The Episcopal Ecological Network (EpEN)

The Episcopal Ecological Network (EpEN) is a network of individuals and groups within the Episcopal Church. Below are the webpages of Diocesan and Parish Environmental Stewardship groups. If your group's webpage is not listed, please send an e-mail to input[@eenonline.org] with the URL (don't forget to remove the square brackets on the address).

Please click on one of the links on the right to get to the list of groups in a province (don't forget to remove the square brackets on the address of the Diocesan Contacts).

Province 1

Diocese:	Diocese of Connecticut
Name:	The Committee on the Environment
Contact:

Diocese:	Diocese of Rhode Island
Name:	Environment Committee
Contact:	Mary L. Hitt

Province 2

Diocese:	Diocese of New Jersey
Name:	Environmental Committee (no Web presence)
Contact:	Joseph Parrish

Province 3

Diocese:	Diocese of Maryland
Name:	Diocesan Committee on the Environment
Contact:	Paulette Hammond

Diocese:	Diocese of Virginia
Name:	Stewardship of Creation Committee (no Web presence)
Contact:	Evelyn Wheeler

Diocese:	Diocese of Washington
Name:	Committee on the Environment
Contact:	Jane Osborne

Province 4

Diocese:	Throughout Province IV
Name:	Environmental Ministries at the University of the South, Sewanee, TN
Contact:	Joyce Wilding

Diocese:	Diocese of Alabama
Name:	Task Force for Stewardship of Creation
Contact:	Eleanor DelBene

Diocese:	Diocese of Atlanta
Name:	Stewardship of our Environment
Contact:

Diocese:	Diocese of Florida
Name:	Earth Stewardship Committee, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in Gainesville, FL (No Web presence)
Contact:	David Miller

Diocese:	Diocese of Mississippi
Name:	Stewardship of Creation Committee (No Web presence)
Contact:	Andrew Whitehurst

Diocese:	Diocese of Mississippi
Name:	St. Andrew's Cathedral Environmental Stewardship Committee (No Web presence)
Contact:	Jackie or Avery Rollins

Diocese:	Diocese of North Carolina:
Name:	Chartered Committee for Environmental Ministry (No Web presence)
Contact:	Tom Droppers

Diocese:	Diocese of North Carolina:
Name:	Holy Trinity Environmental Stewardship, Greensboro, NC (No Web presence except Yahoo Group)
Contact:	Eric Hoekstra. Subscribe to Group

Diocese:	Diocese of South Carolina
Name:	Environmental Stewardship at St. George’s Episcopal Church, Summerville, SC (No Web presence)
Contact:	John Chaconas

Diocese:	Diocese of Southwest Florida
Name:	Boniface Eco-Stewardship Team (B.E.S.T.) at St. Boniface Episcopal Church, Sarasota, FL.
Contact:	Kay McGimpsey

Diocese:	Diocese of Tennessee
Name:	Environmental Ministry: Caring for God's Creation, Christchurch Cathedral, Nashville, TN
Contact:	Joyce Wilding

Diocese:	Diocese of West Tennessee
Name:	Episcopal Creation Caregivers of West Tennessee
Contact:	Jim Boyd or Gary Bridgeman

Diocese:	Diocese of Western North Carolina
Name:	Environmental and Creation Care Ministry (No Web presence)
Contact:	Jill Rios

Province 5

Diocese:	Diocese of Eau Claire
Name:	Environmental Stewardship Commission
Contact:	Jeanne Stout (interim contact)

Province 6

Diocese:	Diocese of Iowa
Name:	Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation
Contact:	Anne Moats Williams

Diocese:	Diocese of Minnesota
Name:	Minnesota Episcopal Environmental Stewardship Commission
Contact:	Tom Harries and Jill Peterman

Diocese:	Diocese of North Dakota
Name:	Environmental Stewardship Committee (No Web presence)
Contact:	Bruce MacDuffie

Province 7

Diocese:	Diocese of Dallas
Name:
Contact:	Gary Stuard

Province 8

Diocese:	Diocese of Alaska
Name:	Alaska Interfaith Power & Light
Contact:	Paul K. Klitzke

Diocese:	Diocese of Arizona
Name:	Nature and Spirituality Program
Contact:	Phyllis Strupp

Diocese:	Diocese of California
Name:	Caring for Creation Group, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Orinda, CA
Contact:	Barbara Bisel

Diocese:	Diocese of Nevada
Name:	Stewardship Commssion
Contact:

Diocese:	Diocese of Northern California
Name:	Inaugural meeting on June 2, 2007
Contact:	Phina Borgeson

The EpEN is a national network of active lay and clergy persons within the Episcopal Church, USA, who share a common concern for the environment and a common belief in the presence of God in all Creation and who work to make these concerns and beliefs known throughout all Provinces and Dioceses within the church. Members come from around the Episcopal Church USA. The activities of the EpEN are focused on the areas of Reflection, Education, and Action. 

If you would like to contact any of these groups or to find out more about the EpEN, please click on the links on the left