5th Mark Resources

Christian / Interfaith Organizations

• The (Anglican) Communion Forest
• Anglican Alliance
  • Living the 5th Mark of Mission
  • Prophetic Indigenous Voices on the Planetary Crisis
• Primate's World Relief and Development Fund - Creation Care: Climate Action
• Zero Emission Churches - taking action to reduce the greenhouse gases church buildings emit (Canadian Anglican)
• Green Churches Network
• The Creation Collective - a network of like-minded Canadian churches and Christian organizations that want to act on creation care.
• A Rocha International | Canada
• Faith and the Common Good
• Climate Vigil Movement (including the Porter's Gate Worship Project)
• For the Love of Creation
• Faith Pavilion (from COP28 - Exploring faith, science, climate and humanitarianism)

Initiatives and Resolutions

• The Lambeth Call on the Environment and Sustainable Development
• Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) resolutions on climate change and the environment
• Anglican Communion initiatives in response to climate change
  • Communion-wide
  • Local level
  • Connecting and sharing across the Communion
• General Synod 2023 Resolutions: Moving Toward Net Zero | Addressing the Climate Emergency | Water
• General Synod 2019 Resolutions: Single-Use Plastics | The Season of Creation | Climate Change
• May 2023 Diocese of Fredericton Clergy Day - Living the 5th Mark of Mission

Series and Articles

• Faith in Action: Building hope for tomorrow in the face of climate change Parish of St. Mary, York article series (follow the "Other" link)

• Greening our Digital Footprint - from TechSoup:

  • What is a Digital Carbon Footprint?
  • Sustainable Web Design
  • Check Your Email
  • Searching for Good
  • How to Stream Responsibly

• All 42 dioceses in the Church of England have signed up to become an “eco diocese” as part of their commitment to reach carbon net zero by 2030.

• Daily Reflections on Care of Creation for Lent 2021 - provided through the blog Sustainable Ways by the Rev. Jonathan Hallewell, incumbent in the Parish of Renforth, and sustainability advocate. 

• There is No Vaccine for the Environmenal Peril We Face - the Rev. Jonathan Hallewell (addressing call #6 from the Arusha Call to Discipleship)

• God Intended Us to Have Green Fingers - the Rev. Jonathan Hallewell

• The Goodness, the Glory and the Goal of Creation - Dr. Christopher Wright, 2020 Acadia Divinity College Hayward Lectures

• Canadian Green Churches Network Resources

Other Links

• The Climate Reality Project

• Earth Day 2024: A message from Anglican and Lutheran leaders

• Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty