Past Events

Most Recent Events:

Trail Discipleship Trainings

A conference call to learn how to organize and lead hiking trips in your area where you and others can encounter God through the wonder of creation.

Practical tips, scripture and curriculum, as well as hearing from participants about their thoughts and ideas.

National Day of Action

In honor of Restoring Eden and Renewal’s National Day of Action, thousands of Christians nationwide advocated for the protection of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, April 14th, 2011.

We Love Mountains Tour

To spread the word about mountaintop removal, Appalachian Voices and Restoring Eden partnered up to host a “We Love Mountains” Tour that combines live music, education, general merriment, and creative activism.  Learn more and see tour dates and stops.

Go Tell it on the Mountain Tour

A multimedia presentation including music, film, and photography that told the stories of mountaintop removal in central Appalachia.  Featuring folk/bluegrass artist Aaron Lee Martin, this tour visited more than a dozen college campuses around the country.

Environmental Protection Agency's Coal Ash Hearings

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held hearings across the country, and Restoring Eden worked to see coal ash finally classified as the hazardous waste it is.

In the Wake of Giants & Mountaintop Removal Tour

A mid-west tour addressing the devastating practice of mountaintop removal coal mining in central Appalachia.

Christian Rock Festivals: Cornerstone, Lifest, and Sonshine

Every summer Restoring Eden sets up a booth at music festivals around the country to meet you and spread the message of loving God's creation.

Earlier Events

Over the years, Restoring Eden has successfully organized events to raise awareness, to serve, and to protect God's creation.

Raising Awareness

Climate, Coal, and Your Soul (Spring 2010) - A series of educational events exploring the issues of climate change, coal, and power production and use from a Christian perspective.

Bellybutton Christianity (Spring 2010) - Peter Illyn, Restoring Eden's executive director and Tweedy Malagian, a member of the Tavalu clan of the Dove tribe from Papua New Guinea, explored the importance of tribal Christian theology in helping the church rediscover a richer, relational sense of caring for God's creation at the CCO's Jubilee conference.

Ankle Deep in Reality Speaking Tours (Fall 2009) - Restoring Eden teamed up with Sara Kaweesa, a leader of A Rocha Uganda, and Rev. Tafue Lusama, a minister from the South Pacific island of Tuvalu to bring the message that climate change is a reality today.

Appalachian Witness Tours (Fall 2009) - Restoring Eden, in partnership with CCO, hosted one-of-a-kind tours into the heart of Appalachia to learn about an important human-rights issue: mountaintop removal.

Serving

Service-Learning Spring Break Trips to Appalachia - Groups from Christian colleges around the country spend a week in Appalachia, getting to know and serving the people and the land, in addition to witnessing mountaintop removal sites.

Protecting

5^th Annual End Mountaintop Removal Week in Washington, DC (Spring 2010) - Working in solidarity with nearly 100 coal field residents and the Alliance for Appalachia, we met with our elected officials and shared why we, as Christians, feel called to be good stewards of God's creation and love our neighbors through working to end MTR.

Senate District Meetings – Speaking Truth to Power (Spring 2010) - In an effort to continue our climate change work from Fall 2009, we reached out to Christian groups around the country in Spring 2010 to meet with their Senators in their home states.

Attended the Clean Energy Economy Forum (Fall 2009) - Restoring Eden staff, along with two student representatives were part of an historic youth forum at the White House: the Clean Energy Economy Forum.

JUSTpower DC Trips – Speaking Truth to Power (Fall 2009) - Restoring Eden brought over 70 Christian students to Washington DC to make sure lawmakers don't only hear "business as usual" in the climate change conversation, but the voices of Christians standing up for the protection of God's creation and all of His people.

Protecting the Endangered Species Act

Protecting the caribou birthing ground of the Alaskan tribal Christians in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

Gathering 8,000 postcards to preserve the last remaining roadless forest

Increasing federally designated wilderness areas

Protecting the last stands of old-growth Douglas fir trees in the Pacific Northwest

Gathering thousands of postcards to deliver to the EPA about regulating coal ash

Bringing dozens of groups to Washington DC to speak against mountaintop removal coal mining and to speak for an investment in a clean energy future that minimizes climate change