The Story of Stuff Project and GreenFaith are pleased to release Let There Be…Stuff? – a six-session curriculum that helps Christian teenagers explore the relationship between their consumption, their faith, and the health of the planet.
Over the past five years, the pace and scope of religious engagement on the environment has accelerated sharply. Our Project experienced this phenomenon first hand when we released The Story of Stuff in late 2007. Almost immediately, faith leaders started calling and writing to ask if we had produced companion educational programs for churches or other houses of worship. Then last year, we partnered with GreenFaith, an interfaith coalition for the environment, to meet this need.
Thank you for your continued support and stay tuned for the release of our high school curriculum this summer!
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April 23rd, 2010 at 4:40 am
It is a pity this material was drafted with such a heavy slant on Christianity. Why not rather draft this wonderful course in a neutral sense and let teachers add their own slant to it e.g. if they want to add prayers and Psalms or leave it as it is. I think this material could be used elsewhere not only churches and Sunday School groups but well done on another publication. The work you do it excellent and reaches many people who would otherwise not have acess to important on the important issues you raise.
April 23rd, 2010 at 4:41 am
Correct: The work you do it excellent and reaches many people who would otherwise not have access to important information on the important issues you raise
April 26th, 2010 at 4:42 am
I can relate to what Anon says in their first comment but as a church youth leader with a growing green conscience (in no small part due to the Story of Stuff) all I can say is – thank you for this wonderful resource! God bless, Adam
April 26th, 2010 at 9:51 am
The stuff that is looming to engulf of us is the organic wastes including plastics and sewage that are seeping out drugs, germs and toxics in the way we presently handle them. And they are ever-growing with greater restrictions on where they can be disposed.
In the UK two govt. agencies are working on waste strategies, but our federal govt. has no such agency. I urge readers here to send a message to Obama’s Whitehouse website calling for establishment of a federal agency to develop strategies to handle our expanding messes of organic wastes, of sewage and of plastics. These messes instead of engulfing us can become resources in controlling climate change and water pollution and even get us some renewable energy if
handled properly. Dr. J. Singmaster
April 27th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
I hate to say this, but the “Story of Stuff” is a very shallow-minded overview of the problems we face. It’s exactly what we hear all the time: “Corporations are running the world, government is too big.” Do you understand how many people corporations employ around the world and how they’ve raised the standard of living for people of all walks of life? If it wasn’t for the corporation and billions spent in R&D these green initiatives you speak of wouldn’t be possible. Suffice to say, it seems that you imply that world inequality is on the rise; however, the truth it the exact opposite- incomes and equality are rising among nations, mostly due to the outsourcing of work from the core to the periphery. Re: government. The government’s job was to spread consumerism? Why do you assume people are so stupid and swayed so easily by the government, as to somehow accept this “consumerist lifestyle” you speak about?
May 14th, 2010 at 2:00 pm
Too often, Christians misinterpret the bible to instruct us that we have ‘dominion’ over the earth, i.e., to rule, dominate, take for our pleasure. In fact, we are to be stewards of God’s gifts and to protect them, even as we use them. Some comments here complain that there is a “Christian” slant. As a youth director and an environmentalist, I greatly appreciate this 6-week series to help my youth to understand their responsibities as a christian in the web of life.
May 16th, 2010 at 10:13 pm
For most, what matters is what is the end goal. While it is not most important to debate about the path chosen to reach the greening project. An excellent work indeed.
Everyone, irrespective of religion, nationality, should participate and contribute positively. Perhaps, one can start this at home.
http://blog.abhayamedia.com/why-clearing-useless-junk-at-home-is-win-win-solution/