CCI CreationCare Resources

Upcoming Sessions Recordings CreationCare Ministries Assessment Tool

Books:

The Language of Rivers and Stars: How Nature Speaks of the Glories of God (Bible Reflections on the Natural World for Gardeners, Hikers, Bird Watchers, and Nature Lovers) Seth Lewis

Plundered: The Tangled Roots of Racial and Environmental Injustice David W. Swanson Publishers: IVP

'L' is for Lifestyle: Christian Living That Doesn't Cost the Earth Ruth Valerio Publisher: IVP

God Doesn't Do Waste: Redeeming The Whole Of Life Dave Bookless Publishers: IVP

Stewards of Eden: What Scripture Says About the Environment and Why It Matters Sandra L. Richter Publisher: IVP Academic

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World Katharine Hayhoe Publisher: Atria/One Signal Publishers

Saying Yes to Life Originally Published as The Archbishop of Canterbury's Lent Book 2020 Ruth Valerio Publisher: SPCK Publishing

Planetwise: Dare To Care For God's World Dave Bookless Publisher: IVP UK

Creation Care: A Biblical Theology of the Natural World (Biblical Theology for Life) Douglas Moo and Jonathan A. Moo Publisher: Zondervan Academic

Articles:

How Creation Care Became a Gospel Issue The global Christian movement caring for God’s creation Sara Kyoungah White (Lausanne Movement Article) Also available in Français, 한국어, Português; Español

Climate Crisis and God's Creation: Calling Global Christian Leaders to Act Lalbiakhlui Rokhum, Jasmine Kwong & Dave Bookless (Lausanne Movement Paper) Also available in Français, 한국어, Português; Español

Camping and the Bible: Embracing Nature and Spirituality Robert Choudhary (ICCA)

Websites:

A Rocha is a global family of conservation organizations working together, in response to the worldwide crisis of biodiversity loss, to carry out community-based conservation projects.

The Global Ecobrick Alliance is an Earth Enterprise accelerating local and global plastic transition. Their mission is to raise Ecological Consciousness through the spread of Ecobricking and the transformation of global plastic into local solutions.

Activity Ideas:

EcoBricks are a simple, hands-on way to reduce plastic waste and teach young people practical stewardship of God’s creation.

CCI Latin America's Collection of Activities to Explore God's Creation

The Vision Ecobricks Construction Guide: An introduction to the principles, theory and techniques of building your greenest visions with bottles and ecobricks. When plastics are littered, burned or dumped, they poison the Earth, Air, and Water. When we save, segregate and pack plastics into bottles, we can make building blocks that can be reused over and over again. Together we can build green spaces that enrich our community and environment.

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