Tennessee Interfaith Power & Light
A Spiritual Response to Climate Change
All are welcome to attend a Climate Vigil sponsored by the Knoxville Area Chapter of Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light.
Join us Sunday September 25 at 3:30 PM at Eastside Sunday Market, Dr. Walter Hardy Park, 2020 Martin Luther King Ave. It is the last Sunday Market of the year and promises to be wonderful!
For more information contact Courtney Shea, 865-387-7466.
Cool Congregations and Climate Resilience:
Preparing Faith Communities for Climate Change
Through Energy Efficiency and Resilience Measures
Hot summers threaten the health of the elderly and other vulnerable populations. They also lead to increased energy bills for our congregations. This is just one example of how a changing climate impacts us. We need to respond by both reducing our carbon impact and by becoming more resilient as communities.
Tennessee Interfaith Power and Light and Brugmansia Ministries are working together to help faith communities prepare for the impacts of climate change through energy efficiency and climate resilience measures, using the Cool Congregations Program from Interfaith Power and Light. Join us to learn about climate impacts to Tennessee, some concrete actions your faith community can take to be better prepared for climate change, and how your faith community can participate in the Cool Congregations program!
We are hosting three identical Cool Congregation Workshops:
Please considering joining us. Register by using one of the links above.
Join the Interfaith Power & Light for our Summer Solstice Webinar on June 21 to hear how the latest national Solar Certified Cool Congregations reduced their carbon footprint, and get inspired to cut the carbon at your house of worship.
What better way to celebrate the summer solstice than to be inspired by congregations that are using the energy of the sun to do their part in healing our Sacred Earth.
The webinar will be on June 21 at 1pm Pacific/4pm Eastern.
Mark your calendars, and register here.
A full range of congregations will present their experiences:
There will be an overview on various methods congregations use to finance solar based on IPL’s free Solar Financing Guide.
Register here for the Summer Solstice Webinar.
Invite your congregation’s building committee, governing board, or green team to join the webinar to get inspired to take action to heal the climate at your house of worship.
These national Certified Cool Congregations are building the movement of people of faith and conscience showing the world that we can take concrete and achievable steps to safeguard the climate for future generations.
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.
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