Tennessee Interfaith Power & Light
A Spiritual Response to Climate Change
Join Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light for a Rally for the Valley both virtually and in-person. Learn about how the Tennessee Valley Authority’s massive natural gas buildout and how you can join the fight against it.
Virtual Event is Friday, September 6 at 7:30 PM (EDT) / 6:30 PM (CDT).
Live Webinar https://bit.ly/ValleyHype
Two weeks later, join TIPL in person in Nashville’s Central Park between 1 to 5 PM on Saturday, September 21st for music and speakers on TVA’s proposed actions.
Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light sponsored three showings of the sponsored movie, Common Ground. As always, we appreciate this resource! Common Ground was shown in Nashville, at The Temple to a crowd of about 50. The discussion was animated, particularly about the importance of the Federal Farm Bill, lots of new information for the audience. A group in Chattanooga also viewed it and they want to see it again as they know of others interested in the film. In Knoxville, Common Ground, was shown at Tennessee Valley UUC, to about 25 folks. Great discussion which included a suggested follow up discussion of some of the film’s recommendations with someone from the University of Tennessee Extension Service to learn about which of the film’s recommendations would be applicable to our area. Follow-up is being planned!
The Garden Blessing from IPL was praised and used in both Knoxville and Nashville. We had a wonderful Garden Blessing at Battlefield Farm, Knoxville, an inner city garden developed to make fresh food available to one of the poorest zip codes in the state, on April 27. What an appropriate way to celebrate the work addressing food insecurity.
On April 20, Bell Garden in Bellevue was the site of a blessing. The mission of Bell Garden is to focus on building healthier communities through education, volunteerism, and food distribution.
We didn’t stop there! In addition to individuals and houses of worship using IPL resources, in Clarksville, TIPL sponsored a Climate Vigil.
Nashville has a widely attended Earth Day Celebration in Centennial Park in which TIPL participated. On Sunday April 21, environmental groups including Knoxville Area Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light tabled at Tennessee Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, between and after services.
The Tennessee Valley Authority has announced its plan to retire and replace the Kingston Fossil Plant by 2027.
Environmental groups like Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light contributed to public comment on the issue collected by TVA.
This group and many others are supportive of ending coal-powered energy. However, according to TIPL President Courtney Shea, what it may be replaced with is still a cause for concern. “We’re very happy to see the Kingston Plant retired, but we oppose replacing it with gas fire-powered plants. TVA has moved towards gas fire power plants in the valley, they say they need it as an interim measure but there are other renewable measures they could take to meet our energy demands,” Shea said.
See the full news story below, courtesy of WATE Channel 6 Knoxville.
In solidarity with COP28 – A critical moment in global transformative climate action
Join us for our Candlelight Climate Vigil. We will urge strong climate action at the COP 28 United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held through December 12 in Dubai.
COP28 will be a milestone moment.
Representatives of 197 countries will assemble in Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 30-December 12 for the COP28 conference. They will engage in key negotiations around climate actions intended to keep Earth’s temperature from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
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