Most recently I was at Calvin College in Michigan.  I had a joint tabling effort with ESC (Environmental Stewardship Coalition) of recruiting for CCSP (Creation Care Study Program) and getting people to write letters to Michigan Senator, Debbie Stabenow.  Students want to let her know that Christians do care about the environment and wanted to encourage her to vote with stewardship in mind. 

Yesterday afternoon I was privileged to accompany Ben, James, Carissa, and Kyle to Senator Stabenow’s office where we met with a representative named Mary.  They delivered about 15 letters that their classmates had written along with a Green Awakenings report.  For more than an hour we talked with Mary about our concern for mountaintop removal practices (which she had never heard of), about our support for the Senator’s actions to prevent the Asian Carp from entering the Great Lakes, and about green jobs.  Our comments were well received and we were assured that Senator Stabenow would hear our concerns.  We also learned that every letter is read and that sometimes it only takes one to make a change. So keep letting your representatives hear from you!