New Mexico Interfaith Power and Light
It is already August! This summer has been filled with retreats, workshops, an ongoing campaign to address oil and gas methane waste, meetings and much more. It has also been filled with unprecedented days of heat, rainfall and climate change weather events and suffering of many. Scientists are surprised at how rapidly climate change seems to be happening.
As people rooted in spiritual traditions, our voices, and worldviews are so important as we move into the future. We can be people of prophetic voice, hope, action and sacred wisdom to see us through difficult and challenging times. Words in a chant from the Sufi poet Rumi used in various prayerful ways during the summer ring in my ears.
The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want
Don't go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want
Don't go back to sleep.
The door is round and open where the two worlds meet
Step across the threshold and don't go back to sleep.
Indeed, as scriptures of many traditions speak, we must be awake and yes, the door is open for each of us and for us collectively, for unprecedented action rooted in spiritual practice. We are all essential in this precipice moment. May this newsletter offer ideas, resources and events for your sacred engagement. Invite others to join you.
Joan Brown,osf
Executive Director, NM Interfaith Power and Light
Community Engagement
First Fruits Potluck and Celebration
Sunday, August 7, 6:30 pm
Elena Gallegos Picnic Area, foothills of AB (end of Simms Park Red off Tramway just north of Academy)
Join the Watershed Way group of Albuquerque Mennonite Church for Lughnasadh, the ancient Irish festival of thanksgiving for the first harvest of summer. Potluck at 6:30 (from your own garden or local farmer's markets if possible), short festive worship service at 7:30 as the sun sets.
Contact MJ with any questions.
International Prayer Day for Creation
September 1
Pope Francis asks us to pray for creation.
Watch this short
Season of Creation
video with the Pope's personal invitation for you to pray for creation
Will you
join Pope Francis
?
Is Solar in your Future???
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Rev. Sue Joiner _left_ of First Congregational_ ABQ at solar panel blessing at home of Randy and Joyce.
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Would you like to install PV
in your House of Worship
or maybe your congregants
would like to install solar???
Financing Solar for your House of Worship or School
Several months ago NMIPL co-sponsored a webinar with CA IPL highlighting Collective Sun a new national entity working solely with faith communities and non-profits finance solar that takes advantage of easy community engagement and offers a cost 10% lower than your solar pv installation bid with no upfront money by the Faith Community. Link to the webinar
Another solar note. NMIPL does not endorse any company, there are many good ones out there; however, if you use Affordable Solar and note NM IPL they will give NMIPL a donation.
World Food Day Annual Sustainabillity Meal
Saturday, October 15
St. Thomas of Canterbury,
425 University NE. ABQ
The Action Corps (formerly Oxfam Action Corps) will hold its annual meal connecting sustainability and food sovereignty. The evening event (time TBD), will feature a meal with locally sourced ingredients. Volunteers to help are welcome.
World Food Day Interfaith Prayer
Sunday, October 16, 3-4:30
First Unitarian Church, ABQ
NMIPL is collaborating with Bread for the World and NM Interfaith Hunger Coalition to create a very moving prayer and social with action that links food sovereignty, climate change and refugee concerns and economics. NMIPL would like to organize events throughout New Mexico, contact us if you would like to help in your area
info@nm-ipl.org.
Action Request
NMIPL is part of a collaborative ongoing campaign addressing methane pollution and waste from the oil and gas industry. Will you join us in gathering signatures encouraging the EPA to update guidelines for the industry?
Resources
Free Open Course: Managing for a Changing Climate
The South Central Climate Science Center is launching a free online course, open to the general public, on August 17, 2016. This course will provide an integrative understanding of the components of the climate system including the range of natural climate variability and external drivers of climate change, in addition to impacts of a changing climate on multiple sectors such as the economy, policy, ecosystems, and indigenous populations.
Worldwide Extraction Materials Triples in Foud Decades
Intensifying Climate Change and Air Pollution
Richest countries consume on average 10 times as many materials as world's poorest Planet will need 180 billion tonnes of material every year by 2050 if trends continue
