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By: Hannah Gillespie In May of 2023, our Central Texas team hit a significant milestone – one whole year of Picnics en el Arroyo, an A Rocha USA program that hosts outdoor recreation and environmental education opportunities for Spanish-speaking families in Austin, Texas. Learn more about the …
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By: Hannah Gillespie As part of A Rocha USA’s commitment to environmental education, Wild Wonder Camp curriculum was designed to help children learn and wonder about God and nature, get kids outside, and spark their imaginations as they learn and explore. Research on children overwhelmingly …
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Originally published for A Rocha International In a new short film from A Rocha, we explore the relationship between the church and the environment and look at how God is calling the church to care for his creation. What does the church have to do with creation care and why should we care for …
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By: Autumn Ayers This year, we are celebrating A Rocha’s 40th birthday! In 1983, Miranda and Peter Harris and their four children moved to southern Portugal to establish Cruzinha: the very first A Rocha field center near the Alvor marshes. The region was on a major migratory route for …
by Hannah Gillespie Available in the United States now, “A Place at the Table: Faith, Hope and Hospitality” is a profound reflection on hospitality and the transformative power of community. This book, written by A Rocha’s late co-founder Miranda Harris and her daughter, A Rocha International …
by Autumn Ayers Led by The Ocean Conservancy, the International Coastal Cleanup, held on September 17 each year, inspires over 200,000 people to restore marine ecosystems by tackling plastic pollution. From oceans, lakes, and streams to roadsides, parks, and neighborhoods, the A Rocha worldwide …
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By Tom Rowley, A Rocha USA Executive Director On the heels of an Earth Day observed with growing gloom and corporate cooptation, reasons for hope abound. In recent weeks, I’ve had a slew of conversations with people caring for God’s creation right where they live. The efforts may be small, but …
By Ben Lowe, Evangelical Environmental Network and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action One of my favorite places in all of America is the St. Lucie River in South Florida. The St. Lucie is a wide tidal river connected to the Indian River Lagoon — the most biodiverse estuary system in the United …
by Tom Rowley, A Rocha USA Executive Director From drink bottles to styrofoam cups to those clamshells that ironically protect organic fruits at Costco, plastic—the material so famously and presciently proclaimed as the “future” to Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate—is taking over. Consider the …
By Tom Rowley, A Rocha USA Executive Director If you don’t know where you’re going, you’re sure to get there. When it comes to environmental conservation, that’s exactly where the world is: huge seemingly intractable problems and little consensus on how (and even whether) to address them. More …
