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To make compost, organic materials are necessary, like yard waste, food waste, wastewater treatment plant residuals, animal manures, or others. Currently, some organic wastes are finding their way to the landfill, where they decompose anaerobically (without oxygen) and methane is emitted—a greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. Landfills contribute 20% of the total methane emissions […]

By composting at home and the church, we can: 1) reduce the amount of garbage we generate, 2) create valuable compost for home and church gardens, and 3) decrease our carbon footprints by sequestering carbon in the soil. As part of our goal to achieve “zero waste” on our church campus, Nativity uses a composting

The news release below was published today by the Diocesan House, The Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina Nativity, Raleigh, Among Recipients of Stewardship of Creation Grant The Episcopal Church recently announced the awarding of 16 grants totaling $123,910 in the second round of grantmaking managed by the Advisory Council for the Stewardship of Creation and

This short video beautifully explains the science behind the carbon farming concept, and why to avoid the most serious consequences of climate change we need to encourage greater adoption of this conservation agricultural practice. http://search.aol.com/aol/video?q=the+soil+story&s_it=video-ans&sfVid=true&videoId=C22C04611FF665D9A04FC22C04611FF665D9A04F&v_t=client97_searchbox-ac

In conjunction with Nativity’s efforts to serve as a catalyst for launching carbon farming in NC (see Caring for Creation blog posts on August 28 and December 3, 2016), Nativity is offering a series of events beginning on April 22 (Earth Day) and going to the end of May. The first event will be a

Emilie and I love our blueberries. So do the squirrels, birds, deer, and geese. For that reason we have planted lots of blueberry bushes outside the fence. In fact, almost two-thirds of our bushes are growing outside our bird protected area. There is a biblical basis for sharing our harvest in this way. As Ellen

As I think about the current state of politics in our country from an ethical perspective, I am reminded of what Ellen Davis, Professor of Bible and Practical Theology at Duke Divinity School wrote in her book, Scripture, Culture, and Agriculture concerning agricultural ethics. “Currently, there are active in our culture two opposing agricultural ethics,

In his book, Soil and Sacrament:A Spiritual Memoir of Food and Faith, Fred Bahnson says the verbs avad and shamar in Genesis 2:15 have been translated mistakenly as “till” and “keep”. This conclusion is based on the philological work of Old Testament scholar Ellen Davis (Duke Divinity School), who has explored how these words were

In the beginning God provided the resources for life of every kind on Earth, and God said that it was good (Genesis 1). After creating humankind, God set us apart from the rest of creation by giving us the responsibility to both till and keep the garden of Eden (Genesis 2:15). When humankind inherited the

On June 22 the Capital Area Food Network (CAFN) will host a free food summit, Moving Beyond Hunger: Food Systems for Food Security in Raleigh. CAFN is a community of Wake County citizens working together to support, sustain, and improve our local food system. CAFN was developed out of the effort of the Raleigh Wake