NCC Mailing on Climate Change Goes to 51,000 Congregations
Episcopal News Service. March 7, 1997 [97-1715B]
(ENS) In preparation for Earth Day, April 22, 1997, the National Council of Churches (NCC) recently sent out a mailing to 51,000 congregations calling on people of faith to send letters and pictures of children to President Bill Clinton to urge him to protect all the world's children from climate change. The three-piece mailing includes a five-session study guide for congregations entitled It's God's World: Christians, the Environment and Climate Change, a church bulletin insert and the action alert. The resources point to the dangers of climate change, which is brought on by an increase in carbon dioxide that traps the sun's rays in the atmosphere like a blanket. The dangers of this human-made phenomenon include new and erratic weather patterns, lost species, the spread of infectious diseases, damaged economies and rising sea levels. For more information, contact Wendy McDowell at the NCC, (212) 870-2227.