Information on DOE-08 and the Interfaith Joint Statement
Building on the 2022nd General Assembly policy to support the 30 x 30 initiative for to protect 30 percent of lands and waters in a natural state by 2030 for biodiversity and the climate, the General Assembly added some specificity to implement that policy by passing DOE-08,▾On Adopting “Protecting Utah’s National Monuments and Wildlands for Ecology and Justice” The recommendation that passed on a consent agenda after at 37 to 3 vote in committee ask the church and it its people to commit to the following: - 1. join with denominations and faith leaders in the US and Utah who are urging the ongoing protection of Utah Wilderness, especially the restored Bears Ears National Monument, Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument and by signing the Interfaith Joint Statement on the Care of Creation & the Perpetual Preservation of Utah Wilderness.
- ask the Office of Public Witness to advocate as a national body and on behalf of the PC(USA) for America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act [protectwildutah.org] and to advocate for tribal sovereignty in the co-management of Bears Ears National Monument.
- encourage congregations, individual members of congregations, and presbyteries to take the opportunity to listen and learn about Bears Ears National Monument from the tribes that proposed the monument and organizations that are working to protect this landscape, and advocate for the environmental justice issues involved.
Clergy in the states of the Colorado River Basin-Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and California- may sign the Interfaith Joint Statement on the Care of Creation and the Perpetual Preservation of Utah Wilderness by sending an email to Ron Barness at peaceandjustice@episcopal-ut.org.include your name, title, location
As an individual you can ask or thank your members of Congress to cosponsor the America’s Red Rock Wilderness Act at https://p2a.co/YtPz6ZO. Would you like a presentation at your church? Contact www.suwa.org and a regional organizer will be in touch.You can also bring a faith perspective to a Zoom or in-person meeting with your members of Congress.
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WHAT WE DO
I Corinthians 4:1 Thus should one regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Presbyterians for Earth Care (PEC) invites individuals and congregations to participate in the growing earth care movement within the PC(USA). PEC is a national eco-justice network that cares for God’s creation by connecting, equipping, and inspiring Presbyterians to make creation care a central concern of the church.
Presbyterians for Earth Care cares for God’s Creation by:
Connecting members through a grassroots network of people seeking to keep the sacred at the center of earth care, advocacy and action both inside and outside the walls of the church.
Equipping members with resources, ideas and information for a shared journey toward a healthier planet by growing and sharing theological understandings and perspectives on eco-justice issues.
Inspiring members through stories of individuals and groups who have responded to the sacred call to care for the earth – stories told person to person at events, and by newsletter, email, social media and devotions.
Presbyterians for Earth Care was formerly called Presbyterians for Restoring Creation.