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We Are the Eighth Day
International Women's
Art, Earth and Spirit
Sunday, March 3, ABQ
(See details this issue)
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Greetings!
Grace to your heart and gratitude for all you do!
Your Stories About Climate Change Needed!
NMIPL invites you or your faith community to encourage climate change policy to help everyone. We need your photos, and stories sharing how you are personally and communally affected by climate change and the drought.
** Take a photo of an empty water barrel, a stressed tree, a empty pond, a fallow field, or whatever touches you
**Write a short personal account.
***Write your name, address, phone number and e-mail and send them to NMIPL.
***We will take your stories to DC when we meet our legislators in April.
Thank you so much for sharing sermons, educational ev  ents, letter signings to President Obama and much more as part of the Preach-In activities. It is not too late to join the some
Also, pray for all gathered in DC for the rally Sunday, February 17 addressing the Keystone Pipeline and calling for bold climate change policy. I will make the prayerful pilgrimage via plane and bus and report back to you!
There is more in our newsletter....read on and thank you!
Much peace and good,
Joan Brown,osf
Executive Director, NM Interfaith Power and Light
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Around New Mexico
Monthly Interfaith Earth Sabbath Celebrations
"Stars in the Night Sky"
Monday, February 25, 28 7-8:15 pm
Albuquerque Mennonite, 1300 Girard, Albuquerque
and
Thursday, February 28, 7-8:15 pm
604 Jeff King Street, Gallup
(call 722-7564 for directions)
Join those gathering in Albuquerque and Gallup each month to pray for h ealing, to meditate, to strengthen and to support all who are living and working to care for human family and creation. Time includes prayer, music, meditation, yoga or body awakening and sharing. NMIPL will assist communities in other geographic areas in establishing Interfaith Earth Sabbath Celebrations.Contact joan@nm-ipl.org for more information.
Caring for Rio Grande Wetland Service Project
Saturday, March 2, 1-4:30
Rio Grande Open Space, 6500 Coors Blvd. NE, ABQ
A special invitation to junior and senior high youth with adults, but all children who can work and are accompanied by adults are welcome. ABQ Open Space Staff will supervise work and educate about bosque wetlands. Contact Andrew to register and find out what you need to bring.
We Are the Eighth Day: Creative Resilience
Sunday, March 3, 2-4:30
St. Mark's on the Mesa Episcopal Church
431 Richmond Place, ABQ
$5-$15 donation or come as guest
Come hear visual and spoken word artists share about their art, caring for creation and their spirituality. Artists and poets include: Renny Golden, Bonnie Bernal, Jenn Hart-Mann, Ann Hunkins, Diana Stetson, Pat Malcom and Melanie Weidner. Delicious homemade desserts will be served. See attached brochure for details.
Earth-Honoring Faith Study Series
United Church of Santa Fe
Mondays, Feb. 11,18, 25:March 11, 18, 15 ---5:15-6:30
Environmental Ethicist, Larry Rasmussen will lead a study of his book "An Earth-Honoring Faith: Religious EThics in a New Key."
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Santa Fe
Sponsored The Scfred Side of Science: Religious Naturalism with Rev. Michael Dowd on February 10 for IPL Preach-In.
From Worship in the Wilderness
Saturday, March 9, 8:00 am
David Ryan, author of The Gentle Art of Wandering, will speak about helping the "ordinary" person come to love spending time in the wilderness and appreciate the extraordinary little wonders. Meet at the Smith's at Central and Tramway, the retreat will take place at Desert Harbor, a retreat space in the East Mountains.
More about David Ryan's work at http://www.gentleartofwandering.com
Desert Harbor at http://www.desertharbor.org
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Resources for Lenten Programs and More...
NMIPL has copies of Blessed Earth's Guide Book and DVD's with 12 sessions on Hope for Creation and Hope for Humanity by Matthew Sleeth. This is suitable adult (or middle or high school). It could be utilized by Christian denominations for Lent or any time of year.
"Spirituality of Soil: A Lenten Journey from Cosmic Dust to Easter Garden" with Holy Child Jesus Sr. Terri MacKenzie. Materials for groups or individuals include prayers, reflections, music and video suggestions and ritual Free materials
Lent 4.5 Christian Simplicity by the Passionist Earth & Spirit Center is a Lenten Program for Protestant
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Join the growing number of faith communities saving money and caring for creation by lowering high utility bills through energy efficiency upgrades and solar panels.
* Check out PNM's Quick Saver program and rebates if you are in their service area. This is a great program to assi st with lighting. If you have old florescent bulbs note that soon you will not be able to replace them....Quick Saver can be a win, win.
* Apply for the NMIPL NO-INTEREST Loan for up to $5,000 for upfront funds to begin saving money and caring for creation quickly.
Projects might include:
*A thorough energy audit
*Using this money with PNM Quick Saver Program for lighting if you are in PNM service area
*Heating and cooling systems
*New refrigerators
*Water saving devices and water harvesting system
*Initial investment into solar
The application process is very simple! Contact Joan Brown, osf at 505-266-6966 or info@nm-ipl.org.
CNM is offering a variety of free classes with certification for Energy Auditing, Facilities Management Efficiency and Weatherization. Contact NMIPL for details. Spaces are limited.
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Around the nation and World
Call to Action Letter for Catholics
You can also make your voice heard by signing onto
A Letter from U.S. Catholics that will be delivered to President Obama. The letter calls for a national summit and strong action on climate change.
America Magazine Editorial About New US Oil Boom
In their editorial dated February 11, America Magazine comments about the present oil boom in the U.S. and, That unexpected transformation will also yield higher tax revenues, more jobs and lower energy costs for other industries. It all sounds too good to be true. It, of course, is. Behind the boom lurk some considerable dangers.
One of the dangers the editors identify is the environmental impact including the current practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas and the long-term environmental implications of the practice that they call underscrutinized
. In addition, the burning of fossil fuels is also the primary driver of climate change and over time has a significant effect on human and ecological health. The editors also identify the danger of compromising Intergenerational fairness, noting that [i]n confronting climate change and issues related to sustainable economic growth in the future, Pope Benedict XVI has spoken of the need for both international and intergenerational solidarity. Just as the burdens of confronting climate change cannot morally be shifted to the world's poorest and least powerful, neither can this generation's responsibility to the next be discounted.
In summary, the editors warn that the present oil boom-which may be the last of its kind-can become
just another opportunity for short-term profit for a few, a transfer of risk to the many and oil-intoxicated indolence on climate change.
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