EARTHKEEPING NEWS A NEWSLETTER OF THE NORTH AMERICAN COALITION FOR CHRISTIANITY AND ECOLOGY Volume Two, Number Five May/June 1993 Resources The Universe Story: From the Primordial Flaring Forth to the Ecozoic Era — A Celebration of the Unfolding of the Cosmos, by Brian Swimme and Thomas Berry ($22.00), Harper Collins, New York 1992. Stories of the universe, galaxies, earth and human are related as a single sacred story. A seminal work. We Are Home: A Spirituality of the Environment, by Shannon Jung ($12.95), Paulist Press, Mahwah NJ, 1993. Jung, Director of the Center for Theology and Land, Dubuque IA, articulates a spiritual vision of the earth as God's home and ours, discusses ethical homemaking, with practical suggestions that can renew many aspects of the churches' life and mission. Non-didactic instruction in simple language. God is Green: Ecology for Christians, by Ian Bradley, ($8.00), Doubleday, NYC 1990. Bradley (Church of Scotland), examines and rebuts the charges against Christianity for causing environmental destruction. Using the Bible, the witness of early Christians, the Celtic Christian church and medieval mystics, he argues that a sacred world is at the heart of Christian belief. How to Rescue the Earth Without Worshiping Nature: A Christian's Call to Save Creation, by Tony Campolo, ($10.95) Nelson, Nashville TN 1992. A biblically-based perspective of creation, with specific things to do to restore — not worship — it. The Holy Earth, by Liberty Hyde Bailey, 1915; reprinted in 1988 with an abstract by C. Dean Freudenberger; available from National United Methodist Rural Fellowship, PO Box 29044, Columbus OH. Discusses the religious and ethical implications of humanity's relationship to the earth. A prophetic and timely work. FOOD CO-OPS For help in finding or starting cooperative buying clubs and food co-ops, send a stamped self-addressed envelope to Kris Olsen, Co-op Directory Services, 919 21st Ave. S, Minneapolis MN 55404. FREE SEEDS Operation Green Plant program of America the Beautiful Fund, since 1980 has distributed surplus vegetable, flower and herb seeds to public agencies, schools, churches and private organizations that grow food for the needy and improve decaying neighborhoods. To apply for seeds, send a descriptive letter of your project to ABF Operation Green Plant, 219 Shoreham Bldg., Washington DC 20005, (202) 638-1649. Home     Table of Contents