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Climate Justice Resource Page
This web page from the West Ohio Conference of the United Methodist Church contains information about climate change, as well as a variety of related resources. These include how people can advocate for the issue, reflect on their actions, connect with related organizations, and find a number of other resources.
What All Of Us Can Learn From Witches
“When one conjures up images of witches, pointy hats, witch trials, cackling and cauldrons come to mind. Throughout history, witches have been viewed with more than a touch of hostility, linked to mysterious deaths, powers that defy the laws of nature and often an allegiance to Lucifer. In fact, so called witches have a far more interesting and important part in human history. Very little of it is evil and most of it is organically environmental.”
Environmental Justice with Indigenous Peoples
This website contains a collection of resources and statements from Creation Justice Ministries and other Christian organizations exploring eco-justice as it relates to indigenous groups, as well as information regarding the relationship between Christian organizations and their history with indigenous groups. "Each year, Creation Justice Ministries offers Christian education materials to equip faith communities to reflect on various issues. The resource is written to be useful year-round. Some dates to consider include: Earth Day Sunday on April 23, World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation on September 1, or October 8, the Sunday before Columbus Day / Indigenous Peoples' Day."
Small Changes, Big Impact: A Non-Expert's Guide to Living More Sustainably
"I always assumed that caring for the environment meant making big, sacrificial changes in your life. And indeed - it can mean that, and perhaps should, if we hope to make lasting changes that will save our planet. However, big changes are usually overwhelming to even think about, much less make, which is where I’ve always gotten stuck. Lately though, I’ve learned that sustainability is also about making small changes that benefit the environment, the community, and the economy - so I’ve made a list of some (fairly easy) ways you can test the waters of living a more sustainable life."
West Virginia Interfaith Power and Light
"The mission of WVIPL is to be faithful stewards of Creation by responding to climate change through the promotion of renewable and efficient energy and just environmental practices. Our intention is to protect the earth’s ecosystems, safeguard the health of all Creation, and ensure sufficient, sustainable energy and a clean environment for all. As a Central Appalachian state which is strongly tied to the fossil fuel and chemical industries, we know that our work is both a great challenge and greatly needed. We seek to build a coalition of faith-based voices throughout our state that will actively engage in the work of preserving the clean air, water and general environment on which we all depend."
Washington State Interfaith Power and Light
"For 30 years, Earth Ministry/WAIPL has been a national leader in engaging the faith community in environmental stewardship and advocacy. Vision: Earth Ministry/WAIPL envisions a just and sustainable future in which people of all spiritual traditions fully embrace their faith’s call to environmental stewardship. Mission: Earth Ministry/WAIPL transforms faith into action for the well-being of communities and the environment. We organize people of faith to advocate for strong environmental policies and provide strategic guidance to religious communities working toward environmental justice."
Virginia Interfaith Power and Light
"Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (VAIPL) is the state affiliate of a national organization, Interfaith Power & Light, which is dedicated to bringing together all faith communities to mobilize a religious response to climate change through energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy. VAIPL was originally founded in 2004, and was relaunched in 2015 by a group of dedicated board leaders. VAIPL is a community responding to climate change by gathering, sharing, and advocating ecological wisdom through interfaith collaboration on behalf of current and future generations. VAIPL strives to empower all faith communities across the Commonwealth of Virginia to achieve sustainable living. VAIPL has over 4,000 active supporters across the state of Virginia and has engaged with more than 200 faith communities and congregations. Our work focuses on providing faith communities with the resources and tools that they need to act on climate and encouraging faith communities to speak out on the issue of climate change by advocating for climate justice."
Vermont Interfaith Power and Light
"Vermont Interfaith Power and Light (VTIPL) is a faith-based organization formed by about a dozen people from different faith communities who wanted to take action to address the climate crisis. They began meeting late in 2002 to begin laying the necessary groundwork for an Interfaith Power and Light organization in Vermont. The Environmental Ministry Team of the Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, with the support of Bishop Thomas Ely, provided the impetus to get this started."
Texas Interfaith Power and Light
"As members of religious communities in Texas cities, Texans of faith have the opportunity to get involved and inspire this local response. Texas Interfaith Power & Light acts locally through regional teams. The teams consist of Texans of faith who are involved in their places of worship and local community. Some regional teams are groups of people who are connected by email and Facebook. Other regional teams are part of an organized interfaith environmental network. All of the teams connect people whose religion teaches them to act and advocate for God’s Creation."
Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light
"Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light (TIPL) responds to climate change through upholding the sacredness of all life, protection of vulnerable communities, and caring for the Earth. We demonstrate our spiritual values by reducing our carbon emissions within our daily lives, releasing the spiritual power of our faith communities, and by advocating for effective climate protection policies."
South Carolina Interfaith Power and Light
"South Carolina Interfaith Power and Light (SCIPL) was founded in 2011 as an affiliate of the National Interfaith Power and Light organization to serve faith communities through environmental action, awareness, and resources. It originally operated under Wofford College’s Center for Global & Community Engagement and was adopted by Sustaining Way in 2017. SCIPL is the only statewide faith-based organization focusing on environmental issues. As such, it is uniquely situated to work with South Carolina’s faith community to increase environmental awareness and promote sustainable action. Today, SCIPL is a growing network of diverse faith communities committed to environmental stewardship."
Rhode Island Interfaith Power and Light
Rhode Island Interfaith Power and Light is the Rhode Island chapter of the National Interfaith Power and Light organization. They host events and programming in RI related to the IPL's missions of environmental responses across religions.
Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light
"Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light is aligned in its mission with IPL National to cultivate a religious response to the threat of climate change. We see climate change as a moral issue, one that demands a response from people of faith. We work to protect the earth’s ecosystems, safeguard the health of all Creation, and ensure sufficient, sustainable energy for all. We have a track record of tangible results: shrinking congregations’ carbon footprints and educating people of faith about the important role they have to play in this challenging issue."
Oregon Interfaith Power and Light
"A project of EMO, OIPL engages the faith community to strive for accountability in our individual and collective energy decisions in an interdependent world. Our vision is a rich, abundant life for all creation rooted in renewable resources for a society moving into a post-fossil fuel era. The principles guiding our vision include justice, equality, compassion and respect for the sacredness of Earth. Oregon Interfaith Power & Light realizes its vision through grassroots advocacy for climate change solutions, policies and initiatives, and by providing opportunities for theological and spiritual reflection".
North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light
"NCIPL core programs promote a variety of solutions to mitigate future climate change, including energy efficiency and conservation, increased renewable energy use, and collective low-carbon lifestyle changes. NCIPL programs encourage congregations, clergy, and judicatories to be aware and able to articulate the moral dimensions of climate change and environmental justice issues from a faith perspective. NCIPL is the only North Carolina based statewide organization that works on addressing the ecological and justice issues of climate change as a faith-based initiative."
New York Interfaith Power and Light
"We represent over 110 communities of faith and thousands of individuals to be the moral response to climate change in New York State. We are part of a consortium of forty other state-based IPL’s loosely organized under a national organization, Interfaith Power & Light. Â Beyond our primary concerns within New York State, we collaborate with other IPL’s on regional and national issues. Our membership includes clergy, lay leaders, lay members and experts in the energy sector. Â From Long Island to Buffalo, NYIPL works with houses of worship, interfaith organizations, judicatory bodies, and other environmental organizations to reduce our carbon footprints and advance climate friendly legislation."
New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light
"New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light works for climate justice by mobilizing faith communities, faith leaders and people of faith to reduce the causes and consequences of global climate change through religious inspiration, education, outreach, implementation of sustainable practices and advocating effective climate protection policies. Our core belief is that the active care of the natural world is integral to spiritual life and social justice."
New Hampshire Interfaith Power and Light
"Interfaith Power and Light is mobilizing a religious response to global warming. Our mission is to inspire and mobilize people of faith and conscience to take bold and just action on climate change. This campaign intends to protect the earth’s ecosystems, safeguard the health of all Creation, and ensure sufficient, sustainable energy for all. Since the year 2000, IPL has helped thousands of congregations address global warming by being better stewards of energy. We have a track record of tangible results: shrinking carbon footprints and educating millions of people of faith about the important role they have to play in this challenging issue."
Nebraska Interfaith Power and Light
"Climate change is an ever-increasing threat in Nebraska and around the world. As the impacts of a warming climate become better understood, the need to act becomes more urgent. Unfortunately, many Nebraskans remain uninformed about climate change and its implications for Nebraska's water supply, agricultural production, economy and public health. There is a great need to communicate, educate, and inspire Nebraskans to take action to address the impacts of climate change on people and the environment. Faith communities represent vibrant sectors of life in Nebraska. Nearly 90% of Nebraska residents identify as Christian and there are also strong Jewish, Unitarian, Buddhist, and Muslim communities in the state. The faith leaders who are committed to the mission of Nebraska Interfaith Power & Light believe that climate change is the most pressing moral issue of our time. Faith communities have unique traditions and messages to respond to the impacts of climate change on human civilization, and messages from faith communities can be a powerful voice in our state. Many faith traditions remind us that creation is a gift from God and that we have been entrusted with its care and keeping. Faith traditions also remind us of the need to care for the vulnerable among us and to work for a better future for our children and succeeding generations. Nebraska Interfaith Power & Light brings the resources of faith and spirituality to the table in response to the moral challenges presented by the climate crisis."
Montana Interfaith Power and Light
"As we increasingly see climate impacts across the globe and right here in our Montana communities — from more frequent droughts, to more extreme weather, to more severe wildfires — we hear creation crying out and our most vulnerable communities suffering. Montana Interfaith Power & Light (IPL) can provide the framework to inspire, organize, and mobilize, as people of faith and conscience, to take effective action on the climate crisis with solutions specific to Montana’s needs that build a future for us all. We provide a supportive community learning environment for participants to discuss climate change and our moral obligations to families, neighbors, future generations, and vulnerable populations, and — fundamentally — to our planet. We emphasize learning and working to benefit all of our communities across Montana."
Missouri Interfaith Power and Light
"Missouri IPL seeks to illuminate global warming as a social justice concern; the poorest among us will be the ones most affected by the climate-induced heat waves, floods, famines, and droughts. In promoting Missouri’s interfaith community, we recognize that every major faith tradition relates an ethical and moral framework for stewardship of the environment and acceptance of our responsibility to care for the earth. We can all share in the protection of the planet for our children and future generations."
Minnesota Interfaith Power and Light
"Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light works in partnership with faith and spiritual communities to build transformative power and bring the lights of people’s unique gifts to addressing the climate crisis. We grow the climate movement in Minnesota by empowering individuals and communities across the state to take action that is authentic, effective, and energizing in their context. Join us in building a powerful social movement for climate and environmental justice."
Michigan Interfaith Power and Light
"Michigan Interfaith Power & Light’s mission is to inspire and equip people of faith to exercise stewardship of and love for all Creation. We offer practical ways to put faith into action by promoting energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other sustainable practices that lead to a cleaner, healthier, and more just world... ...[Human] beings, made in the image of their Creator, are uniquely entrusted with the care of the Earth. We accept the findings of the vast consensus of the scientific community that much of the degradation and recent warming (fever) of the Earth is human-caused. Therefore we encourage all people of faith to vigorously reclaim this sacred trust so that the health of the Earth might be restored. We are people of hope, convinced that the Creator has built regeneration into Creation. Therefore we engage in our mission, trusting not in human effort alone, but as partners with our Creator in providing environments in which the natural processes of renewal can both cleanse and reinvigorate the Earth toward its intended beauty and bounty."
Massachusetts Interfaith Power and Light
"Welcome to Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light! We face a cascade of crises, from climate emergency to systemic racism to pandemic. MassIPL is working to lift up the voices of people of faith to address these interlocking challenges. Our task is both daunting and exciting: to inspire and mobilize people of faith to do our part in bringing about what Joanna Macy calls The Great Turning—the global shift from a destructive, inequitable, extractive economy to a culture of conservation, fairness, and reverence. For decades, MassIPL has helped Massachusetts people of faith fulfill our responsibility to be caring stewards of our houses of worship, our homes, and the earth. As public advocates, we have called our political leaders to meaningful action for climate justice. We must also tell our stories—stories of suffering, of compassion, of ingenuity, of courage—to touch hearts and incite action. We must spread our message of conservation and renewable energy to more and more congregations throughout the Commonwealth. We must organize people of faith as unstoppable activists for public policies that advance environmental, social, and racial justice. People of faith are the sleeping giant of the climate justice movement. With your support, we can wake the giant. Blessings, Rev. Fred Small Policy Director Massachusetts Interfaith Power & Light"
Maryland (DC, MD, and No. VA) Interfaith Power and Light
"Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA) is a grassroots organization working directly with religious communities of all faiths as we respond to the climate crisis... ...Congregations of all faiths in DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia living out the fullness of our faiths by responding to climate change. As a result, the larger climate movement is elevated by moral framing, grounded in ritual and tradition, broadened by who is at the table, and given hope that a better world is possible."