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PREACH-IN
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Global Warming
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Greetings!
Blessings these holy winter days leading to Hanukkah, Solstice and Christmas. the past month has been very busy with a variety of NMIPL work to care for creation and work in solidarity with our brothers and sisters at the UN Climate Conference in Durban, South Africa.
I wanted to especially invite you to sign up for the IPL Preach In by January 13. You can offer a homily, an event, information at services or gather signatures on postcards. Check it out.
In case you are looking for a gift that cares for Earth and our brothers and sisters....consider planting a tree through the IPL Carbon Covenant Tree Project.
www.co2covenant.org/gifts
Last, but not least, a special congratulations to First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque who won the national IPL Cool Congregations Challenge for Renewable Energy. See article in this issue.
Peace and Joy,
Joan Brown,osf
Executive Director, NMIPL
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CONGRATULATIONS to the First Unitarian Church of Albuquerque for winning FIRST PLACE in the Renewable Energy category of the IPL Cool Congregations competition!
Read their story here.
Click for details about all of the winners.
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PREACH-IN
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Global Warming
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Sign-up Today for the Preach-in on Global Warming, Weekend of February 10-12, 2012
Interfaith Power & Light is inviting faith leaders from across the country to give sermons and reflections on climate change the weekend of February 10-12, 2012. As the date approaches, IPL will be offering a variety of resources to those who register. Download the details as a pdf file.
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Resources and Opportunities to Engage Faith Communities
Legislative Day for People of Faith Concerned about Earth, Air, and Water
Thursday, February 2, 8-3 pm
Garretts Desert Inn and Santa Fe Roundhouse
Day includes prayer, presentations by Conservation Voters New Mexico, visits to legislators.
Contact info@nm-ipl.org for more information or to pre-register. More details in January.
CFL Light bulbs available for distribution in your faith community and food pantry if you are in PNM service area. Each family gets 4 free bulbs and information. Contact info@nm-ipl.org.
Interested in having an energy assessment of your house of worship? Contact info@nm-ipl.org.
Christian Simplicity: Planning ahead for Lent 2012
Passionist Earth & Spirit Center has Lenten resources available for Christian and Catholic faith communities.
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From Our Members and Partners
First Unitarian of Albuquerque Invites Auditions for
"The Mystery of the Cold Wet Nose"
Tryouts medium length play to benefit local animals and their environment will be held:
Adults: Saturday, January 21, 1pm (6 adult parts, one lead male singing role)
Teens and children: Saturday, January 21, 3 pm (5 teen and 2 children's parts) For reading each will read their own essay describing the nose of their favorite animal.
6-12 children Mimes: Sunday, January 22, 1 pm. (parts for trees, flowers...dancing)
Orchestra auditions: January 22, 3 pm
Production will be April 14 and 15, 2012 to begin Earth Week.
Location: 3701 Carlisle Blvd, NE, lindabarstow@hotmail.com, 828-1944
Grants for schools and 501 (c) (3) non-profits working with schools and community Gardens
Grants of $2,500, $5,000 and $10,000 available throughout New Mexico through
New Mexico Centennial Gardens Program. All applications due by 5 pm, January 13, 2012.
Eligibility and Selection Criteria includes:
* Capacity to manage grant funds, skills and experience to undertake a garden project.
* Garden project has participation from stakeholders, school or community
* Thoughtful consideration to the technical challenges of garden, maintenance: soil preparation, water availability, tool storage and municipal regulations.
* Articulate a plan for integrating the garden into the life of the school/community, including plan to put the garden's produce to good use.
Ghost Ranch, Earth-Honoring Faith Summer Series
Food, Glorious Food: The Eucharist & Your Foodshed
June 18-24, 2012
Presenters Norman Wirzba (author of Food and Faith), Melanie Harris, Janet Walton, Larry Rasmussen, Troy Messenger and Jay Harris. Registrationn $380 plus housing and meals. More information at www.ghostranch.org or call 505-685-4333.
Need a short get-away or a room for an out-of-town guest?
An NMIPL board member is part of the Saraband Bed & Breakfast, 5637 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Los Ranchos, NM, 505-345-4923 and is offering 10% of the income from each night boodked at this wonderful bed and breakfast to NMIPL. www.sarabandebnb.com
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Earth News and Resources
Caring for the Climate:
A Life Issue
AMERICA magazine website, in light of the
"In the coming decades, climate change can bring deadly famine, displacement and disease to large sectors of the human population and spawn mass extinctions of other species. In the long term, the climate could change so radically that the earth could no longer support human civilization. In this sense, caring for the climate and the biosphere is a paramount pro-life issue."
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just released a report:
*Extreme precipitation, flooding and heat waves are on the rise due to increases in greenhouse gas pollution from smokestacks and tailpipes.
*2011 has brought the costly impact of extreme weather into sharp focus.So far in 2011 there have been 10 extreme weather events cost the U.S. more than a billion dollars each: More than any other year.
*Confirming the link between climate change and recent trends in extreme weather.
*The costs of inaction are already mounting.
Canadian Interfaith Call for Leadership and Action on Climate Change
At an historic meeting in Ottawa on October 23-24, some 30 faith communities of Canada met on Parliament Hill and discussed the urgent need for ecological justice, especially with regards to the climate change crisis. o read this statement, visit:
New Books
Animals and World Religions By Lisa Kemmerer Oxford University Press, 2011
Theology on the Menu: Asceticism, Meat and Christian Diet by David Grumett and Rachel Muers
Educational Reforms for the 21st Century: How to Introduce Ecologically Sustainable Reforms in Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies
By C. A. Bowers Eco-Justice Press, 2011
Only the Sacred: Transforming Education in the Twenty-first Century Edited by Peggy Whalen-Levitt Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural World, 2011
Singing the Sacred: A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs By William L. Wallace
World Library Publications, 2011
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