Faith Communities Environmental Network
All Faiths Working Together
We are a community of diverse faith traditions networking together to advance the environment & eco-justice on Cape Cod & the Islands, the Sacred Wampanoag Homeland through:
- Advocating for environmental and climate action including racial, economic and social justice in all of our work
- Learning together and sharing best practices
- Building a diverse community that inspires hope and action to protect the interdependent web of life
Three Pillars of Action
Community, Denominational, and Interfaith Programs and Resources
- Environmental Justice:
- Climate Change:
- Climate Emergency on Cape Cod, 2020 (PowerPoint presentation with notes that can be downloaded and customized to suit your needs in educating others)
- Top Actions Individuals Can Take
- Monthly Partner Meetings: we welcome Members and Guests to monthly networking events on the third Thursday from 1:00-3:00pm. Currently we meet on Zoom and otherwise we rotate among our Member’s so that we can explore our various faith traditions and best environmental practices in our buildings and services.
- Annual Faith & Science Forums: (held in collaboration with the Woods Hole Research Center and the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University):
Speaking out together to protect the Cape and Islands and Earth
- Media coverage & Editorials
- 2109 Net Zero Round Table, FCEN Co-Chair Susan Starkey’s presentation, “The Moral Imperative and a Call to Action” (starts at 2:15)
- 2019: Bell Ringing Events across Cape Cod during the #Youth Climate Strikes and a My View by Rev. Bruce Epperly
- Faith and Climate Change: A Conversation, WCAI The Point with Mindy Todd
- Public meetings
- 2020 Climate Emergency on the Mid-Cape: What Can We Expect, April 26 and May 3, Barnstable
- 2020, May 6, FCEN Co-Chair Rev. Brian McGurk speaks at the Chatham CAN Forum on local actions to combat climate change
- Bringing together Cape and Islands environmental groups [link to the Climate Emergency on the Collaborative’s website and say “Many of our Members serve on their Town’s Climate Action Network or CAN”
Empowering each other by sharing what works
- Youth involvement
- Worship materials
- Energy Audits
- Beach cleanups
- Readings and publications
- Renewable energy opportunities
- Carbon Footprint Calculator
- Conservation actions:
- Communications
- Sustainable houses of worship
- Web resources
- Town climate education and advocacy
Membership
Am HaYam, Orleans
Brewster Baptist
Christ Church, Harwich Port
Church of the Messiah, Woods Hole
Church Women United
Compassionate Action Sangha
Dennis Union Church
Federated Church of Orleans
First Congregational Church of West Tisbury/UCC
First Parish Unitarian Church of Brewster
Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, Chatham
Laudato Si! Joan of Arc Group, Orleans
Nauset Interfaith Association
Pilgrim Congregational Church, Harwich Port
Saint Christopher’s Episcopal Church, Chatham
Sandwich Quaker Meeting
South Congregation Church, Centerville
St Mary of the Harbor Provincetown
St. Barnabas, Falmouth
St. David’s Episcopal Church of South Yarmouth
St. John’s Episcopal Church of Sandwich
Temple of Understanding
The United Methodist Church of Osterville
Unitarian Church of Barnstable
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Falmouth
Unitarian Universalist Meeting House, Provincetown
Unitarian Universalist of Chatham
Unity of Cape Cod, Earth Care, Hyannis
Waquoit Congregational Church, Falmouth
West Falmouth Friends
West Parish of Barnstable
Yarmouth Quaker Meeting