APRIL 2009 E-NOTES
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NEW MEXICO NEWS

 
 

Earth Day breakfast for pastors, rabbis, faith leaders, Tuesday, April 22, 8-9:30
St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1100 Indian School Rd. NE, ABQ (Just west of University on Indian School).
A short prayer celebrating Earth will be followed by sharing ideas and collaborations for addressing global warming and sustainable faith communities.  RSVP: Cheryl Foote, 268-2549.

  

Earth Day Breakfast
April 22, 8-9:30 am

 

Films
Fighting Goliath, a film documenting people of faith fighting coal fired power plants: Showings in NM

Contact these communities or write info@nm-ipl.org for specific times and locations.

Fuel, will be shown at the Guild Theatre, Albuquerque, May 4-7. Check www.nm-ipl.org for details about helping NMIPL to earn money at a showing and www.thefuelfilm.com to read about the film.

  

Fighting Goliath

Fighting Goliath

 


FuelFuel
 

Earth Day Volunteers needed, Sunday April 26, 10-6
Come table for NMIPL at the annual La Montanita Co-op celebration at the Nob Hill Store, 3500 Central SE, Albuquerque. You can help for 1 hour or more from 8:30-5:00. Contact info@nm-ipl.org to sign up.

 

Earth Day, NOAA
 
Albuquerque 350 Kites for Climate Action, Sunday, May 3, 4 pm
Bring kites, kids, picnic lunch and join the fun and action for creation care…or create your own kite at Mariposa Basin Park. For more information contact Andrew at intern@uuabq.org or info@nm-ipl.org. We want to get 350 kites in the air. Contact us if you want to help organize.		  

350 Kites
 

Town Hall with Representative Martin Heinrich and others, Saturday, May 9, 1-6, Albuquerque. Watch your e-mail and the NMIPL website for details.

  
Town Hall Meeting
May 9
 

Ritual and Loving the Earth Fiercely, Ghost Ranch, June 22-28
This special seminar which is one of a series exploring the relationship between spirituality and Earth Care hosts a number of excellent presenters. Nationally known composer and musician Marty Haugen will team with Susan Beihl as they share their bi-lingual “Santo” communion rite in both Catholic and Protestant versions. Ohkay Oginweh pueblo will host seminar participants for their feast day during a week that holds many highlights. $100 discount for registration before May 15. For details of entire seminar www.ghostranch.org.

 
Seminar at Ghost Ranch
 

World Votes For Decisive Climate Action In Massive Earth Hour Event
Many New Mexicans joined hundreds of millions of people in 3943 communities in 88 countries this year in WWF Earth Hour event. Keep posted for NMIPL involvement in NM for participation in another international event,  350.org October 24.

   Earth Hour
 

"Climate Change in the American Mind: Americans' Climate Change Beliefs, Attitudes, Policy
Preferences, and Actions." A report based on a nationally representative survey of more than 2,000 Americans conducted in October and November found that amidst economic crisis, over 90 percent of people said US should act on Global Warming, including 34 percent who supported a large-scale effort. http://envirocenter.research.yale.edu/uploads/climatechange-report2.pdf

  
Climate Change Report, Yale
 

New and Exciting Resources
Free slide show for Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization can be downloaded as power point presentation at http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB3/presentation.htm

Catholic Coalition on Climate Change launches a Catholic Climate Covenant on April 22. Visit the website to sign onto the St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor. www.catholicclimatecovenant.org.

To celebrate Creation Sunday or Earth Sabbath check out the IPL website. Resources are available, including ways to measure and reduce the carbon footprint of your church at "Cool Congregations". (Click to YouTube link to “take a look at how easy it is to measure and reduce your congregation's footprint.”)

Don’t forget to check out the NMIPL website because resources are being added all the time and take a look at ShopIPL for energy efficient household needs and appliances. www.nm-ipl.org.  Also, we have DVD’s with homily helps for talking about care of creation and climate change.

Creation Care for Pastors (free PDF for Creation Care and climate change for Evangelical leaders) www.creationcareforpastors.com

Books: Love God, Heal Earth, by Sally Bingham of IPL, IPL website
Saving God's Green Earth, http://savinggodsgreenearth.com/
Serve God, Save the Planet, www.servegodsavetheplanet.org
Earth-Wise: A Biblical Response to Environmental Issues
http://www.amazon.com/Earth-Wise-Biblical-Response-Environmental-Christian/dp/1562120573

New government brochure explains climate science
  
Exciting New Resources
 
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NEWS AND RESOURCES		  
 
International Climate Congress Concludes with Dire, yet Hopeful Message

The International Scientific Congress, meeting on the theme Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions, concluded March 12 having drawn more than 2,500 delegates from nearly 80 countries. Preliminary messages from the Congress have been drafted by their Scientific Writing Team, as follows:

Climatic Trends:  Observations confirm that the worst-case Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scenario trajectories are being realized. There is a significant risk that many of the trends will accelerate, leading to an increasing risk of abrupt or irreversible climatic shifts.

Social disruption:  An increasing body of knowledge shows that societies are highly vulnerable to even modest levels of climate change, with poor nations and communities particularly at risk suggesting that expected temperature rises above 2C will be very difficult for contemporary societies to cope with.

Long-Term Strategy:  Rapid, sustained, and effective mitigation based on coordinated global and regional action is required to avoid "dangerous climate change." Delay in initiating such action increases significantly the long-term social and economic costs.

Equity Dimensions: An effective, well-funded adaptation safety net is required for those people least capable of coping with climate change impacts.

Inaction is Inexcusable:  There is no excuse for inaction because many tools and approaches to deal effectively with climate change are already available.

Entire highlights of the Climate Congress can be found at http://climatecongress.ku.dk/newsroom/congress_key_messages/ (Their final conclusions will be published in June 2009)  To stay up-to-date on reports and activities leading up to the crucial United Nations Climate Conference in December this year, visit www.cop15.dk
  

Climate Congress

International Scientific Congress Report on Climate Change