Living into Our Resolution: Caring for Creation Follow-Up Survey

Thank you for taking the time to share information about your congregation’s work, both current and aspirational, in caring for creation. Please allow 15-20 minutes to complete the survey.

Is your interest in care of creation for yourself, your church, or both?(Required)
Is your church/diocesan institution currently engaged in care of creation ministry?(Required)

Levels of Engagement

For each of the categories below, please use the scale to indicate the extent to which your church/diocesan institution is engaged in this work.
Greening Your Church/Diocesan Institution(Required)
May include implementing energy efficiency measures, reducing church’s carbon footprint, reducing waste, eliminating plastics, eliminating harmful chemicals used in maintaining campus, xeriscaping

Church or Community Gardening(Required)
May include using portion of church grounds for growing food on-site for parishioners and/or the community

Eco-justice(Required)
May include advocating for people especially harmed by the effects of ecological deterioration and climate change (e.g., poor air and water quality, climate-intensified natural disasters, heat)

Protecting the Natural Environment(Required)
May include advocating for biodiversity and protection of species, environmental cleanup, conservation

Worship/Prayer around Care of Creation(Required)
May include using care of creation prayers and liturgies; observing the Season of Creation (September 1-October 4), Earth Day, and/or St. Francis Day; incorporating care of creation themes in preaching

Education and Study around Creation Care Themes(Required)
May include series or studies about ecology, the environment, climate change and its impacts, loss of biodiversity, understanding the ecological needs in our communities

Are you engaged in caring for creation in partnership with other organizations in your community?
How helpful have you found the Episcopal Church in Colorado "Honoring and Protecting Creation" resource web page?(Required)
To view the web page, cut and paste the following link into your browser: https://episcopalcolorado.org/honoring-and-protecting-creation/
Have you had the opportunity to participate in one or more of the Creation Care Team's offerings in the past 12 months? Please check all that apply below.
In response to the Care of Creation Resolution, what are your church's/diocesan institution's greatest needs when it comes to starting or growing your care of creation ministry?(Required)

Would you be interested in connecting with other congregations in your area to learn about their green ministry or assist them with theirs?(Required)

Would your church/diocesan institution be interested in scheduling a Creation Care Team presentation about starting or growing your care of creation ministry?(Required)

Thank you, and please share!

We invite as many people as possible to complete this survey. Please share the link near and far: https://episcopalcolorado.org/embracing-our-resolution/