Creation Care Resources

National Episcopal Church Creation Care Resolution and Resources

The Episcopal Church comprises 111 dioceses and regional areas in 17 nations; 100 of which are in the United States. The Diocese of Virginia is one of the largest of the U.S. dioceses with 179 churches, two diocesan centers, six diocesan homes, six schools and the largest Anglican seminary in the world.

Diocese of Virginia Creation Care Resolutions and Resources

Gardens

NetZero and Climate Change

Spiritual Resilience

Establishing a Green Ministry

Sermons from Our Churches

Creation Care Reading List

  • Earth Honoring Faith by Larry L. Rasmussen
  • Sacred Earth Sacred Soul by John Philip Newell
  • Active Hope by Joanna Macy
  • Climate Church, Climate World by Jim Antal
  • Crisis Contemplation: Healing a Wounded Village by Rev. Dr. Barbara Holmes
  • Rooted and Rising: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis, edited by Leah Schade and Rev. Margaret Bullitt-Jones
  • The Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred work of Grief by Francis Weller
  • Mystical Hope: Trusting in the Mercy of God by Cynthia Bourgeault
  • Spiritual Ecology: The Cry of the Earth by Llewellyn Vaughn-Lee, ed.
  • Laudato Si’:On Care for our Common Home by Pope Francis
  • Warmth: Coming of Age at the End of our World by Daniel Sherrell
  • Ladder to the Light; an Indigenous Elder’s Meditations on Hope and Courage by Steven Charleston
  • Beyond Acedia and Wrath: Voices of Courage in a Time of Climate Crisis by Bishop Hirschfield (Episcopal Diocese of N.H.) and the Rev. Steve Blackmer
  • The Hopeful Family: Building Resilient Children in Uncertain Times by Amelia Richardson Dress

Environmental Justice and Advocacy