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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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 the most.
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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.
This week's Minute for Mother Earth video suggests steps each of us can take to protect our air, water, and soil.
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.
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…
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.…
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…
Watch this week’s Minute for Mother Earth video exploring how we can shrink our carbon footprint from our homes and workplaces.
Explore how we can shrink our carbon footprint through the choices we make about our trash in this week's Minute for Mother Earth.
Explore how transportation and our travel choices affect the planet in this week's Minute for Mother Earth video.
This week's Minute for Mother Earth video explores how clothing choices affect the planet.
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…
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.
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.
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.
