Video: Kayley Shoup Thanks State Land Office for New Oil & Gas Rules

Kayley Shoup, organizer for Citizens Caring for the Future (an IPL New Mexico & El Paso affiliate), urges climate justice advocates to reach out to the State Land Office at slo-info@slo.state.nm.us to thank our commissioner, Stephanie Garcia Richard and her staff for taking action to stop oil and gas leasing on state lands within a mile radius of school and daycares

Videos on Environmental Racism in Arizona Urge Reduction in Methane Pollution

The Arizona-based coalition Fuerte created a couple of videos as part of its campaign to fight environmental racism.

Low income and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities in Arizona, such as those in Maryvale, South Phoenix, and South Tucson, have a history of *environmental racism. 

*Environmental racism refers to institutional rules, regulations, policies, or government and/or corporate decisions that disproportionately target low income and BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) communities to environmental burdens and a lack of environmental benefits. Environmental burdens include proximity to toxic facilities, noise and environmental pollution, hazardous waste, and other factors that compromise healthy lifestyles. Environmental benefits include access to green spaces, healthy food, clean air and water, and other factors that promote healthy lifestyles.

The environmental justice movement pushes for environmental, economic, and social justice and demands that a clean environment be treated as a basic human right.

#CutMethanePollution 

Reducing methane pollution from the oil and gas industry is the quickest, most cost-effective way to slow the rate of climate change and protect communities across the country.

 

Video: Earth & Spirit Conversations–Spring

This is our first Seasonal sharing. (We will have a sharing quarterly around at the change of each season}. In the Spring or 2023, we began the evening with Lisa Leahigh, a nurse for students at UNM, who is a Buddhist and studying eco-chaplaincy with Upaya Center in Santa Fe. She offered a short sharing and led us in a meditation. Then Sister Joan Brown, Executive Director of NM & El Paso IPL, offered an overview of our work during the legislative session, National advocacy, educational and Cool Congregation programs.