Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Healing and Defending God's Creation: Hands On! Your Child’s School
Practical Ideas for Congregations, Vol. 11 www.healthyfamiliesnow.org/Article_asp-Record=1056.html
[book – 144 pages]
By Vera K. White. Louisville, KY: Presbyterian Church (USA),
[1992].
Church Involvement
Available for purchase from: Presbyterian Distribution Service
(800) 524-2612. Healthy Families, Healthy Environment: Involving
http://www.pcusa.org/environment/earthday/eday- Children and Youth at Church
resource.htm ($4.95). [web pages]
www.healthyfamiliesnow.org/Article_asp-Record=1090.html
Concrete ideas and resources to help your congregation with
new efforts in worship, education, personal and
congregational life-style, and public policy and community Nurseries and Preschools
involvement.
How Green Is Your Nursery?
Quaker [online fact sheet – 1 page]
By Debra Lynn Dadd. GreenHomeGuide.com, 2004.
Available free online:
How Eco-Friendly is Your Meeting House?: A Five-
www.greenhomeguide.com/pdfs/nursery.pdf
Star Rating System
[pamphlet / web page – 4 pages, printed] A 1-page guide that lists basic ways to create a healthy
From Canadian Yearly Meeting’s Quaker Ecology-Action environment for babies and toddlers.
Network. Quaker Earth Witness Pamphlet.
Available free online: Non-Toxic Preschools: You Can Find and Eliminate
http://quakerearthcare.org/Publications/WebPamphlets/meeti Environmental Hazards in Your Early Care and
nghouse.htm Education Program
An online brochure with questions designed to examine and [online article – 1 page]
inspire houses of worship to care for creation. Children’s Advocate. January/February 2004.
Available free online: Html version:
www.4children.org/news/104cc.htm
Pdf version: http://www.4children.org/pdf/104cc.pdf
Children and Youth An article published from the magazine Children’s Advocate
See also Health on page 8 of this guide. that briefly explains easy ways that childcare programs may
make their facilities healthier for children.
Art Supplies
Schools
Art & Creative Materials Institute: Certified Product
Database Green Building for Schools
[website / database of non-toxic art supplies] [web page / links to online resources]
www.acminet.org/CPListSearch.html Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
ACMI sponsors a certification program for art materials for www.pca.state.mn.us/oea/ee/greenschools.cfm
children and artists, evaluating them for both acute and This web page lists books and websites that offer information
chronic hazards, quality, and performance. To identify non- about healthy schools, much of which could be applied to
toxic art supplies, search their database by product category, churches. Resources waste prevention and management,
company name, or ACMI seal type. For an explanation of purchasing, indoor air quality, outdoor air quality, integrated
seal types, visit the their FAQ page. pest management, energy, daylighting, landscaping, water
conservation, and educational resources.
“The earth is the LORD’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.”
EarthCare (Psalm 24:1, KJV)
Caring for God’s Creation