Video: Fossil Free Retirement Advocacy Info Session

American workers collectively invest trillions of dollars in their retirement funds, often through employer-sponsored 401(k) and 403(b) plans. These retirement plans, in turn, often invest heavily in fossil fuels. As people of faith and conscience, we are tasked with building a more just world – one that is in line with our moral values of protecting our most vulnerable siblings and being faithful stewards of the Earth. This leaves workers to choose between compromising their values (by investing in and profiting from harmful fossil fuel development) and compromising the security of their retirement. People of faith shouldn’t have to make that choice. Instead, faithful workers should have the right to opt into retirement funds whose investments do not violate their fundamental moral responsibilities.

Interfaith Power & Light has partnered with ClientEarth, an environmental legal advocacy organization, to work together on a unique opportunity that people of faith have to help shift financial institutions away from investing in fossil fuel projects. Fill out this questionnaire to let us know you’re interested in helping – https://forms.gle/iqwHW5hFWiUECHEN7 Learn more about this faithful advocacy opportunity here – https://interfaithpowerandlight.org/b…

Rev. Clara Sims featured in IPL Video: Mining, Faith and the Future of Green Technology

Amidst our collective energy transition away from fossil fuels, demand for transitional minerals is rapidly increasing. Given widespread practices of mining, especially on Indigenous lands, how are people of faith and conscience called to respond? This webinar, co-sponsored by the Western State Affiliates of Interfaith Power and Light and national IPL, included Clara Sims, assistant executive director for IPL New Mexico and El Paso. Participants learned about the landscape of mining in the United States, as we hear from panelists who hold a range of expertise on issues of extractivism.

A Celebration of Water & the Rio Grande

IPL New Mexico-El Paso hosted Rio Unidos: Rio Grande Project celebration at Tingley Beach Overlook on Saturday, August 24.  This was a great morning of reflections, blessings and meditations. Thank you to board member Rev. Ryan Tate and spiritual leader D’Santi Nava for leading us in movement and prayer