Episcopal Province VIII convenes creation care conference centered on Indigenous wisdom

Episcopalians from Province VIII gathered September 25–27 at the Episcopal Retreat & Conference Center in Salt Lake City for the inaugural Creation Care Network Conference. The conference addressed building climate resilience, reducing fossil fuel dependency, and solutions centered on Indigenous wisdom and leadership, including subsistence living practices, sustainable natural resource management, regenerative agriculture, and land, water, and animal stewardship. Forrest Cuch, a member of the Ute tribe and senior warden of St. Elizabeth's Episcopal Church in Whiterocks, Utah, spoke about the importance of staying connected to nature and God's creation, and led the closing ceremony. The Rt. Rev. Cathleen Bascom, the Episcopal Church's eco-region networks coordinator, shared information on the church's eco-region networks established since a 2024 General Convention resolution. Twelve networks have been established across 55 dioceses in the United States, Latin America, and Taiwan, addressing region-specific environmental concerns. Under Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, eco-region networks have become a primary church creation care initiative, facilitated through partnership with the Center for Religion & Environment at the University of the South. The Episcopal Church relaunched its creation care granting program, accepting proposals until October 26 for grants up to $15,000 for nature restoration, regenerative agriculture, climate advocacy, and environmental justice projects. Each new eco-region network receives $10,000 annually to hold gatherings and support an "eco-fellow."

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Source: Episcopal News Service — https://episcopalnewsservice.org/2026/09/23/province-viiis-creation-care-conference-to-address-region-specific-climate-issues-center-indigenous-voices/