Healthy Actions
Educate Others!
Now that you know more about how synthetic toxics and pollutants can threaten the health of God’s people and the planet, pass on the message. Here are some ideas to get you started.
- Download Mindful Living: Human Health, Pollution, and Toxics. This brand new education, action and worship resource is full of ideas to lead a bible study, organize a worship service, or lead youth group activities on environmental health.
- View and sign the Interfaith Statement for Chemical Policy Reform or the Christian Principles for a Healthy Body and Spirit. Take them with you on a visit to talk with your congressperson.
- Share this website with friends and family. Let others know our faith tradition’s call to care for the health of our bodies, our communities, and God’s creation, and how they can protect their families from harmful pollutants in their everyday lives.
- Find contact information below for our campaign partners in your state.
- Host a Mindful Living, Green Cleaning, or Healthy Spa gathering in your church or home . These gathering guides include information on how to arrange a gathering, a sample agenda and ideas for activities. Visit the environmental health resources page to download a guide.
Get involved!
People across the country are lifting up concerns for Creation, children, the elderly, pregnant women, communities of color, and low-income communities who are most vulnerable to the hazards that toxic chemicals and other pollutants pose to human health and the health of our planet.
The National Council of Churches is partnering with state faith-based organizations working directly with congregations. See below for contacts in states where you might live. Take this opportunity to lift your voice for justice!
Find a list of current or proposed policies on toxic chemicals in your state here.
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Contacts for organizations working for chemical policy reform below.
California
Faith Contact:
Elizabeth Sholes- California Church Impact
sholes@calchurches.org
916-488-7300
Coalition: Californians for a Healthy and Green Economy (CHANGE)
Connecticut
Faith Contact:
Rabbi Andrea Cohen-Kiener- Inter-Religious Ecojustice Network
(860) 231-8554
andrea@irejn.org
Coalition: Coalition for a Safe and Healthy Connecticut
Maine
Faith Contact:
Eric Smith- Maine Council of Churches
207-772-1918
esmith@mainecouncilofchurches.org
Coalition: Alliance for a Clean and Healthy Maine
Massachusetts
Faith Contact:
Laura Everett- Massachusetts Council of Churches
617-523-2771
laura@masscouncilofchurches.org
www.healthytomorrow.org
Michigan
Faith Contact:
Patty Gillis- Voices for Earth Justice
248-351-9001
Voices4earth@juno.com
Coalition: Michigan Network for Children’s Environmental Health
Minnesota
Jerad Morey- Minnesota Council of Churches
612-230-3211
j.morey@mnchurches.org
Coalition: Healthy Legacy Coalition
New Jersey
Reverend Fletcher Harper- GreenFaith
732-565-7740
revfharper@greenfaith.org
Oregon
Jenny Holmes- Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
503-221-1054
jholmes@emoregon.org
Pennsylvania
Joy Bergey- Center for the Celebration of Creation
215-836-5978
joybergey@gmail.com
Texas
Amanda Robinson- Texas Impact
amanda@texasimpact.org
Washington
Faith Contact:
Beth Anderson- Earth Ministry
(206)632-2426
beth@earthministry.org
Coalition: Toxic Free Legacy Coalition
New York
JustGreen Partnership