If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it.
--Lyndon B. Johnson

May Interfaith Conference Call: Focus on Energy

Please join us on Wednesday, May 25th at noon for our next monthly interfaith conference call. In this month's call, we will focus on state and national-level energy-policy updates--and how we as people of faith can respond. Tyler Edgar, Assistant Director of the Climate and Energy Campaign for the National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program, will update us on recent efforts in Congress to undermine the Clean Air Act. We will also be joined by Colin Meehan, Clean Energy Analyst with the Environmental Defense Fund, who will give us an update about energy issues on the state level.

April Interfaith Conference Call - Toxic Chemicals & Human Health

Please join us on Wednesday, April 27th at noon for our next monthly interfaith conference call. In this month's call, we will focus on how chemicals in everyday products affect human health--and how we as people of faith can respond. Lindsay Dahl, Deputy Director of Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families will be on the call with an overview of this issue. Click here to learn about the Safe Chemicals Act that was recently introduced in the U.S. Senate.

March Interfaith Environmental Conference Call - State and National Policy

Please join us on Tuesday, March 22nd at 10:00 a.m. for our next monthly interfaith conference call. In this month's call, we will offer updates and overviews of legislative activity at both the national and state-level, paying particular attention to how Texans can engage and respond in faithful witness.

  • Andree Duggan, Communications and Campaigns Coordinator for Interfaith Power & Light, will provide an overview of national policy issues.
  • Craig Adair, Chief of Staff for Texas House Representative Lon Burnam, and Legislative Aide Matt Johnston, will provide an overview of state-level policy issues.

March Interfaith Environmental Conference Call

     Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 10:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.

     Dial-in number: (712) 432-3066  (Note: this is a new number!)

     Conference Code: 424548

Houston Sermon Challenge: Environmental Justice for Mother's Day 2011

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Mother's Day was not originally the sweet and tame, gratitude-filled celebration of mothers that it is today. When Julia Ward Howe issued her "Mother's Day Proclamation" in 1870, it was a call for mothers of the world to unite in calling for peace and an end to bloodshed. Today, we have the opportunity to unite these two Mother's Day traditions--those of gratitude and of prophetic witness--by preaching about environmental justice for Mother's Day.

In Houston this Mother's Day weekend, May 6-8, 2011, Houston Interfaith Power & Light (Houston IPL) invites congregations of all religious traditions to focus on one or some of the following:

Religious Resources - Caring for Creation

sunbehindclouds 1In all major religions there is an ethic of creation care. This page offers preaching, teaching and thinking resources from different religious traditions on the subject of caring for creation. We hope you and your religious community will find it helpful. Please contact Yaira with links to other resources you'd like to see here; we will be happy to add more links, including more religious traditions, to this page.

 

 

Interfaith Resources

Interfaith Environmental Network of Austin's Speaker Series-March 1, 2011

Interfaith Environmental Network (IEN) of Austin invites you to attend this month's speaker series on Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 7:00 p.m. at Congregation Beth Israel. The Coordinator of Texas Interfaith Power & Light, Amanda Robinson, will deliver a presentation: Our Voices Matter: The Importance of Religious Witness in Environmental Justice Work.

IEN encourages people of faith in Central Texas to link religious values and spirituality with environmental stewardship concerns and actions. Following the speaker's presentation and a question and answer period, there will be a brief IEN meeting to discuss the sharing of resources and plans for inspiring local faith communities to live out the common call to caring for creation.

Religious Leaders in Houston Connect Faith and Environment

A minister, a rabbi and an imam walk into a radio station... and have a meaningful conversation about religion and the environment. On Monday, January 31st, the "Open Journal" program on KPFT 90.1 in Houston featured Reverend Dr. Jeremy Rutledge, minister of Covenant Church; Rabbi Steve Gross, rabbi of Houston Congregation for Reform Judaism; and Imam Muhammad N Haq, President of the American Society for Islamic Awareness. You can listen to the 30-minute interview here.

February Interfaith Environmental Conference Call

Please join us on Tuesday, February 22nd at 10:00 a.m. for our next monthly interfaith conference call. In this month's call, we will focus on rolling electricity blackouts and learn about Austin's Interfaith Environmental Network (IEN).

Call in to explore with us what happened with Texas' electric grid on February 2nd (the "rolling blackouts" day). Mike Sloan, a Texas Interfaith Power & Light Advisory Committee Member, will provide an overview of that situation and an update about the hearings that have followed. Then we will hear from Reverend Bo Townsend, a founding member of IEN, about how this interfaith group got started, what they've been up to and their plans for the future. We will also allot time for callers to ask questions, share ideas and connect.

February Interfaith Environmental Conference Call

January, 2011 Interfaith Environmental Conference Call - Tu B'Shevat

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Please join us on Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 11:30 a.m. for the first Texas interfaith environmental conference call of 2011.  On this first call of the year, we will recognize new things: a new year, a new legislative session, and – in honor of the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat – the new year for trees.  Also, we will talk about new opportunities to work together. 

National Preach-In for Earth Care 2011

globe in handJoin religious leaders around the country this Valentine's Day weekend, February 11-13, in calling for a religious response to global warming.  When you register for the Preach-In, you will gain access to a variety of resources including sample sermons, reflections, and prayers from a number of different religious traditions.

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