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Corporations
This week’s Minute for Mother Earth continues the Wake Up World segment “Who Is Going to Save Us?” with a look at corporations as partners in solving the climate crisis.
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Each week in 2026, First Church takes a Minute for Mother Earth — a short video on how our everyday choices shape the health of the planet, part of the Wake Up World series. Browse the full collection below, newest first.
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2026
Technology
This week’s Minute for Mother Earth continues the Wake Up World segment “Who Is Going to Save Us?” with a look at technology as a partner in solving…
Governments
This week’s Minute for Mother Earth video looks at the role of governments in abating climate destruction.
The United Nations
This week's Minute for Mother Earth continues the Wake Up World segment on who is going to save us, reviewing the work and top-line findings of the UN…
Impacts in the US
This week’s Minute for Mother Earth looks at our responsibility for climate impacts on vulnerable communities here in the US — people of color, the elderly, and the…
Developing Countries
This week’s Minute for Mother Earth looks at our responsibility for climate impacts in developing countries — those who have least caused this crisis, and who are suffering…
Climate Migrants
This week's Minute for Mother Earth video focuses on climate migrants — those forced to leave their homelands by extreme heat, drought, floods, famine, and rising seas.
Steps We Can Take
This week's Minute for Mother Earth video suggests steps each of us can take to protect our air, water, and soil.
Creation Justice
This week’s Minute for Mother Earth explores Creation Justice — protecting all of God’s creation, from plants and animals to soil, air, and water.
Justice for Water
This week’s video focuses on the degradation and stewardship of Earth’s oceans and freshwater. You can watch the video. We also invite you to explore the full content…
Caring for Air
This week, our Minute for Mother Earth focuses on caring for air—the precious gift in which we live, move, and have our being. You can watch the video.…
Justice for the Land
Caring for our land and soil is a sacred calling. This week’s Minute for Mother Earth video explores the impacts of the climate crisis on our land and…
Our Homes and Buildings
Watch this week’s Minute for Mother Earth video exploring how we can shrink our carbon footprint from our homes and workplaces.
Our Trash
Explore how we can shrink our carbon footprint through the choices we make about our trash in this week's Minute for Mother Earth.
How We Travel
Explore how transportation and our travel choices affect the planet in this week's Minute for Mother Earth video.
What We Wear
This week's Minute for Mother Earth video explores how clothing choices affect the planet.
What We Eat
This week's Minute for Mother Earth video explores how our food choices affect the planet — eating more plant-based meals, reducing food waste, and supporting local producers can…
Industry and Buildings
This week's Minute for Mother Earth looks at industry and buildings — the energy behind what we make and the places we live and work.
Agriculture
This week's Minute for Mother Earth looks at agriculture as both a source of greenhouse gas emissions and, through regenerative practices, a carbon sink.
2025
Take a Minute for Mother Earth
The Climate Justice Working Group invites you to tune into Minute for Mother Earth video clips throughout 2026 as part of the Wake Up World climate crisis curriculum.