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Chattanooga Faith Climate Action Presentation

June 13, 2022 by Ted Jackson

In conjunction with Faith Climate Action Week, Sandy Kurtz of TIPL was one of the keynote speakers during the Thorne-Sparkman School of Religion annual series at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chattanooga.  The theme for 2022 was Faith and the Environment.  She entitled her presentation Climate Change and a Just Transition.

Thorne-Sparkman School of Religion Series speaker
From left to right: Rev. Brad Whitaker, Rector; Sandy Kurtz, TIPL; Rev. Maribeth Manoff, Curate; Rev. C. Murdock Jones, Associate Rector

Use this link to see her presentation along with two others presentations.

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Project KICKSTAND Bike Event

May 7, 2022 by Ted Jackson

TIPL ASSISTS WITH CHILDREN’S BIKE EVENT AS A PART OF FAITH CLIMATE ACTION WEEK

Project Kickstand Event
Bike safety lecture

On Saturday April 30, 2022, more than 30 children from Sam E. Hill Primary School in Knoxville learned about bike safety. Each child then had the opportunity to pick out an appropriately sized bike and helmet.  Organized by Kickstand, volunteers gave riding lessons, safety lessons, fitted helmets and fitted bikes to students selected from each class.  Principal Wendy Laman introduced the families to the volunteers and organized the very excited children.

Volunteers from CMC Steel Tennessee provided drinks, pizza, and other goodies for participants.  Safety City volunteers brought helmets and provided safety instruction while Centro Hispano helped out with translations.  Other organizations, including Two Bikes, Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light and Thrive Ministries, provided bikes, smiling volunteers and support.

It was hard to say whether the volunteers or the kids had more fun.

Helmets are an important part of bike ownership.  Safety City and Kickstand made sure that there were helmets for each child receiving a bike.
Pizza, drinks and wonderful volunteers from CMC!
It was so helpful to have translation available from Centro Hispano!

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Knoxville Area Chapter joined Nationwide Climate Prayer Day

April 25, 2022 by Ted Jackson

Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light, Knoxville Area Chapter, joined in the Nationwide Climate Prayer, on Friday, April 22, 2022 at noon, in Downtown Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville Climate Vigil

Prayers by both faith leaders and lay persons included

  • Rev. Charles Fels (retired)
  • Pastor Chris Battle (Battlefield Farm)
  • Pastor Charley Dever (Hope Church and Ministries)
  • Sue Stephens (St. John XXIIIrd Catholic Center)
  • Denise Clark (All Saints Catholic Church Creation Care)
  • Angela Ogle (Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd)

The weather and companionship were inspiring!  We have a new email address, knoxareaipl@gmail.com.

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Faith Climate Action Week

March 26, 2022 by Ted Jackson

Faith Climate Action WeekJoin Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light in Faith Climate Action Week – April 22 to May 1.

Faith Climate Action Week is ten days in April during Earth Month when IPL congregations focus on how we can all take action to protect our climate. The 2022 theme is

Sacred Trust: Our Children’s Right to a Livable Future.

We will examine our responsibility to safeguard our Earth for future generations, and how our faiths call us to respond with bold and just solutions to climate change.

Our children and grandchildren will bear the brunt of climate change, and their voices have an outsized impact in the halls of power when they speak about how climate change affects their future. TIPL invites you to lean into this sobering and hopeful paradox and work alongside the youth in your congregation or community to speak up for their rights to a stable climate. Make it a focus of your Earth Day worship services and be part of the solution with suggested actions.

There are suggestions and resources for how to get engaged in supporting local climate justice action, and a call for art created by youth and children that envisions a positive future for our Earth through the #ImagineIPL campaign. Additionally, you will find faith-based discussion materials, suggested short films, and a Youth and Children Blessing ceremony.

Faith Climate Action Week EventsClimate Action Week

  • Nationwide Climate Prayer  April 22, noon – 12:30 pm ET
    Charles Krutch Park Gay Street Lawn | 315 Clinch Ave Knoxville, TN 37902
    For more info: courtshea@aol.com
  • Climate Change and Children’s Health Webinar April 26, 1:00 – 2:00 pm CT
    The two speakers will be Carol Ziegler, a Professor at Vanderbilt School of Nursing, and Vanessa Lynch, a field organizer for Moms Clean Air Force in western Pennsylvania. Carol is passionate about addressing climate change professionally, as a committed advocate for environmental justice, and as a mother.  She will share about some of the many health impacts of climate change on children.  Vanessa also cares deeply about the danger of climate change and has fought fracking in her community emphasizing its harm to children, including her own.  The focus of her presentation will be on advocacy opportunities. Vanessa shares that “Moms Clean Air Force is a community of over one million moms and dads united against air pollution — including the urgent crisis of our changing climate — to equitably protect our children’s health.”
  • Watch these presentations on Climate Change and Children’s Health (passcode: 1+L!LGMr)
    For more info: NashvilleCreationCare@gmail.com
  • Kickstand Bicycling Celebration April 30, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm ET
    Sam E. Hill Primary School | 1725 Delaware Ave Knoxville, TN 37921
    For more info: kickstandknoxville@gmail.com
  • Interfaith Earth Care Celebration April 30, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm CT
    Downtown Commons | 215 Legion St Clarksville, TN 37040
    For more info: NashvilleCreationCare@gmail.com
  • Interfaith Earth Care Celebration May 1, 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm CT
    St. Henry Catholic Church | 6401 Harding Pike Nashville, TN 37206

 

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Conservation Education Day at the Legislature

March 3, 2022 by Ted Jackson

Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light participated in Conservation Education Day at the Tennessee State Legislature. Several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Tennessee Environmental Counsel, met with our state senators and representatives to talk about environmental issues affected by current legislation.

Rep. Bob Freeman

Here members from TIPL, Sierra Club, and Tennessee Environmental Counsel meet with Representative Bob Freeman.

 

 

 

 

 

Rep. Mike SparksTIPL member Marge Davis meets with Representative Mike Sparks during Conservation Education Day at the Tennessee Legislature.

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TIPL

P.O. Box 26313
Knoxville, TN 37912
tninterfaithpl@gmail.com

 

Mission Statement

 

The mission of the Tennessee Interfaith Power & Light is to spiritually respond to the challenges of the climate crisis through upholding the sacredness of all life, protecting vulnerable communities, and caring for the Earth. We demonstrate our spiritual values by reducing our carbon footprint within our daily lives, releasing the spiritual power of our faith communities, and advocating for transformative climate protection and justice policies.

Tennessee IPL

P.O. Box 26313
Knoxville, TN 37912
tninterfaithpl@gmail.com

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