Creation Care

The Season of Creation, September 1st through October 4th, is celebrated by Christians around the world as a time for renewing, repairing and restoring our relationship to God, one another, and all of creation. We participate in this season, along with the wider Episcopal Church, as a time to re-commit ourselves to yearlong stewardship of God’s good earth, and all of creation.

“O Lord, how manifold are your works! In wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of your creatures.”

—Psalm 104:24

Climate Justice March 2020, passing by Trinity on the Green.

Climate Justice March 2020, passing by Trinity on the Green.

Take Action

  • Pray— As Christians, we believe that prayer is at the heart of faithful action in the world. Explore resources from the Creation Care Ministry Network of ECCT (the Episcopal Church in Connecticut), including this beautiful reflection from Trinity’s own Lilian Revel as part of a Season of Creation devotional series in 2025.

  • Get Outside— Trinity’s monthly Clean the Green program, organized by Friends of the Green, invites members of our church and the wider community to walk the New Haven Green and pick up trash along the way. In addition to caring for the land around our parish, explore similar cleanup projects in local parks near where you live.

  • Reduce Food Waste— Connecticut landfills are filling up - indeed we are trucking tons of trash that contains lots of food waste as far away as Ohio and Pennsylvania! A number of our Trinity parishioners are avid composters: talk to clergy if you’d like to be connected to someone in our community on this topic, or explore local composting options such as Peels & Wheels. Look into volunteering at Haven’s Harvest, a local food rescue non-profit. Learn more about successful waste reduction programs in CT through Wilton Go Green.

  • Conserve— Request a free Energy Audit of your home, and start conserving natural resources (and saving money). Trinity has also completed this energy audit on our church building, as part of the Episcopal Church in Connecticut’s commitment to creation care.

  • Advocate— The Interreligious Eco-Justice Network (IREJN) is organizes Connecticut faith communities to advocation around our shared values of care for the earth. IREJN regularly shared opportunities to advocate on the state level.