I read with great interest Cynthia J. Branton's piece titled “An Introduction to Religion and Ecology” in the December 2006 issue of Environmental Practice. It took me back some 20-plus years ago, when I heard Russell Brenneman, Esq.—a distinguished member of the Hartford, Connecticut, law firm of Murtha, Cullina, Richter and Pinney, but more importantly known as Amy Brenneman's dad—speak to a congregation on “How to Paint Your Church Green.” This was a grassroots program as to how to be better stewards of your environment and build your faith simultaneously. Russ always embodied the basic tenets of environmental stewardship and was considered the dean of New England's environmental law community. He is presently the elder statesman of our environmental stewardship movement and through his presentations has hopefully created many a “green church” and “green congregation.”