling is available at WLSSD's food waste drop sites. |
| WLSSD Information Links | Information about residential recylcing and publications. |
| Do it Green! Minnesota |
Educating and motivating Minnesotans to live green, sustainably and to help build healthy communities. |
| Green Guide to Shopping Minnesota |
Learn about sustainable shopping for goods that are made and distributed in a way that will not harm the environment or deplete natural resources. |
| Sustainable Farming Association | Locate an area food farm to purchase
your food needs. Minnesota: http://www.sfa-mn.org/lake-superior/ |
| Minnesota Power Energy Audit | Conduct an energy audit on home and follow up with their advice. Call toll free at 1-800-228-4966, extension 2909 for audit information. |
| General Education and National/Global | |
| 10:10 | 10:10 is a global campaign to reduce carbon emissions by 10% in a year, starting in 2010. Any person, family, business, school or other organization can cut 10%, and by working together we can make sure our actions count. |
| Earth Charter | A broad-based, voluntary, civil society effort. Participants include leading international institutions, national governments and their agencies, university associations, non-government organizations and community-based groups, city governments, faith groups, schools and businesses, as well as thousands of individuals. |
| Equal Exchange Fair Trade Coffee | Equal Exchange is a democratically
organized worker-owned co-operative dedicated to building a new
model of trade based on fairness, environmental sustainability and
strong relationships between farmers and consumers. Concordia's Order # "CONC022" |
| SERRV International | Promotes social and economic justice for developing countries by purchasing international products at a fair wage. Concordia receives 10% net value of each individual order when you use our Concordia's OrderFOOLWR PCL454" |