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!
It’s Time to Make a Difference! Climate Action Forum
It’s Time to Make a Difference! Climate Action Forum
The East Shore Climate Action Ministry Team (ECAM) has teamed up with leaders from 350 Eastside and People for Climate Action to hold a Climate Action Forum on Sunday, April 27th from 1:00 - 4:00 pm. The program will include speakers from King County and the Puget Soun...
RECENT NEWS
ECAM reports: Tree Giveaway for Bellevue residents!
To increase Bellevue's tree canopy and bring the benefits of trees to all Bellevue residents, the City will give away 700 trees this summer. Applicants can receive up to 2 free trees of many different types, with instructions on how to plant them. The program...
East Shore Speaks on Climate Action!
The April 21st church service was an Earth Day celebration of the spirit of the earth, our need to collaborate to nourish and sustain her, and a call to action for East Shore to continue our tradition of direct climate action. The Earth and Climate Action team (ECAM)...
ECAM Members Lobby Legislators in Interfaith Action Day
Two Earth and Climate Ministry (ECAM) members (Ann Fletcher and Marilyn Mayers) participated in Faith Action Network’s Interfaith Action Day on February 8. They lobbied their state legislators (Districts 48 Bellevue and 5 Issaquah) to advance climate and environmental...
Let’s Talk About Healing the Earth
Let's Talk about Healing the Earth! The Earth and Climate Action Ministry (ECAM) has started to talk with groups around church to hear ideas, concerns and hopes about taking better care of the earth.. We are gathering East Shore's passions and perspectives and we...
Earth and Climate Action Ministry (ECAM) Launches Church-Centered Climate Action Program
This year, the Earth and Climate Action Ministry Team (ECAM) plans to partner with our Minister, Rev. Maria Cristina, our Staff, and interested church groups and individuals as we: LISTEN TO their ideas, concerns, hopes to take care of the earth. We’ll encourage...
Successful Bellevue City Council Candidates Climate & Environmental Forum
East Shore’s Earth & Climate Action Ministry team thanks all six Bellevue City Council candidates—John Stokes, Paul Clark, David Hamilton, Mo Malakoutian, Janice Zahn and Betsi Hummer--for participating in a panel discussion at the Climate & Environmental...
Jacob Johns Brings Indigenous Perspectives to COP28 in Dubai – A Call to Action
Earth and Climate Action Ministry (ECAM) and the Indigenous Connections Team invite you to University Unitarian Church in Seattle and Northlake UU Church in Kirkland for a presentation and Q&A offered by Jacob Johns. Jacob is part of an international effort to...
Open Invitation to come to the Bellevue City Council Candidate Forum at East Shore!
Tuesday, September 19, 7:00 p.m. As countries around the world face growing urgency to address climate change and build environmental sustainability, policy makers at all levels of government are considering various policy options. Here in Washington, state...
Invisible No More: Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and People (MMIWP)
The MMIWP display was created earlier this year under the auspices of Carolyn DeFord, Puyallup tribal member and East Shore's Women's Perspective (WP) and Campus Aesthetics Team (CAT). “Invisible No More” is now being shared in the wider community. In April, shortly...
PAST EVENTS
Check out some of the events that we have been active in!
Meaningful Movies Bellevue: We Are Guardians
Meaningful Movies Bellevue: We Are Guardians
Please join Meaningful Movies Bellevue for our screening of the award-winning film We Are Guardians, a story that ultimately affects us all. As the health of the entire Amazon teeters at the edge, will Brazil and the world take notice? In We Are Guardians, Indigenous fo...
Discussion on “What We Think About “ (When we try NOT to think about) Global Warming”
Discussion on “What We Think About “ (When we try NOT to think about) Global Warming”
The Earth and Climate Action Ministry Team is hosting an informal discussion about how to rethink how we approach climate action. Our discussion will be based on a great book by Per Espen Stoknes on this topic : “What We Think About “ (When we try NOT to think abou...
East Shore Reads: Serviceberry
East Shore Reads: Serviceberry
Earth & Climate Action Ministry (ECAM) and the Indigenous Connections Team invite you to a two-part discussion of Robin Wall Kimmerer’s new book, The Serviceberry. Kimmerer takes the wisdom of Braiding Sweetgrass a step further and asks how we can reimagine our eco...