Chesapeake Covenant Community

to engage, encourage and support people of faith in caring for Earth
in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

We are

an interfaith organization, engaging people of faith and congregations in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 

We envision a time when faith communities throughout the Chesapeake region will have a deep appreciation of the sanctity of Earth.  This appreciation will be reflected in their life, worship and theological reflection.  Their children will be taught to love and cherish natural things.  Communities of faith will be mindful of the importance of conservation in everything they do.  Their houses of worship will be models of energy efficiency.  People of faith will protect the waters from pollution and seek ways to live in harmony with God’s Creation. 

Chesapeake Covenant Community works through communities of faith to bring about this transformation. We are actively seeking opportunities to reach further and involve more people and communities in this mission.  Will you join us?  You are invited to get in touch with Dottie Yunger, Executive Director, to learn how you can become involved.

Watershed Stewards Institute in D.C.

CCC will co-sponsor with the Anacostia Watershed Association a 15-session training course in Spring 2012.  This should be an exciting opportunity for anyone who wants to build their knowledge-base and skills in conservation.  More details

Application form here.

Further questions?  Contact Dottie Yunger

Is this a white middle-class movement?  

Fred Tutman, Patuxent Rivekeeper and CCC Member writes in the Baltimore Sun:  

As an African-American and an environmentalist, I went along for a long while with the idea that race and class are irrelevant to the cause of environmental protection. I assumed that the environment itself is connective and bridges the social divide. But I can no longer ignore that a color-blind, class-blind environmental movement is also too often blind to the needs of those with the least access to clean air, water and land.  Read on.

Tapping into the Wonder of Water

 Water is precious, even miraculous, so how come it gets so little respect?

CCC Trustee, Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin, writes about our society's strange and disturbing attitude to drinking water in the Baltimore Sun 

Home Energy Program for Baltimore Congregations

NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR is a program of Chesapeake Covenant Congregations in collaboration with Baltimore Jewish Environmental Network and Civic Works of Baltimore City provides assistance to congregations in the City that will train volunteers to provide education, guidance and support to their fellow congregants in weatherizing their homes and adopting other ways to use energy more efficiently.  This project is a perfect way for members of faith communities to save money on their electric bills and also take concrete action to live out their covenant to take care of the earth. Congregations in Baltimore City who are interested in participating are invited to contact Program Coordinator Kim Peabody .          MORE DETAILS

 

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Information and Resources

Covenanting for Creation More than sixty leaders and others from Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities signed a committment to honor God's Covenant with Creation on June 22, 2010 in Baltimore. Read the text of their declaration.

The State of the Bay   The Chesapeake Bay continues in perilous condition.  Get the latest facts and figures.

Earth Care Congregations   Eleven Presbyterian churches in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed  have been recognized for their environmental stewardship  by the Presbyterian Church USA

Composting for Congregations   An updated guide from the Baltimore Food and Faith Program at Johns Hopkins University