National Religious Partnership for the Environment
@nrpe.bsky.social
A diverse alliance of faith institutions and leaders bringing voice and action to care for God's Creation.
Pinned
Blue skies remind us that our Creator is ever present & ever loving. NRPE believes we are called to be stewards & caretakers of all beings living beneath God's blue skies.
We're excited to be here! Stick around for thoughts & news on all things creation care, eco-theology & environmental justice.
We're excited to be here! Stick around for thoughts & news on all things creation care, eco-theology & environmental justice.
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Over 13,000 Christians have called on our leaders to protect God's creation and honor the dignity of Indigenous peoples by put an end to the destructive drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge & the Western Arctic.
This week - Congress has a chance to listen and respond.
This week - Congress has a chance to listen and respond.
November 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Over 13,000 Christians have called on our leaders to protect God's creation and honor the dignity of Indigenous peoples by put an end to the destructive drilling in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge & the Western Arctic.
This week - Congress has a chance to listen and respond.
This week - Congress has a chance to listen and respond.
Disappointed to see PA back away from a major clean energy policy, but glad to hear that initiatives like this will continue! As people of faith, we will continue to support a bold transition to a clean energy economy which honors God's creation and prioritizes the needs of the most vulnerable.
Solar rooftop program for Pa. schools survives budget deal that cut major climate policy https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11/rooftop-solar-for-schools-energy-rggi-renewable-energy-pennsylvania-environment/
PA school solar rooftop program survives budget deal
Solar for School remains one of the few policy bright spots for clean energy advocates following the state’s exit from a carbon cap-and-trade program.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Disappointed to see PA back away from a major clean energy policy, but glad to hear that initiatives like this will continue! As people of faith, we will continue to support a bold transition to a clean energy economy which honors God's creation and prioritizes the needs of the most vulnerable.
💚🌳 NRPE has been busy this Fall working with organizational partners and local congregations in PA, NC, & FL to plant trees on their sacred grounds.
One of our many take-aways? Trees are a blessing! From God - for community, for health, for wildlife, for climate, and for our faith.
One of our many take-aways? Trees are a blessing! From God - for community, for health, for wildlife, for climate, and for our faith.
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
💚🌳 NRPE has been busy this Fall working with organizational partners and local congregations in PA, NC, & FL to plant trees on their sacred grounds.
One of our many take-aways? Trees are a blessing! From God - for community, for health, for wildlife, for climate, and for our faith.
One of our many take-aways? Trees are a blessing! From God - for community, for health, for wildlife, for climate, and for our faith.
Great op-ed from Rev. Rich Killmer on the current threats facing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Gwich'in people who call it home. As people of faith committed to justice and stewardship, how are we called to respond?
www.crcna.org/do-justice/c...
www.crcna.org/do-justice/c...
Can This Piece of God’s Earth Be Saved?
www.crcna.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Great op-ed from Rev. Rich Killmer on the current threats facing the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and the Gwich'in people who call it home. As people of faith committed to justice and stewardship, how are we called to respond?
www.crcna.org/do-justice/c...
www.crcna.org/do-justice/c...
Tomorrow is National Public Lands Day!
Public lands are cherished spaces of refuge for all of God's sacred creation, both human & non-human. They provide habitat & home to diverse wildlife, protection for critical water resources, & community access to God's creation in it's most natural form.
Public lands are cherished spaces of refuge for all of God's sacred creation, both human & non-human. They provide habitat & home to diverse wildlife, protection for critical water resources, & community access to God's creation in it's most natural form.
September 26, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tomorrow is National Public Lands Day!
Public lands are cherished spaces of refuge for all of God's sacred creation, both human & non-human. They provide habitat & home to diverse wildlife, protection for critical water resources, & community access to God's creation in it's most natural form.
Public lands are cherished spaces of refuge for all of God's sacred creation, both human & non-human. They provide habitat & home to diverse wildlife, protection for critical water resources, & community access to God's creation in it's most natural form.
“Humans need creation to find ourselves, to know that we’re not God over other human beings, or over the earth.” -Sister Lynne Smith
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
‘They’re Small but They’re Mighty.’ Meet the Wisconsin Sisters Healing the Land.
www.nytimes.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“Humans need creation to find ourselves, to know that we’re not God over other human beings, or over the earth.” -Sister Lynne Smith
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...
Reposted by National Religious Partnership for the Environment
Shana tova, friends!
May 5758 bring sweetness, amidst it all – and offer sustenance for the work ahead.
Artwork by Jessica Tamar Deutsch for @joindayenu.bsky.social
May 5758 bring sweetness, amidst it all – and offer sustenance for the work ahead.
Artwork by Jessica Tamar Deutsch for @joindayenu.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Shana tova, friends!
May 5758 bring sweetness, amidst it all – and offer sustenance for the work ahead.
Artwork by Jessica Tamar Deutsch for @joindayenu.bsky.social
May 5758 bring sweetness, amidst it all – and offer sustenance for the work ahead.
Artwork by Jessica Tamar Deutsch for @joindayenu.bsky.social
Friends in the DMV, don't miss this opportunity to gather in solidarity with communities working to protect the sacred lands of Oak Flat.
Tonight, Monday Sept 22 at 7pm. Cedar Lane UU Congregation in Bethesda.
Register here: bit.ly/DefendtheHoly
Tonight, Monday Sept 22 at 7pm. Cedar Lane UU Congregation in Bethesda.
Register here: bit.ly/DefendtheHoly
September 22, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Friends in the DMV, don't miss this opportunity to gather in solidarity with communities working to protect the sacred lands of Oak Flat.
Tonight, Monday Sept 22 at 7pm. Cedar Lane UU Congregation in Bethesda.
Register here: bit.ly/DefendtheHoly
Tonight, Monday Sept 22 at 7pm. Cedar Lane UU Congregation in Bethesda.
Register here: bit.ly/DefendtheHoly
🎉This week marks 9 years since the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was designated!
🐋 This beautiful and biodiverse monument off the coast of Massachusetts is refuge and home to whales, seabirds, sea turtles, and rate thousand-year-old deep sea corals and sponges.
🐋 This beautiful and biodiverse monument off the coast of Massachusetts is refuge and home to whales, seabirds, sea turtles, and rate thousand-year-old deep sea corals and sponges.
September 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
🎉This week marks 9 years since the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument was designated!
🐋 This beautiful and biodiverse monument off the coast of Massachusetts is refuge and home to whales, seabirds, sea turtles, and rate thousand-year-old deep sea corals and sponges.
🐋 This beautiful and biodiverse monument off the coast of Massachusetts is refuge and home to whales, seabirds, sea turtles, and rate thousand-year-old deep sea corals and sponges.
September 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Inspiring news out of the #GA faith community! As Rev. Dr. Kenneth Hill says perfectly - "this is what real ministry looks like."
groundswell.org/article/west...
#climatecantwait #faith4climate
groundswell.org/article/west...
#climatecantwait #faith4climate
Westside Resilience Corridor Launched to Strengthen Community, Increase Energy Efficiency and Expand Energy Access
Today, four Southwest Atlanta Churches – West Hunter Street Baptist, Providence Missionary Baptist, Community Church Atlanta and the Vicars Community Center, and Atlanta Good Shepherd Community Church...
groundswell.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Inspiring news out of the #GA faith community! As Rev. Dr. Kenneth Hill says perfectly - "this is what real ministry looks like."
groundswell.org/article/west...
#climatecantwait #faith4climate
groundswell.org/article/west...
#climatecantwait #faith4climate
Reposted by National Religious Partnership for the Environment
Borgo Laudato Si' seeks to be a "tangible, touchable example of the principles of Laudato Si'," said Cardinal Fabio Baggio, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and director general of the initiative.
Legacy of 'green' papal teaching to take root at Vatican ecology center
Pope Leo XIV on Friday, Sept. 5 will inaugurate a new center for integral ecology on Vatican-owned property south of Rome.
bit.ly
September 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Borgo Laudato Si' seeks to be a "tangible, touchable example of the principles of Laudato Si'," said Cardinal Fabio Baggio, undersecretary of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and director general of the initiative.
NRPE #SummerWrapUp Pt 1: Fighting for Clean Air
September 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
NRPE #SummerWrapUp Pt 1: Fighting for Clean Air
Unfortunately, there were no shortage of things for faith communities to resist this summer.
Follow along for NRPE's 2025 #SummerWrapUp on how the faith community took action to care for God's creation throughout the summer. #climatecantwait #faith4climate
Follow along for NRPE's 2025 #SummerWrapUp on how the faith community took action to care for God's creation throughout the summer. #climatecantwait #faith4climate
September 4, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Unfortunately, there were no shortage of things for faith communities to resist this summer.
Follow along for NRPE's 2025 #SummerWrapUp on how the faith community took action to care for God's creation throughout the summer. #climatecantwait #faith4climate
Follow along for NRPE's 2025 #SummerWrapUp on how the faith community took action to care for God's creation throughout the summer. #climatecantwait #faith4climate
Join us to Witness with Creation during the Season of Creation faith gatherings! The events will take place throughout the Season of Creation, beginning and ending in Washington DC. Eeach gathering will highlight urgent environmental concerns through ritual, testimony and prayer.
August 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Join us to Witness with Creation during the Season of Creation faith gatherings! The events will take place throughout the Season of Creation, beginning and ending in Washington DC. Eeach gathering will highlight urgent environmental concerns through ritual, testimony and prayer.
New NRPE blog by author and speaker James Workman explores the hopeful story of catch shares and rights-based fishing systems restoring previously depleted fish stocks.
Check it out: www.nrpe.org/blog/casting...
Check it out: www.nrpe.org/blog/casting...
August 21, 2025 at 8:51 PM
New NRPE blog by author and speaker James Workman explores the hopeful story of catch shares and rights-based fishing systems restoring previously depleted fish stocks.
Check it out: www.nrpe.org/blog/casting...
Check it out: www.nrpe.org/blog/casting...
Faith leaders joined the hundreds of private citizens, doctors, public health experts, scientists, & environmental advocates to testify at the #EPA hearing on the proposal to reconsider the #EndangermentFinding & rollback vehicle pollution standards.
Their message was clear: this is a moral issue.
Their message was clear: this is a moral issue.
August 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Faith leaders joined the hundreds of private citizens, doctors, public health experts, scientists, & environmental advocates to testify at the #EPA hearing on the proposal to reconsider the #EndangermentFinding & rollback vehicle pollution standards.
Their message was clear: this is a moral issue.
Their message was clear: this is a moral issue.
This week, NRPE joined 18 religious organizations and institutions in responding to the EPA's proposal to repeal greenhouse gas emissions standards from power plants.
Read the full letter: bit.ly/4fsLnRb
Read the full letter: bit.ly/4fsLnRb
August 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This week, NRPE joined 18 religious organizations and institutions in responding to the EPA's proposal to repeal greenhouse gas emissions standards from power plants.
Read the full letter: bit.ly/4fsLnRb
Read the full letter: bit.ly/4fsLnRb
Pennsylvania Rabbi and Executive Director of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, Daniel Swartz on the EPA announcement to repeal the Endangerment Finding.
July 29, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Pennsylvania Rabbi and Executive Director of the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life, Daniel Swartz on the EPA announcement to repeal the Endangerment Finding.
Yesterday, NRPE staff offered testimony before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, opposing their repeal of critical safeguards against mercury and air toxins from coal and gas power plants.
July 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Yesterday, NRPE staff offered testimony before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, opposing their repeal of critical safeguards against mercury and air toxins from coal and gas power plants.
Finding hope in our moral leaders and modern prophets ... don't miss Pope Leo XIV's message for the 10th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation: press.vatican.va/content/sala....
July 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Finding hope in our moral leaders and modern prophets ... don't miss Pope Leo XIV's message for the 10th World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation: press.vatican.va/content/sala....
Great episode from NPR Illinois interviewing Ken Page, President of the Springfield chapter of ACLU about the Springfield 1908 Race Riot and it's continued legacy:
nprillinois.org/arts-life/20....
nprillinois.org/arts-life/20....
Ken Page explains the 1908 Race Riot and how its legacy continues in Springfield today
The 1908 Race Riot is a dark moment in Springfield’s history, yet many grew up not knowing about the tragedy that set back Black businesses and families for many years to come. President of the Spring...
nprillinois.org
July 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Great episode from NPR Illinois interviewing Ken Page, President of the Springfield chapter of ACLU about the Springfield 1908 Race Riot and it's continued legacy:
nprillinois.org/arts-life/20....
nprillinois.org/arts-life/20....
A budget is a moral document. It makes a statement about what we prioritize as a nation. We must prioritize the dignity of human life and God's Creation. 💜 🌍
⚠️ Call your Senator today to demand a #MoralBudget!
⚠️ Call your Senator today to demand a #MoralBudget!
June 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
A budget is a moral document. It makes a statement about what we prioritize as a nation. We must prioritize the dignity of human life and God's Creation. 💜 🌍
⚠️ Call your Senator today to demand a #MoralBudget!
⚠️ Call your Senator today to demand a #MoralBudget!
This past weekend, NRPE was honored to join the Continental Divide Trail Coalition for 3 meaningful days along the Rio Chama in New Mexico.
June 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This past weekend, NRPE was honored to join the Continental Divide Trail Coalition for 3 meaningful days along the Rio Chama in New Mexico.