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Stories of Stewardship and Sustainability from the Next Generation
Renewal: Students Caring for Creation, a student-led, Christian environmental group, released the groundbreaking Green Awakenings Campus Report chronicling environmental initiatives on over 50 Christian colleges across the United States and Canada. The report highlights the growing movement of young Christians dedicated to caring for God's creation through mobilizing and equipping their campuses to be better stewards of the environment.
"The student generation in particular is stepping up to care for God's creation, but previously little was known about what this movement practically looked like on Christian campuses," said Ben Lowe, Renewal's co-coordinator. "The Green Awakenings Campus Report demonstrates to the world what happens when Christian students and campuses come together to care for Creation. Our two-fold goal is to demonstrate to colleges, churches, and communities how we are working together for the renewal of God's creation and inspire others to join us."
Christian campuses from George Fox University in Oregon to Liberty University in Virginia and from Trinity Western University in British Columbia to Wayland Baptist University in Texas are leading efforts in Christian higher education to operate more sustainably and biblically. The projects these campuses have undertaken range from recycling and restoration to transitioning to 100% wind energy and converting waste vegetable oil to biodiesel fuel for campus vehicles.
For those unfamiliar with the student creation care movement, the idea of young Christians taking action on the environment may seem odd. However, a growing number of young people believe that Christians have a mandate to care for God's creation. "As Christians, the students of Renewal seek to follow His example of love, stewardship, and reconciliation. For us, this means taking care of everything that God so lovingly created - the earth and each other. We seek to care for the earth so that all of God's people and creatures, as well as future generations, can have a healthy environment in which to live, " said Ben Lowe.
"God promises great things for today's emerging generation of leaders. These young adults are brave, resourceful, independent, and creative. They are interested in important causes, and many aren't waiting to graduate college to help out - they are taking action today to leave a better planet to future generations," said Dr. Matthew Sleeth, bestselling Christian author and speaker. "Through the work of Renewal's student leaders, a growing number of Christian colleges and universities are, for the first time, thinking about what it means to care for God's creation in the context of campus settings."
For more information on Renewal and the Green Awakenings Campus Report, please contact Ben Lowe, at benlowe@renewingcreation.org or visit www.renewingcreation.org to see a pdf of the report.
"The student generation in particular is stepping up to care for God's creation, but previously little was known about what this movement practically looked like on Christian campuses," said Ben Lowe, Renewal's co-coordinator. "The Green Awakenings Campus Report demonstrates to the world what happens when Christian students and campuses come together to care for Creation. Our two-fold goal is to demonstrate to colleges, churches, and communities how we are working together for the renewal of God's creation and inspire others to join us."
Christian campuses from George Fox University in Oregon to Liberty University in Virginia and from Trinity Western University in British Columbia to Wayland Baptist University in Texas are leading efforts in Christian higher education to operate more sustainably and biblically. The projects these campuses have undertaken range from recycling and restoration to transitioning to 100% wind energy and converting waste vegetable oil to biodiesel fuel for campus vehicles.
For those unfamiliar with the student creation care movement, the idea of young Christians taking action on the environment may seem odd. However, a growing number of young people believe that Christians have a mandate to care for God's creation. "As Christians, the students of Renewal seek to follow His example of love, stewardship, and reconciliation. For us, this means taking care of everything that God so lovingly created - the earth and each other. We seek to care for the earth so that all of God's people and creatures, as well as future generations, can have a healthy environment in which to live, " said Ben Lowe.
"God promises great things for today's emerging generation of leaders. These young adults are brave, resourceful, independent, and creative. They are interested in important causes, and many aren't waiting to graduate college to help out - they are taking action today to leave a better planet to future generations," said Dr. Matthew Sleeth, bestselling Christian author and speaker. "Through the work of Renewal's student leaders, a growing number of Christian colleges and universities are, for the first time, thinking about what it means to care for God's creation in the context of campus settings."
For more information on Renewal and the Green Awakenings Campus Report, please contact Ben Lowe, at benlowe@renewingcreation.org or visit www.renewingcreation.org to see a pdf of the report.