earth & Climate Action
The Earth and Climate Action Ministry Team (ECAM) through its programs at church and outreach: Fosters awareness of the environmental and climate crisis; Advocates for climate/environmentally friendly government policies; Promotes environmental justice; Collaborates with other organizations to protect our environment.
Learn some Basic Climate Science and some ways you can make a difference right now!
Upcoming EVENTS
Join us for any of our upcoming events, or join with other local climate action teams!
Covenant of the Salmon People: Film and Discussion
Covenant of the Salmon People: Film and Discussion
Produced in collaboration with the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) Tribe, Covenant of the Salmon People is a 60-minute film exploring how the Nimiipuu people’s relationship to salmon has shaped them. As the oldest documented civilization in North America, the Nimiipuu date back ...
RECENT NEWS
State Legislature Needs to Hear from You!
Are you overwhelmed with emails asking you to act on legislative proposals? Or do you want a way to easily voice your opinion about important bills? I have found that the 350 WA Civic Action Team (CAT) twice a week emails spot on in providing an easy way to take a few...
E Ala E Mural At East Shore
East Shore is blessed to receive and display the “E Ala E” Mural in the Sanctuary. It is the culmination of a collaborative process between Guatemalan Social Artist, Melanie Schambach, and hundreds of contributors across the country. East Shore members and friends...
Remove federal dams on lower Snake River!!
According to Washington Environmental Council: “The Snake River has been named America’s #1 Most Endangered River of 2021. Once the largest salmon producer in the Columbia River Basin, today Snake River salmon runs are at the brink of extinction. The loss of salmon is...
ECAM endorses People for Climate Action
People for Climate Action’s (PCA)mission is to help local governments develop and implement comprehensive climate action plans to reach the greenhouse gas reduction targets set by the King County-Cities Climate Collaboration(K4C), which include a 50% reduction by...
New Climate Action Email List
Many people want to take small actions to help with Climate Justice, but they can’t cut through the mountains of emails, Facebook posts or other announcements to decide what is most important to do. The Earth and Climate Action Ministry team (ECAM) is here to help! We...
ECAM Joins with UUCAT
Three members of the University Unitarian Climate Action Team (CAT) joined ECAM at its March monthly meeting. It was refreshing and invigorating to make a connection with another UU climate team and share our varied and similar interests and activities. While CAT is...
Final Update on Washington Can’t Wait Campaign
For two years East Shore’s Earth and Climate Action Ministry (ECAM) has supported Washington Can’t Wait (WCW) initiative to update the Growth Management Act to include planning for climate change (HB 1099), housing affordability and equity (HB 1220) , and to close a...
ECAM Endorses Trees4Livability
ECAM is endorcing Trees4Livability: a new nonprofit seeking to update Bellevue’s tree code. Check out the website below. You will be shocked at how lax Bellevue’s tree code is. For example, Bellevue allows developers to cut down 5 Significant Trees without a permit...
E Ala E! (Hawaiian for Arise/Awaken!)
Many of you will recall the day last July when the Lummi House of Tears Carvers blessed us by visiting East Shore bringing their totem pole and stories to share with us. Our site was one of the last stops they made before heading out East to deliver the 24 foot totem...
PAST EVENTS
Check out some of the events that we have been active in!
Meaningful Movies: DamNation
Meaningful Movies: DamNation
Three years ago, Felt Soul Media filmmakers Ben Knight and Travis Rummel along with a Stoecker Ecological fish biologist and underwater photographer, Matt Stoecker, embarked on a journey to document the environmental impacts of dams across America. In their feature leng...
Meaningful Movies: Agritopia
Meaningful Movies: Agritopia
Join Meaningful Movies Bellevue as it screens Agritopia: Rundown Apartments Reborn as Food Forest Cohousing Village. Agritopia shows what imagining a new way of living can do as we learn how Ole and Maitri Ersson turned a rundown apartment complex in Portland, Oregon, i...
Lummi Totem Pole Prayer Journey
Lummi Totem Pole Prayer Journey
Let us stand in solidarity with the Lummi as they undertake this Prayer journey on behalf of all of us. We will hear about previous totem pole journeys as well as this Prayer Journey and future events. All are welcome, including—especially—youth, families with child...