Transfiguration Creation Care
Team
God’s People Caring for God’s
Creation
The Tranny Creation Care
Team formally began in October 2007. We are parishioners who have
come together to encourage parish and individual activities
promoting stewardship of God’s creation. We have adopted the US
Conference of Catholic Bishop’s model parish framework (http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/certificate.shtml)
to focus our work. Down the road, we will
apply for recognition from the USCCB.
Active Team Members: Laurie
Dimond, Matt Ledvina, Kate Mayer, Eileen Muetzel, Ray Muetzel, Nate
Rauschendorfer, Deacon Glenn Skuta (chair), Bill Tingerthal
Contact Deacon Glenn at
skuta@juno.com or 651-470-7572 for more
info or to join in!
See our
inventory of actions already undertaken and
brainstorming of activities we may choose to pursue using
the Bishop’s framework.
Our
team's action items for 2008
Tranny
Creation Care Team - please join us!
NEXT
MEETING: May 13, 7 to 8:30PM – meet in Gathering Space
1) debrief on Generations of Faith
2) debrief on Savers Switch
3) talk about Wind Energy sign-up
4) brainstorm projects to apply for funding for
PAST MEETING NOTES:
LINKS:
Assess Your Impact on
Creation:
MN Energy Challenge – Get great
ideas on ways to save money, cut pollution, and fight Global
Warming. Pledge to take simple energy saving actions and assign
your pollution savings to the Transfiguration team! We are in 6th
place among all congregations – let’s move up!
http://www.mnenergychallenge.org
Ecological Footprint Quiz – a
rough calculation of the magnitude of our consumption of natural
resources to get us thinking
http://ecofoot.org/
Information on Catholic
Stewardship of Creation Initiatives
St. Paul/Minneapolis Archdiocese
Office of Social Justice/Global Warming Action Team
http://www.osjspm.org/globalwarming.aspx
US Conference of Catholic Bishops
- “St. Francis” parish
recognition – the Tranny creation Care Team is working toward this!
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/certificate.shtml
- Global Warming
http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/climate/
General Info:
Minnesota Climate Change Advisory
Group
http://www.mnclimatechange.us/index.cfm
US Mayors’ Climate Change Agreement
– our team is encouraging local mayors to sign
http://www.usmayors.org/climateprotection/ClimateChange.asp
Global Warming 101
http://www.globalwarming101.com/
Congregations Caring for Creation
http://www.c3mn.net/
