“Environment and Energy” is a page on the ELCA website about environmental advocacy. Check it out by going to our Resource Links page (on the extreme top menu) and then scrolling down to the third item in the Helping the Earth section. Some quotes from that page are shown below.
“The Environmental Education and Advocacy program of the 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.”
“As Christians, we affirm that all that we have God has given to us as gifts because God loves us; we are to care for these gifts as the precious symbols of God’s love.”
“Our Lord commanded humankind to ‘keep the earth’ (Genesis 2:15) and we believe that it is our responsibility to learn to do just this. Below are resources and educational materials to help you grow in your own faith journey to appreciate fully and cherish our Lord’s creation and find different ways to engage in earth-keeping activities.”
Presiding Bishop Talked About Environment At Churchwide Assembly
During his report to the 2007 ELCA Churchwide Assembly on Aug. 8, the Rev. Mark S. Hanson urged, “We need to speak the truth about what our consumptive living is doing to an environment that is now on the verge of ecocide – self-destruction.”