NMIPL IN THE NEWS

Urging Sen. Ben Ray Lujan to Support Climate Infrastructure Package

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Via Ruth Striegel, chair of the NM-IPL Advocacy Committee

Members of NM Interfaith Power and Light met with Levi Patterson of Senator Ben Ray Luján’s office on August 18, 2021 to discuss the climate infrastructure package currently before Congress. We greatly appreciate Levi sharing his knowledge of the legislation and the reconciliation process! Time is running out for our planet, and we are committed to bold action to transform our climate infrastructure!

A Note from Sister Joan Brown, executive director of NM-IPL:

Dear Levi,
We just wanted to thank you for the meeting today regarding the climate infrastructure package. We appreciated your engaging in dialogue, your well informed responses and openess to our challenging questions and concerns. We do understand climate change legislation that addresses infrastructure must be as strong as possible. While we understand your explanations about what will be in the Clean Energy Payment Program our faith communities are still concerned about nuclear and subsidies for gas, but we do understand the difficulty of getting the bill passed and our IPL’s across the country are working hard. Code red means serious ethical and moral responsibility. Thank you again for your work, and that of the Senator and staff. We will set up a meeting with Lozen to share ideas about water.

Much gratitude and peace,
Sr. Joan

Planting Trees for Our Future and Gardens to Nourish our Community

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Seeds and seedlings are going in the ground this summer and fall. In this video, we feature the Forest of Bliss campaign and its origins at Alvarado Park in November 2019 (with support from the Albuquerque Sikh Gurudwara under the leadership of Manjeet Kaur Tangri).

The campaign has resulted in the planting of several dozen trees around New Mexico over the past several years, including the Rio Grande Community Farm/Garden. Another 30 trees will be planted at that site in September 2021.

The Rio Grande Community Garden/Farm also provides gardening opportunities for non-profits like Tres Hermanas Farm, which serves refugees.

Our video also celebrates community gardens at St. John’s United Methodist Church and St. John XXIII Catholic Community, which provide nourishment for needy families and individuals in Albuquerque.

An Invitation to Green Team Summit 2021

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Join national Interfaith Power & Light and Faith in Place for three-night immersive and interactive virtual journey into healing. These sessions are sure to provide inspiration and encouragement in your environmental work.

We often live in a place of disconnect from our communities, history, land, food, spirit, and bodies. These disconnects are the root causes of the environmental and social crisis we face. Join us for this summit to practice ways we can heal these broken connections during the interactive sessions.

Together, we will walk on a virtual meditative journey through the vividly green wetlands in Shawnee National Forest, tour a farm bringing local produce to their community, gather in a racial healing circle, learn to create a simple recipe from in-season ingredients and so much more. 

Register for free today.

Anyone is invited! There is even an eco-bedtime story for children Tuesday, Sept. 14th at 8pm CT.

Register for free to access all of the Summit’s workshops and you will also receive a free copy of the ebook, Rooted in Healing: A Collection of Quotes, to inspire your healing journey.

Sessions

Sunday
Healing from an Eco-Womanist Perspective (keynote)

Monday
Healing with Land & Water
Healing with Youth

Tuesday
Racial Healing
Healing with Food
Healing Practices

See Detailed Agenda

Carlsbad Current Argus. Sep. 3, 2020 New Mexico finalizes oil and gas wastewater regulations, lawmakers hear testimony (Rev. Nick King Quoted)

Las Cruces Sun-News,  Aug. 19, 2020, Report on solving climate crisis brings hope (Co-authored by Michael Sells, Clara Sims and Edith Yanez)

Santa Fe New Mexican, Aug. 15, 2020 Vote your values this November  (Commentary by Larry Rasmussen and Tabitha Arnold)