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Bishop Sutton On Caring for all of God’s creation The Episcopal Church’s Creation Care Covenant and Pledge – The GreenGrace Ministry Our Team Our Partners Contact Us Resources Tips for Church and Community Green Book Club Green FilmsClips Green Stations of the Cross Stewardship Committing to Environmental Justice Featured Projects Start a Creation Care Team Blog SearchThe GreenGrace Ministry Briefly Stated Through a faithful commitment to Green Grace, our volunteer team of Green Shepherds offers practical resources and meaningful ways to enhance our connection to God’s Creation at church, at home and in our workplaces and communities–including the call to environmental justice and climate crisis advocacy and response. Earth’s climate is now changing faster than at any point in the history of modern civilization as a result of human activities.” –2018 National Climate Assessment Report Restoration of Nature – St. Luke’s Eastport Episcopal Diocese of Maryland (photo courtesy of Sandra Kirkland) So how do you love this world?” The Most Rev. Michael Curry Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church A LETTER FROM BISHOP SUTTON ABOUT CARING FOR ALL OF GOD’S CREATION ONE OF OUR FEATURED PROJECTS… One subject of our attention is highlighting and promoting amazing big and not-so-big environmental projects accomplished by churches, bigger and smaller, throughout the Diocese. An outstanding example is that of St. Luke’s in Eastport, Maryland, a mission-sized church building which owns what in 2017 remained a largely vacant, 4-acre parcel of adjoining land (two-thirds grass monoculture). Today, St. Luke’s Restoration of Nature is a comprehensive watershed ecosystem restoration extending from the top of a watershed to tidewater serving Chesapeake Bay clean water goals, resiliency to multiple climate stressors, quality habitat/community green space, and environmental literacy and stewardship. All life is uplifted, including aquatic species, wildlife, and humans in this urban space where access to quality greenspace and tidal interface are rare. The construction has been completed since mid-2018 producing a clean stream of water into Back Creek. Aquatic life has rebounded with small fish, tadpoles and frogs, dragonflies and butterflies, turtles, and birds and bees. Waterfowl and fish have returned within the dynamic living shoreline and tidal marsh, which provides food and shelter for them. An eagle and osprey have been spotted at the shoreline fighting over a fish! Environmental literacy is expanded with civic/environmental groups and public/private schools using the 4-acre campus with easily traversed trails as a prime outdoor educational venue. In addition to best management practices in urban stormwater management, a variety of science subjects are taught including biology, zoology, geology, ecology, and multiple resiliency benefits that a watershed ecosystem provides in reducing atmospheric carbon, cooling air and water temperatures, protecting drinking water resources through massive infiltration installations, managing storm floods, and absorbing tidal flood water in the tidal marsh and living shoreline. Plan to visit this stunning project, rain or shine. We actually recommend picking a rainy day where rushing water descends here and there along some 1,000 feet of active naturescape to Back Creek. St. Luke’s Restoration of Nature includes property owned by St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and Watergate Pointe Apartments, which together the two placed in perpetuity for the benefit of the Chesapeake Bay Program clean water goals. Project funders were, primarily, the Maryland Department of Natural Resources’ ChesapeakeAtlantic Coastal Bays Trust Fund, and included The Episcopal Church’s United Thank Offering. Photo by Sandra Kirkland FEATURED BLOG POSTS Earth Day Everyday August 30, 2019 Earth Day began in the U. S. in 1970 as a day to celebrate the planet and encourage people to be more environmentally friendly; pro-active even. It is now an annual event, and is widely regarded as the beginning of the modern environmental movement. https://greengrace.episcopalmaryland.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/04/18049654_10212225429414908_904871250_o-300x225.jpg 225 300 broche https://s3.amazonaws.com/mywt5-files/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2019/08/08093321/oriz-horiz-logo-300x116.jpg broche 2019-08-30 10:40:12 2019-09-09 08:06:13 Earth Day Everyday Climate Change: Already In A Neighborhood Near You August 29, 2019 Climate change is real. Despite widespread confusion across the US population, 99% of scientists now agree that human-caused climate change is a reality. Scientifically speaking, there is just no doubt. We can see the signs of climate change in many independent processes https://greengrace.episcopalmaryland.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/07/ocean-temp-graph-300x240.png 240 300 dwilliams https://s3.amazonaws.com/mywt5-files/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2019/08/08093321/oriz-horiz-logo-300x116.jpg dwilliams 2019-08-29 10:50:27 2019-09-09 08:06:59 Climate Change: Already In A Neighborhood Near You Church-PTO Collaboration for a New Pollinator Garden/Outdoor Classroom at a Title 1 School August 28, 2019 The fear was that the Chesapeake Bay Trust would decline the Mt. Royal PTO’s 2017 Watershed Assistance Grant request for $75,000 for a major de-pave and greening of the Mount Royal Elementary/ Middle Schoolyard in Baltimore’s Bolton Hill neighborhood. https://greengrace.episcopalmaryland.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2017/02/Holt2.jpg 225 300 dwilliams https://s3.amazonaws.com/mywt5-files/wp-content/uploads/sites/93/2019/08/08093321/oriz-horiz-logo-300x116.jpg dwilliams 2019-08-28 11:23:38 2019-09-09 08:07:05 Church-PTO Collaboration for a New Pollinator Garden/Outdoor Classroom at a Title 1 School OUR BLOG Hello Hello GREENGRACE is a mission of The Episcopal Diocese of Maryland Pages Bishop Sutton On Caring for all of God’s creation Blog Committing to Environmental Justice Contact Us Educational Resources Featured Projects Green Book Club Green FilmsClips Green Stations of the Cross Home Our Partners Our Team Start a Creation Care Team Switching to Clean Energy Supplier – Access Md. 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