New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light

New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light (NMIPL engages faith communities and individuals in an active response to climate change.


Become a Climate Convert	WHAT'S NEW: Speak out as a climate convert From the BP oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, to the Massey Energy mining tragedy in West Virginia, people have had enough. But "having had enough" doesn't make a difference — turning our prayers into reality with action does make a difference. Pledge to be a Climate Convert and urge the president's leadership in the passage of strong legislation that protects the climate, promotes clean energy, and creates green jobs. Your visibility as a person of faith who is committed to stewardship in the face of unprecedented environmental destruction is critical to getting our elected officials to act, and act quickly. Click here to read more, and to take action.
10-10-10	Sign up for the 10% Challenge today: help reduce your congregation's impact and our country's reliance on inefficient and harmful energy sources. You'll be entered to win one of five $1,000 prizes to help your congregation go green, and you'll join a group of committed faith communities that is seizing this opportunity to make a worldwide impact, starting right in our own backyards.
	FIRST UNITARIAN’S SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC PROJECT Read about this innovative way to green a faith community with the sun.
The American Power Act	Senate has Moral Responsibility to Act on Climate Change Statement by Interfaith Power & Light’s President, The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham SAN FRANCISCO (July 23, 2010) – Senate leadership announced yesterday that, after months of work to craft legislation, the Senate will not take up a comprehensive energy and climate bill before the August Recess. What follows is a reaction by Interfaith Power & Light’s President, The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham: “‘Where are the ears to hear and the eyes to see?’ This year we have witnessed an oil spill of epic proportions inflicting tragic environmental and economic devastation throughout the Gulf of Mexico. We have seen yet another deadly coal mining tragedy, and we have lived through the hottest six months on record. But instead of moving to address climate change and support clean energy alternatives, our senators have allowed the oil and coal lobbies to once again stall meaningful action. “Where is the moral integrity of our elected officials? Is our representative democracy so broken? Are our elected representatives incapable of addressing the greatest environmental crisis of our generation? People of faith have urged our senators to act, and to invest in alternatives to burning oil and coal. Polls indicate Americans want a strong climate bill that addresses global warming, but our leaders are not listening, and they are not seeing. We are still waiting, and indeed, the world is waiting. “During the August recess, Interfaith Power and Light will mobilize thousands of people of faith to demand that our senators not give up. Our senators and President Obama have a responsibility not just to do what is easy, or what is politically expedient, but to do what is right. It is time for moral leadership. They must go back to Washington in September, roll up their sleeves, and pass a cap on global warming pollution. Our future, and the future of all of creation, depends on it.”
	The Death of Desert Rock? Read the article in the High Country News.
Joan Brown, osf	Joan Brown, osf, attended the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Dec. 2009. To read Joan's daily blogs from Copenhagen click here. Article in USA Today about Joan and Copenhagen. Article in the Santa Fe Reporter about Joan's mission. Joan Brown: more thoughts on Copenhagen Odyssey Networks covered the Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen. They focused exclusively on the faith leaders and organizations who were there working for climate justice. Their video coverage included interviews with major leaders from virtually all the world’s faith communities. Click here to see the daily videos. Click here to see a video interview of Joan and other faith leaders.
	Sign the Carbon Covenant Choose a project to support individually through one-time or monthly donations, or pledge to raise money as a congregation or group. Learn more
New Report:	Strong Energy Efficiency Policies in Energy/Climate Legislation Would Save New Mexico Families $337 per Year, Create 4,300 Jobs Click here to read more.
Brother Sun Solar Project and Mother Earth Greenhouse Grace Tohatchi	While the little mission of St. Mary in Tohatchi might seem like an unlikely place for the birth of a sustainable Catholic parish; it actually fits perfectly with the Franciscan presence. St. Francis, the patron of ecology inspires staff members Sr. Pat Bietsch a Franciscan Sister of Oldenburg, Indiana and Pastor Franciscan priest Rev. John Mittelstadt who has served the Navajo mission church for 20 years. Click here to read more.
	Read these articles from Rocky Mountain Institute. www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid467.php www.rmi.org/sitepages/pid257.php
	October 30, Saturday Annual NMIPL meeting 10-12 Cool Congregations Workshop 10-4:00 First Unitarian Church 3710 Carlisle Blvd. NE, Albuquerque There will be a Cool Congregations Workshop at the fall 2010 meeting of NMIPL. Cool Congregations: How Cool is Your Congregation? Click here to take the Interfaith Power and Light Carbon Footprint Quiz! Download the brochure Download the registration form. Download this checklist, fill it out, and bring it with you to the workshop.