This Lent, we’re inviting you to join us in a journey of Creation Care. We want to live out our faith by investing in the flourishing of God’s creation.
Each week, you can choose a practical challenge based on where you are in your net zero journey and reflect on Scripture to consider how we can be faithful stewards during this season of worship.
Fill out the form to let us know you'll be journeying alongside us throughout the coming weeks.
This challenge is not current but if you'd like to take this challenge the materials are below.
This Lent, we’re inviting you to join us in a journey of Creation Care. We want to live out our faith by investing in the flourishing of God’s creation. Each week, we’ll share practical challenges and Scriptural reflections on how we can be faithful stewards during this season of worship.
Beginning on Ash Wednesday, February 17th, the challenge will feature a weekly theme with Scripture and practical action steps. Follow along on our social media accounts, via Facebook, Twitter & Instagram
Let’s do this together! As we progress through the Creation Care Lent Challenge, there will be opportunities to share your stories and reflections each week. Be sure to tag us @climatewitnessproject ! You can also use the hashtag #CreationCareLent to join in the conversation.
Download this calendar to keep you on track throughout Lent!
Do you want to share this journey with your church throughout Lent? We've provided weekly powerpoint slides that you can add to your services.
While this is not our current challenge if you're excited about eliminating plastic check out more below.
Our world is in crisis yet Christians are a people of hope. Join us on a holy and hope-filled journey through Lent. We will contemplate and lament the devastation humans have wrought, and take positive action to reduce our reliance on single-use plastic.
Throughout Lent contemplate and lament the plight of 25 of God’s beloved creatures, using Gayle Boss’ new book Wild Hope. Purchase the book (with discounts for groups) at this link. Use this discussion guide to guide your challenge as a group!
Regional organizer Barry Meyer has also provided this presentation to guide your experience through this challenge. If you need more information or want to connect with a regional organizer on this topic please email [email protected]
To kick off the Lenten season we live streamed with Gayle Boss author of the book Wild Hope. A recording of the conversation is now avaliable here!
Ash Wednesday - Looking Ahead
There are many legitimate uses for plastic, especially in the medical community. Single-use plastic that is created only for convenience is hard on the environment and a source of carbon emissions through-out its life cycle: from the extraction of the oil and especially fracked gas from which it is made, though its manufacturing and disposal. Less than 14% is recycled. The rest is incinerated, or ends up in landfills or the world’s oceans. Over 300 million tons of plastic is manufactures every year. Over half of that is for single use items. Here are a few really good, short articles about the problem:
As consumers many things we can do to reduce our use of single-use plastic and demonstrate to corporations and policy makers that this a real concern to us. This is a journey. As we journey through lent with Gayle’s Wild Hope readings, let’s also commit ourselves to reduce our single-use plastic waste. Each week, we will address a different category of single use plastic. After Easter, we will review how we did, share experiences and products we tried and prepare for the Climates Witness Project’s deeper dive. Let’s make this a fun adventure that we go on together!
Week 1 - Shopping
We North Americans do a lot of shopping. Especially visits to the grocery store and purchases online. With half a trillion plastic bags used every year, shopping is a great place to start to change our habits! Let’s bring our own bags when we go to the store, and ask Amazon to reduce the plastic when we shop online.
Here are a few products that can help. There are many others alternatives available. We just wanted to provide you with one option that some of us have tried and liked. These are often available from the manufacturer, Amazon, and local stores.
Week 2 - Bath and Body
If you are like us, your bathroom is filled with plastic bottles, containers and devises. In fact, our bathrooms are among the most plastic intense rooms in our homes. We can dramatically reduce our plastic waste with a few better choices. These are some places that are relatively easy to start. What other plastic products can we replace in our bathrooms?
Here are a few products that can help. There are many others alternatives available. We just wanted to provide you with one option that some of us have tried and liked. These are often available from the manufacturer, Amazon, and local stores.
Week 3 - Food
Our kitchens are the other big source of plastic waste from our homes. We can dramatically reduce the plastic we bring into our kitchens by choosing products not packaged in plastic. We can also cut down on plastic packaging by buying concentrated drinks (frozen fruit juices, etc). Another important way to cut back on plastic is using reusable, non-plastic storage containers.
Here are a few examples and products that can help. There are many others alternatives available. We just wanted to provide you with one option that some of us have tried and liked. These are often available from the manufacturer, Amazon, and local stores.
Week 4 - Eating Out
More and more people are joining the adventure of eating out plastic-free. Eating out plastic-free. It just takes a little preparation to have a plastic-free dining experience and it’s a great opportunity to show your commitment to others.
Here are a few products that can help. There are many others alternatives available. We just wanted to provide you with one option that some of us have tried and liked. These are often available from the manufacturer, Amazon, and local stores.
Week 5 - Laundry and Cleaning
Laundry and cleaning products are an easy way to reduce plastic use. There are so many options that reduce plastic and harmful chemicals in our home! We can even make our own!
Here are a few examples products that can help. There are many others alternatives available. We just wanted to provide you with one option that some of us have tried and liked. These are often available from the manufacturer, Amazon, and local stores.
Week 6 - Holy Week Looking back and Looking Ahead
We just finished a six-week plastic fast. How do you feel? Was it hard? Which practices can you continue? Can we find even more ways to reduce our plastic usage? Complete our survey to help CWP we prepare for a deeper dive into reducing plastic waste. We would love to hear about your experience! And if you haven't already please let us know that you took this challenge!
