In an attempt to better steward what God has entrusted to us, the AGTS community is taking steps toward a more environmentally friendly use of our resources. Check back at this site from time to time to see how this “grass roots” effort (no pun intended!) is developing and how you can participate. Below are a few helpful links to help you get started:

Local Recycling Centers

• Springfield
• Willard
• Ozark
• Nixa
• Computer Recyclin

Recycling Resources

• Recycling in Springfield, Mo.
  • Download the Springfield recycling guide (PDF)
• Easy Ways to 'Go Green'—Springfield's Chamber of Commerce tips for going green
• Water Conservation: Think about it
• Arocha.org
  • The first A Rocha project began in Portugal in 1983. A field study centre and bird observatory was established near the Alvor estuary and it has now been visited by thousands of people from many countries. All over the world, Christians are realizing that important habitats and their wildlife urgently need protection and so, since 1994, new A Rocha projects have started in other parts of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, and Australia. The international cross-cultural strength of the Christian community has been making a unique contribution, not least as communities struggle to reconcile the need to protect biodiversity with their hopes for sustainable development.A Rocha projects have a community emphasis, bringing together people from widely differing backgrounds to work towards common goals.
• Evangelical Environmental Network and Creation Care Magazine
  
  • Mission Statement: “Worshipping God. Loving His People. Caring for His Creation.”
    
• Restoring Eden: Christians for Environmental Stewardship
  
  • Mission Statement: “Make your heart bigger, your hands dirtier, your voice stronger for God’s creation.”
    
• National Association of Evangelicals (NAE)
  
  • For the Health of the Nation: “An Evangelical Call to Civic Responsibility” (2004) – see PDF (Includes a section on “laboring to protect God’s creation.”)
• “The Greening of Evangelicals” by Blaine Harden, Washington Post staff writer
  • This document “for the first time, emphasized every Christian's duty to care for the planet and the role of government in safeguarding a sustainable environment.”
• Evangelical Climate Initiative—“Climate Change: An Evangelical Call to Action”
  
• Christianity Today on climate change and creation care—“Global Warming, Creation Care, and the Environment” (Collection of CT’s coverage; links to other articles)
  
• Evangelicals for Social Action Creation Care…an ePistle community
  

Articles

• Harden, Blaine. “The Greening of Evangelicals: Christian Right Turns, Sometimes Warily, to Environmentalism.” Washington Post (February 6, 2005), Page A01, (accessed June 20, 2010).
• Nichols, Alan. “Lausanne Occasional Paper 20: An Evangelical Commitment to Simple Life-style,” The Lausanne Movement, (accessed June 30, 2010).
  
• Sabin, Scott. “Whole Earth Evangelism: Creation Care is Part and Parcel of the Great Commission and the Great Commandment.” Christianity Today, vol. 54, no. 7 (July 2010): 26-29. (accessed June 30, 2010).

Books

• Berry, R. J., ed. The Care of Creation: Focusing Concern and Action. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, Academic, 2000.
• Bouma-Prediger, Steven. For the Beauty of the Earth: A Christian Vision for Creation Care, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2010.
• Brown, Edward R. Our Father’s World: Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2008.
• Dewitt, Calvin B. Earth-Wise: A Biblical Response to Environmental Issues, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids, MI: Faith Alive Christian Resources, 2007.
• Hamilton-Poore, Sam. Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation. Nashville, TN: Upper Room, 2009.
• Harper Bibles. The Green Bible (NRSV). New York, NY: HarperOne, 2008.
• Harber Bibles. The Green Bible Devotional: A Book of Daily Readings. New York, NY: HarperOne, 2009.
• Hart, John. What are They Saying About Environmental Theology? Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2004.
• Jenkins, Willis J. Ecologies of Grace: Environmental Ethics and Christian Theology. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2008.
• Lowe, Ben. Green Revolution: Coming Together to Care for Creation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009.
• Martin-Schramm, James B. Christian Environmental Ethics: A Case Method Approach. Mary Knoll, NY: Orbis Books, 2003.
• McFague, Sallie. A New Climate for Theology: God, the World, and Global Warming. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2008.
• McMinn, Lisa Graham, and Megan Anna Neff. Walking Gently on the Earth: Making Faithful Choices About Food, Energy, Shelter, and More. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Academic, (September) 2010.
• Merritt, Jonathan. Green Like God: Unlocking the Divine Plan for Our Planet. New York, NY: FaithWords, 2010.
• Robinson, Tri. Saving God’s Green Earth: Rediscovering the Church’s Responsibility to Environmental Stewardship. Boise, ID: Ampelon Publishing, 2006.
• ———. Small Footprint, Big Handprint: How to Live Simply and Love Extravagantly. Boise, ID: Ampelon Publishing, 2008.
• Sabin, Scott C. Tending to Eden: Environmental Stewardship for God’s People. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2010. Scott is with “Plant With Purpose” (http://www.plantwithpurpose.org/page/64/tending-to-eden.html) (His book is reviewed by Jeff McIntire-Strasburg, March 3, 2010 in Culture: http://blog.sustainablog.org/creation-care-scott-sabin-tending-to-eden/)
• Schaefer, Jame. Theological Foundations for Environmental Ethics: Reconstructing Patristic and Medieval Concepts. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, May 2009.
• Sleeth, Matthew. Serve God, Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2007.
• ———. The Gospel According to the Earth: Why the Good Book Is a Green Book. New York, NY: HarperOne, 2010.
• Sleeth, Nancy. Go Green, Save Green: A Simple Guide to Saving Time, Money, and God’s Green Earth. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2009.
• Toly, Noah. J. and Daniel I. Block, eds. Keeping God’s Earth: The Global Environment in Biblical Perspective. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Academic, (July) 2010.
• Van Dyke, Fred, David C. Mahan, Joseph K. Sheldon, and Raymond H. Brand. Redeeming Creation: The Biblical Basis for Environmental Stewardship. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press Academic, 1996.

For more information on how you can help, email gogreen@agts.edu.

Updated: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 11:42 AM