MCM Climate Action Working Group

Fossil Fuel Non-proliferation Motion

The MCM Board has received the following notice of motion from the MCM Climate Action Working Group (CAWG), inviting delegates at MCM Gathering 2024 to endorse a fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty as part of a just transition for all people toward a sustainable future. The Board encourages MCM congregations to engage with the CAWG around this topic, so that we can come to Gathering 2024 informed and ready to make a decision.

Read the motion here

Listen to the CAWG members share why this is important.

Update on the Non-proliferation resolution at Sept 2024.

Read the update letter here.

Our Mandate

To ignite the imagination of MCM congregations in generating personally and societally transformative actions in response to the climate crisis. The CAWG will serve as a network and resource for congregational engagement in public policy and capacity building work toward a Just Transition here in Manitoba.

Who is the current MCM Climate Action Working Group?

Back row: Josiah Neufeld, Chris Regehr, Doug Dyck, Marilyn Houser Hamm, Sandy Plett
Front row: Nathaniel De Avila, Kenton Lobe, Marta Bunnet Wiebe, Connie Hoeppner Mueller

Consider donating today!

The CAWG is empowered by MCM to raise funds to support climate action work with MCM congregations. Please note CAWG in the notes.

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What is the CAWG offering to MCM congregations?

Engagement With MCM Congregations

Visitation and conversation: Invite a member of the CAWG to share about what the CAWG is about
Workshops to build climate awareness and encourage action in the church
Encouraging transformative action in response to the climate crisis by curating resources and offering visits
Marta Bunnett Wiebe and Sandy Plett talked with Kyle Rudge for the MCC Threads podcast summer 2022. https://mcccanada.ca/stories/threads-july-2022-climate-conversations

Sharing stories
Hope and Courage: Mennonites Gathering for Climate Action. See Events.

Read Stories

Pathways To Engagement

Through broader advocacy work through endorsements and letters of support

Fossil Fuel Non Proliferation Treaty
For the Love of Creation
Supporting Land Defenders - We look to partners like MCIS and MEJC for guidance on how to support Indigenous-led Climate Action and Land Defense
March 2022 Day of Action

What are some MCM church families doing about Climate Change?

Every time we visit a MCM church someone asks what others are doing around climate. We see a great opportunity here to share stories of actions of all sizes, as a way of building our collective imagination of what’s possible, and challenging ourselves to lean into the work together. Please contact us to add your story!

Video

Grace Steinbach tree planting blitz

Check out what this Grace Mennonite Church in Steinbach got up to in 2021.

Video

Springstein Mennonite Church Carbon Sequestering & Community Building

Springstein Mennonite Church has been getting active about climate change. We participated in two learning and discussion groups hosted by Sandy Plett and through this we have started some actions.

FGMF Creation Care Task Force

In January of 2022 the people of Fort Garry Mennonite Fellowship decided it was time to increase the amount of time and energy spent on creation care.

Seeds of Life Community Church in Altona

They have ventured into a few different areas of climate and creation care work.

Hope Mennonite Justice Team Action

A few years ago Hope Mennonite Church formed a Justice Team to guide the church in responding to climate change and working towards justice between Indigenous and settler peoples.