Welcome!

“On Sacred Ground: Faith & the Environment” is a new Web resource for people of faith and conservationists who are working together in Wyoming to improve stewardship and sustainability of the natural world.

This blog is one of our initial follow-up steps in the wake of our historic and successful inaugural conference at Lander, Wyoming in late September, cosponsored by the Wyoming Conservation Voters Education Fund (WCVEF) and the Wyoming Association of Churches.

With 170 participants and a broad array of workshops, field trips, keynote speeches and networking activities, the conference was a tremendous success and received attention in local and national media outlets.

Central to the event’s success was its relevance to members of Wyoming congregations and conservation groups. Conferees discussed personal, institutional and governmental approaches to pressing stewardship concerns such as global climate change, wildlife habitat, excessive commercialism, local economic sustainability and waste management, just to name a few.

Now, local “affinity groups” are forming or already established in several Wyoming communities and actively drawing up plans for direct action in the months to come. We’ll be featuring some of those plans and the personalities involved in the future on this site.

We’d like to hear your thoughts, about this program, the conference or where our communities can work together in the future!