Faith in Action for God’s Creation
Eco DioChicago is the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago’s committee working for environmental justice, creation care, and faithful sustainability.
Caring Light
A Solar Education Campaign Led by Eco DioChicago
Eco DioChicago has received $134,000 from Illinois Solar for All to launch Caring Light — a new initiative bringing solar education and opportunity to environmental justice and income-qualified communities across the Diocese of Chicago.
Beginning Your Net-Zero Creation Care Journey
Congregations that achieve net-zero follow a tried and tested method:
- Lean into the Theology of Caring for Creation and Find a congregation champion (often a lay leader with clergy support) to begin the work and to perhaps start a green team, either specific to your parish or a joint effort of nearby parishes that can occasionally meet virtually. Encourage your parish to start with spirituality of creation care, leveraging theological resources and perhaps joining creation care Compline. This is especially helpful to grow clergy support for prioritizing the next steps.
- Obtain a professional energy audit. This should be the ASHRAE Level II comprehensive audit that covers much more than the simple level I audits offered by your utility. Eco DioChicago has resources and connections to help your parish find a h free or reduced cost level II audit.
- Make a plan based on your audit report: look for low-hanging fruit initially for efficiency gains and also make plans for larger projects in a realistic timeframe.Eco DioChicago can provide you with a planning framework and sample Energy Savings Plan.
- Start work on larger projects that will help significantly reduce your parish’s reliance on greenhouse gas emissions and save you money for years to come!
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Eco DioChicago Receives $134,000 from Illinois Solar for All to Launch “Caring Light” Solar Education Program
Chicago, IL — [November 6, 2025] — Eco DioChicago, the creation care working group of...
