Webinar: Tackling Toxicity in the NM Permian

​Oil production is expanding faster in New Mexico than anywhere else in the U.S., and the NM Permian Basin is at the heart of that toxic growth. ​At this webinar, we’ll be joined by individuals and groups from New Mexico who are pushing back to protect their communities from the harmful effects of the rapid […]

Webinar on Common Ground (Featured Film for IPL’s Faith Action Week)

Gabe Brown, Regenerative Farmer and Advocate from the award-winning film Common Ground will join IPL on April 24 at 12 noon Eastern/9 am Pacific for a conversation about the film. IPL’s President, Rev. Susan Hendershot, will join us in the conversation. Click here to RSVP for the webinar This year's Faith Climate Action Week focus […]

Monthly Earth & Spirit Sharing

IPL continues its monthly Earth and Spirit sharing for support and deepening as we work to love and care for community and our Earth. Sacred grounding and sharing are so important for the long-haul as we endeavor to bring joy and love into our work. Lisa Leahigh, a Buddhist practitioner who is in a chaplaincy […]

National Community Solar Partnership 2023 Annual Update Webinar

The National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) is excited to present its second NCSP Annual Update on the program’s efforts in 2023. This annual update effort is used to share information on the initiatives and activities of the NCSP and how these efforts are driving progress towards meeting the U.S. Department of Energy’s target to enable […]

Methane Matters Webinar

Virtual Webinar: Methane Matters: Strategic Communications For Climate Action Sponsored by Yale Center for Environmental Communication, the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication, and the Yale School of the Environment. Register Speakers: Joshua Low, Partnerships Director at the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication (Moderator) Sonal, former Director of Policy at WE ACT for Environmental Justice Sarah Lazarovic, […]

Webinar on Climate Conversations: Environmental Justice

Environmental justice and a just transition are top of mind for many of the efforts focused on combating the climate crisis and creating a more equitable world. Yet “environmental justice” is a concept with different meanings for different people. Join the National Academies and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences on Friday, April 26 from […]

Tree New Mexico ABQ Tuscany neighborhood tree planting

This tree planting is organized by Tree New Mexico (TNM) in the ABQ Tuscany neighborhood (west side) on April 27, 2024. Volunteers plant trees with trained Team Leaders. TNM provides instructions, tools, maps to the tree planting location, and basic tree planting guidance. At each location, the hole will be pre-dug, the tree to be […]

Screening of Documentary ‘Common Ground’ (First Congregational UCC)

As a part of Interfaith Power and Light's national Faith Climate Action offerings this year, First Congregational's Green Justice Team is hosting a viewing of the new film "Common Ground" from the makers of "Kiss the Ground." All are welcome to join us for a viewing followed by conversation. This an in-person event and for considerations of space, please RSVP to […]

Virtual Book Study: So we and Our Children May Live (First Session)

First Congregational Church in Albuquerque is hosting a virtual book study of So We and Our Children May Live: Following Jesus in Confronting the Climate Crisis. The authors are Sarah Augustine and (Rev.) Sheri Hostetler   Here is a link The first of three sessions will be held on Wednesday, May 1, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Contact John Maddaus, […]

IPL National Conference in Washington, DC

The conference will be held May 6-8, 2024, in Washington, DC, at the Kellogg Conference Hotel at Gallaudet University. Many people will choose to arrive on Sunday, May 5th, and we will have an informal dinner and fun activity that night. The conference officially begins Monday morning May 6th. Our day on Capitol Hill will take place […]

Permian Immersion Retreat

IPL and Citizens Caring for the Future will have an Immersion Retreat Experience in the Permian May 9-11, 2024.  Please let me  know if you or others you know might be interested in attending.  Please let me know if you have questions. For more information contact Joan Brown, osf, joan@nm-ipl.org

Produced Water Rule hearing (Water Quality Control Commission)

  Hearing details Date: The hybrid hearing starts Monday, May 13th and may continue through Friday, May 17th.Location: Room 317 of New Mexico’s State Capitol Building in Santa Fe and virtually via WebEx. How to submit public comment ● The public may provide oral comments at the hearing. Comments may be given in person oronline during the hearing on May 13 […]