Environmental Sustainability News & Stories

Recently commissioned EarthKeepers consider how God calls them to merge care for the physical world with care for people’s spiritual needs.

67 new Global Ministries EarthKeepers will launch creation care projects in the U.S.

The UMCOR-supported solar disaster response trailer powered lights, freezers and refrigerators at Camp Tygart for ERTs clearing debris near Valdosta, Georgia.

Co-sponsored by Global Ministries, an Earth Day service and vigil called the global church to greater stewardship of creation.

Global Ministries commissions 57 new EarthKeepers whose projects include forest gardening, xeriscaping and transition to renewable energy.

57 new Global Ministries EarthKeepers will launch creation care projects in the U.S.

Atlanta groups unite to build solar power trailers for sustainable emergency relief.

Conference Disaster Response teams from the Florida and North Carolina annual conferences explore the benefits of mobile solar-powered generators while responding in real time to power needs in Florida after Hurricane Ian.

Global Ministries EarthKeepers’ projects in 2022 include plans to increase environmentally sustainable energy projects, decrease waste and plastics, repopulate trees in urban areas, improve access to environmental resources, preserve island habitats, grow gardens in many settings and offer spiritual growth opportunities that integrate the need for human rest and restoration with the environment’s need for care and thoughtful preservation.

29 new Global Ministries EarthKeepers will launch creation care projects.

As the world celebrates Earth Day, participants in the most recent Global Ministries EarthKeepers training consider ways to conserve and protect the Atlantic Ocean’s barrier islands.

Global Ministries’ Energy Efficiency Webinar offered tonight, January 27; Speakers Include representative of church that secured $102,000 solar grant from local utility company.