Below is a list of Earth Care outreach projects Nativity is involved in. Click on each of the projects for more detail.
- Environmental Stewardship
- North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light
- Nativity Community Garden
- Audubon NC
Environmental Stewardship
Church of the Nativity has a strong commitment to promoting a healthy environment, with a range of efforts promoted by a committee called Environmental Stewardship at Nativity. Activities range from cultivating an organic community garden, to installing solar panels to power two of our buildings, to using recyclable cups and plates, to partnering with the Audubon Society to make our campus habitat friendly. Recently Church of the Nativity received a grant to promote composting in North Carolina as a means of sequestering carbon dioxide.
For a series of articles on Creation Care at Nativity, click here. For more information, Email Carl Sigel.
North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light
North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light (NCIPL) is a program of the NC Council of Churches. NCIPL works with faith communities to help them become faithful stewards of creation by responding to climate change through the promotion of energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. A Nativity parishioner is Chair of the Executive Committee. To become involved in this or other parish environmental initiatives, consider joining Nativity’s Environmental Stewardship Committee and/or Email Carl Sigel.
Nativity Community Garden
Youth and adult parishioners interested in organic gardening, composting, water conservation and being good stewards of the land reconnect with the land and share Earth’s bounty for those in need in our community through the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle. The garden itself is on the parking lot side of the Education Building. Participants are each assigned a raised bed, from which they share a percentage with a nearby low income housing development. If you would like to participate, Email Carl Sigel.
Audubon NC
Nativity is one of Audubon NC’s Bird-friendly Communities. In February 2015, the Kinder Garden Preschool installed 10 brown-headed nuthatch nesting boxes. To become involved in this or other parish environmental initiatives, consider joining Nativity’s Environmental Stewardship Committee Email Carl Sigel.