"In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters." Genesis 1:1-2

"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to your life's span? And why are you anxious about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that even Solomon in all his glory did not clothe himself like one of these." Matthew 6:26-29

"We see the despoiling of the environment as nothing less than the degradation of God's gracious gift of creation."

ELCA Statement “Caring for Creation”
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NEW Wittenberg Library Recycling Project

When Thomas Library at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio undertook an enormous weeding project of some of its print journal holdings, Director Doug Lehman and Serials Administrative Assistant Lori Judy confronted a problem. If they were to discard all those periodicals that were now available through online sources, they needed to find something to do with the paper -- tons of paper -- which would be headed out the door. The complication is that these periodicals were bound, and most paper recyclers can’t handle those materials.  Read More

Luther College Wins Climate Leadership Award
  
Luther College has received a 2012 Second Nature Climate Leadership Award, recognizing Luther as one of the nation's leading colleges and universities with regard to reducing greenhouse gas emissions on campus and integrating this goal with the college's educational mission.

Read more about it in “Leading the Way, Like Luther,” Sojourners “God’s Politics”blog post by Alycia Ashburn, and on the Luther College website:

(click on pictures of the award for a larger view)
 
 
What are ELCA Colleges and Universities doing to save energy?
How are ELCA Colleges and Universities engaging students, faculty, staff and their communities?
 Latest News Stories and Recent Events:

Valparaiso University's new LEED certified Fites Center
Roanoke College's tree planting project
Muhlenberg College's Green Rooftop and tilapia farm
Augustana College-Rock Island has a new Upper Mississippi Studies Center
Augustana College-Rock Island-interview with Garry Griffith about Farm2Fork Program
Bethany College featured in World Water Day article
A hands on environmental education at St. Olaf
Luther College professor develops Rideshare program


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Arrange a meeting between the administration of the university and the physical plant offices in order to brainstorm ideas for greening administrative buildings on your campus! Click here for more details.

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Greetings! My name is Jim Martin-Schramm. I serve the ELCA as a Professor of Religion at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. I have the honor of serving as the host for the “Colleges and Universities” section of the Lutherans Restoring Creation website. The purpose of this section is to share information about “care for creation” activities and sustainability initiatives that are taking place on our campuses.
Over time this site will offer access to a wide variety of resources and reports that have been developed at our schools. This can only happen with your participation, however. Please send me hotlinks to related campus websites, related worship resources, reports on campus sustainability projects, climate action plans, and other related news and resources for posting on the website. Please also send me suggestions for blog discussions. Electronic document transfer is preferred. Please send electronic media materials to lrccu@luther.edu . Please send printed materials to Jim Martin-Schramm, Professor of Religion, Luther College, 700 College Drive, Decorah, IA, 52101. You can also reach me by phone at 563-387-2131.

I look forward to the fruits of our collaboration and sharing!
Best wishes,
Jim Martin-Schramm

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