A Note of Thanks to Sen. Heinrich for Supporting Methane Initiative

“The U.S. Senate has taken a step toward more vigorously regulating climate-warming methane leaks from the oil and gas industry, a move supporters say is key to achieving President Biden’s ambitious climate goals,” Read article,  “Senate Votes To Restore Regulations On Climate-Warming Methane Emissions” (National Public Radio)

People of faith in New Mexico have been working to address methane pollution in the oil and gas fields for a number of years. We are grateful for the leadership of Senator Heinrich to help pass a rule today in the Senate that will help care for community health and future generations who face climate change to which methane pollution is a major short time contributor. Together we can address health in frontline community injustices of pollution and Care for Our Common Home.” Joan Brown,osf, Executive Director, NM Interfaith Power and Light
 

Taos Organization Offers Two Opportunities for Transformation

Looking for some good news these days?  Want to be part of local Spirit-led social change right here along the Rio Grande? Look no further!  Here are two offerings to launch you into Spring and sustain you all summer!

Brought to you by TiLT [Taos Initiative for Life Together]

OFFERING ONE

Register here

This two-part experience is designed to be “information leading to transformation,” meaning response and action will be expected. Facilitators will provide rich resources so that participants can dive deeper and be ready to respond the next week to the question: How might this information inspire me to make changes in my life and community?

SESSION ONE, 5-7pm Thursday May 6 on Zoom: Todd Wynward and Daniel ‘Ryno’ Herrera of TiLT will offer a multi-media presentation full of inspirational ideas for innovative action.

Learn from their experience how a deep commitment to spirit-led place-based living can give us a place to stand, transform our tastebuds, launch creative community economics, build trust across divisions, teach us to treat our region as rabbi, and give us spiritual and social tools to weather tough times.

SESSION TWO, 5-7pm Thursday May 13 on Zoom: is for Participant Response. Selected practitioners will speak in the first half, respond to last week’s content and share inspiring ways that they already live as people of place. Then in the second half, other participants will share their responses to the material, offer possible actions, and identify next steps.

OFFERING TWO

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Five original podcasts. Five Live Zoom Forums.

A TEN WEEK SUMMER SERIES:

Join us on

THE PATH TO RESTORATION

A formative journey together toward a new normal

Practical ways to restore right relationships with Spirit, ourselves, others, and the Earth

Join us for a ten-week journey

Mondays, May 31 – August 2

On The Path to Restoration podcast, long-distance trail runner Zach Martinez interviews Todd Wynward and Daniel “Ryno” Herrera about five ways we all can live into a new normal:

Podcast 1: Walk the Watershed Way

Podcast 2: Grow a Robust Local Food Web

Podcast 3: Hyperadobe Home Building: Make Housing Great Again

Podcast 4: Repurposing Plastic: Turn Waste Into Walls

Podcast 5: After Devastation, Regeneration

Every other Monday evening, the trio will host a live Zoom Forum, encouraging responses by participants to the themes introduced the previous week’s podcast.

When we’re done…only the Spirit knows where our journey will go from there!

Congregation Albert to Host Tree-Planting Workshop

Better Success with Tree Planting: A Congregation Albert Green Team Class

in Celebration of Earth Day Month

You are invited to join renowned Albuquerque arborists Eric Bishop and Joran Viers for a short class (on Zoom) on how to plant trees to thrive in Albuquerque. The event will be held on Thursday, April 29, at 4:30 p.m.

Email Paula Donahue at stevedonahue@q.com to receive Zoom link

Eric Bishop: Current Senior Partner of Root to Shoot Urban Forestry, CEO ISA Certified Arborist RM-0885A and former owner of Eric’s Tree Care

Joran Viers: Current Senior Partner of Root to Shoot Urban Forestry, CFO ISA Board Certified Master Arborist RM-7080BM Certified Arborist, Municipal Specialist Tree Risk Assessment Qualified Member, American Society of Consulting Arborists NMDA Licensed Commercial Pesticide Applicator and former City of Albuquerque City Forester