Tennessee Interfaith Power & Light
A Spiritual Response to Climate Change
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.
Use this link to see her presentation along with two others presentations.
TIPL ASSISTS WITH CHILDREN’S BIKE EVENT AS A PART OF FAITH CLIMATE ACTION WEEK
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.
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. 
Prayers by both faith leaders and lay persons included
The weather and companionship were inspiring! We have a new email address, knoxareaipl@gmail.com.
Join 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.
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.
Here members from TIPL, Sierra Club, and Tennessee Environmental Counsel meet with Representative Bob Freeman.
TIPL member Marge Davis meets with Representative Mike Sparks during Conservation Education Day at the Tennessee Legislature.
