People of faith take action
- United Methodist Women Green Teams
- Massachusetts UCC Conference President Reverend Jim Antal in Massachusetts- Reverend Antal, a vegetarian and cyclist, participated in a nationwide study and had his blood tested for toxic chemicals. All three chemical families were found present in his blood. Reverend Antal said, "I expected that because I’m a vegetarian and have a healthy lifestyle that the levels in my body would be lower. Now, I’m wondering if the water bottle on my bike, or other things I thought were safe, are actually causing harm." read more about Reverend Antal and the study.
- Reverend Nancy Firestone A Methodist minister in Harrisburg, PA , Reverend Firestone became environmentally ill in 2000. She is now working on a PhD in health and spirituality. She teaches congregations how they can build healthy churches.
- St Mark's Lutheran Church's women's group in Jacksonville, FL held a healthy spa gathering around Halloween. They made safe cosmetics recipes and discussed They raffled off a pumpkin for a woman to make her own pumpkin body wash.