Hope for Creation made and distributed hundreds of Earth Day kits for Kids in 2020. |
Hope for Creation volunteers at the City of Kalamazoo's first polystyrene recycling drop-off in 2021. |
Michigan IPL has a Southwest MI regional chapter: Hope for Creation! Hope for Creation is a grassroots inter-religious group working to encourage and support faith-based action on climate change in greater Kalamazoo. |
Getting involved in Hope for Creation connects you (and your congregation or faith-based organization) with others across the region and is a symbol of your congregation’s commitment to Earth stewardship and climate action.
What are the benefits of being part of Hope for Creation?
- Information and support for reducing your carbon footprint through energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other sustainable practices.
- Connections with technical experts, peer communities, and relevant programs.
- Guidance on starting and maintaining a congregational Green/Justice Team.
- Up-to-date information about issues that affect the health of our communities and our common home, along with opportunities to advocate for systemic change.
- Avenues to celebrate and promote the ways your house of worship has sustained the earth and to contribute to shared local conservation and sustainability efforts.
- Opportunities to work with, worship with, and advocate alongside other people of faith who are champions of Earth stewardship in their congregations and in the public sphere.
To get involved with Hope for Creation, email [email protected].
You can also like Hope for Creation on Facebook and check out their YouTube channel.