From ehoffner at orionsociety.org Wed Dec 2 20:42:44 2009 From: ehoffner at orionsociety.org (Erik Hoffner, Orion Grassroots Network) Date: Wed Dec 2 20:42:39 2009 Subject: [Creation Care] Fwd: GreenFaith's November 2009 enewsletter References: <1839672314.686451259114293930.JavaMail.support@z2systems.com> Message-ID: <200C14D1-20D8-405B-AD92-AE9AEC2254C9@orionsociety.org> > > Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. > ? > GreenFaith's Fletcher Harper Accepts Award from UN Secretary > General, Prince Philip > At a remarkable ceremony at Windsor Castle in England, the Rev. > Fletcher Harper, GreenFaith's Executive Director, joined 30 other > religious leaders from around the world to accept awards from UN > Secretary General Ban Ki Moon and Prince Philip. Read more about > Windsor Castle>> > > back to top > > We Want You - to Help Distribute Free CFLs > During November and December, GreenFaith will be distributing > thousands of Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs - CFLs - at a variety > of events in urban settings around New Jersey. We need volunteers > to help us staff these events on weekends and several weekdays. > Learn more about helping with the CFL distribution>> > > back to top > > GreenFaith National Webcast On-Demand till Dec. 12 > > Earlier this month, GreenFaith held a national webcast entitled > Green Jobs, Climate Justice. Evangelical and Jewish leaders joined > representatives of the Union of Concerned Scientists, the Blue- > Green Alliance, and the environmental justice community for a > fascinating, provocative discussion. The webcast is available on- > demand through Dec. 12.? Read more about National Webcast>> > > back to top > > Thanksgiving Release of Restoring Eden - GreenFaith's Sustainable > Food Guide for Religious Groups > Thanksgiving is all about food - but today's US food choices make a > big, negative impact on the environment. There's a better way - > GreenFaith'sRestoring Eden will help turn your congregation into a > sustainable food leader.? Read about Restoring Eden and order your > copy - at no cost.? And learn about a chance for a discount on a > screening of FRESH - the exciting documentary about the sustainable > food revolution that's sweeping the country. Read more and order > Restoring Eden>> > > back to top > > GreenFaith Awards Celebration Featured on Muslim Television > GreenFaith's Annual Awards Celebration was featured on Ebru TV - a > leading US Turkish Muslim television station.? To view the clip, > click here>> > > back to top > > In This Issue: > > Fletcher Harper Accepts Award from UN Secretary General > > Help Distribute Free CFLs > > Green Jobs, Climate Justice National Webcast Nov. 12 > > Thanksgiving Release of Restoring Eden > > GreenFaith Awards Celebration Featured on Muslim Television > > GreenFaith Fellow Doug Demeo on Green Investing > > Religious-Environmental News > > GreenFaith Fellow Doug Demeo on Green Investing > > GreenFaith Fellow Doug Demeo's articlePrudential Investment was the > cover story for the October 26 issue of America - a leading > Catholic magazine in the US. ReadPrudential Investment>> > > ? > > > ? > GreenFaith www.greenfaith.org > 46 Bayard St., Suite 401, New Brunswick, NJ 08901-2155 > (732) 565-7740 Fax (732) 565-7790 info@greenfaith.org > > This email was sent to ehoffner@orionsociety.org. If you're having > trouble viewing this email, you maysee it online. To opt out, > please click here. > Forward email. ?. > Email Marketing By ?? -- Erik Hoffner Orion Grassroots Network 888-909-6568 http://www.oriongrassroots.org The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change. -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From ehoffner at orionsociety.org Fri Dec 4 14:47:27 2009 From: ehoffner at orionsociety.org (Erik Hoffner, Orion Grassroots Network) Date: Fri Dec 4 14:47:36 2009 Subject: [Creation Care] The Making of a Religious Naturalist Message-ID: In case you missed Raymo's new book, Orion magazine reviewed it earlier this year: When God Is Gone, Everything Is Holy The Making of a Religious Naturalist by Chet Raymo reviewed by Pavel Cenkl http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/review/4410 Great weekend, Erik -- Erik Hoffner Orion Grassroots Network 888-909-6568 http://www.oriongrassroots.org The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.orionsociety.org/pipermail/faith/attachments/20091204/9a2d1722/attachment.html From grassroots at orionsociety.org Wed Dec 9 12:22:28 2009 From: grassroots at orionsociety.org (Orion Grassroots) Date: Wed Dec 9 12:22:40 2009 Subject: [Creation Care] Festival of Faiths: Thanks and Looking Forward In-Reply-To: <1102873503365.1102230243804.450.7.16113095@scheduler> References: <1102873503365.1102230243804.450.7.16113095@scheduler> Message-ID: <92ebd7fe0912090922r578aad85pe74360354b4382ea@mail.gmail.com> An update on how that event went, below... Reminder: anyone receiving these messages can send them to the whole group, too, simply by addressing a message to faith@lists.orionsociety.org Erik Orion Grassroots Network [image: Offers a flower] [image: FOF 09] [image: GM] Dear Festival Friend, Thank you for participating in the Festival of Faiths this year. Our celebration of sacred water really struck a chord with the community. More volunteers from more communities of faith and other organizations were involved in the planning and execution of the Festival than ever before, and to those volunteers goes an extra thanks. As a result, over 5000 people like you came to hear exciting, enriching and engaging speakers or to participate in fulfilling workshops exploring the issue of water and how it relates to our faiths, all amid the festive atmosphere created by our Festival Booth Partners at the Henry Clay Building. Thousands more were reached through appearances by our guests and volunteers on television, public radio, in local classrooms, community of faith meetings and other opportunities. All in all, the Festival was a great success. We look forward to seeing the fruit of all that positive energy making a difference in the ways we protect and preserve our water and provide it to those in need for years to come. In fact, we have already heard that our Faith in Action Award recipient, EDGE OUTREACH, would like to continue the work of the 2009 Festival by convening another Water Summit on January 12, 2010. For more information, visit www.edgeoutreach.com . The Festival of Faiths cannot happen without you and we are grateful for the part you played. In the meantime, the groundwork is already being laid for next year's Festival, continuing our focus on the four elements and zeroing in on our land and soil. Kentucky has such a deep relationship with its land with a long history of farming and dedication to place and home. Its rich topography includes the great grasslands on which our magnificent horses feed, cities where culture thrives, and mountains with communities sharing long and rich histories. Start thinking about what our faith traditions say about the land and soil. How does place relate to the great faith traditions? Is land holy or sacred? What are we called upon to do? Planning will soon be underway and we invite you to participate at a deeper level this year. Festival 2010 will be a richer experience for us all if you do. Please call the CIR offices at 502-583-3100, or email me directly at stewart@interfaithrelations.org to discuss how you can become a Festival volunteer. Happy Holidays, Stewart Lussky Interim Executive Director Center for Interfaith Relations [image: Offers a flower] [image: fest] [image: Offers a flower] *415 West Muhammad Ali Blvd* *Louisville, Ky 40202* *502-583-3100* *www.interfaithrelations.org* -- Orion Grassroots Network 888-909-6568 http://www.oriongrassroots.org The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.orionsociety.org/pipermail/faith/attachments/20091209/f03d5912/attachment.htm From ehoffner at orionsociety.org Fri Dec 11 13:45:24 2009 From: ehoffner at orionsociety.org (Erik Hoffner, Orion Grassroots Network) Date: Fri Dec 11 13:45:51 2009 Subject: [Creation Care] job opening & The Moral Math of Climate Change References: <1AEF8840-3FCB-4F45-A6A3-84F8FDC1C718@mac.com> Message-ID: Two creation care items for you on this winter white Friday: 1. Hiring: creation care job: Associate Director, White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, St. Mary of the Woods, IN (Terre Haute, Indiana) White Violet Center for Eco-Justice, a ministry of Sisters of Providence is hiring an Associate Director. The individual selected for this position will manage, along with the Director, the day-to- day functioning of the White Violet Center and program components. Details here on Orion's Grassroots Jobsource. 2. A podcast. Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett is public radio's weekly program about "religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas." We are produced and distributed by American Public Media and currently heard on over 200 public radio stations across the U.S. and globally via the Web and podcast. Below is the most recent edition, on climate and Copenhagen. You should be able to listen to it by simply clicking on it. It's an interview with Bill McKibben: if not, just go to their site: http:// speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2009/moral-math/ Erik -- Erik Hoffner Orion Grassroots Network 888-909-6568 http://www.oriongrassroots.org The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change. > > > Podcasts ? ? The Moral Math of Climate Change (December 3,... > > DownloadStarShare > > TwitterStumbleUponDeliciousDiggRedditFacebook > APM: Speaking... > Dec 10, 2009 11:00 AMAdd to CollectionSubscribe to Feed > A conversation about climate change and moral imagination with > environmentalist and writer Bill McKibben. He's been ahead of the > curve on this fantastically complex issue since he wrote "The End > of Nature" in 1989. We explore his evolving perspective on human > responsibility in a changing natural world. > speakingoffaith.org/programs/2009/mor... > > More Episodes from APM: Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett > ?SOF EXTRA (audio) | Unedited Interview with Bill McKibben?The Spiritual Audacity of Abraham Joshua Heschel (December 3, 2009)?SOF EXTRA (audio) | Unedited Interview with Arnold Eisen?Presence in the Wild (November 26, 2009)?SOF EXTRA (audio) | Unedited Interview with Kate Braestrup?Learning, Doing, Being - A New Science of Education (November 19, 2009)?SOF EXTRA (audio) | Unedited Interview with Adele Diamond?SOF EXTRA (audio) | Unedited Interview with Matthieu Ricard?The "Happiest" Man in the World - Meeting Matthieu Ricard (November 12, 2009)?SOF SPECIAL (audio) | The Fall of the Wall, JFK's Assassination, and Two Birthdays > > Home > Podcasts > Channels > People > Help > About Us > Contact Us > The CastRoller Blog > The CastRoller Podcast > CastRoller Podcast 21 > > ? CastRoller, 2009 Terms of Service, Privacy, Copyright > -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From ehoffner at yahoo.com Thu Dec 31 09:59:47 2009 From: ehoffner at yahoo.com (Erik Hoffner) Date: Thu Dec 31 09:59:49 2009 Subject: [Creation Care] Power of the people. Message-ID: <193932.360.qm@web52104.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Apologies if you received this already, but today's the last day to get your donation to the Orion Grassroots Network doubled by Kendeda. And one gift helps hundreds of grassroots groups working for people and planet, so it's all about the difference you can make. More info below. Great 2010, Erik Sustaining the Grassroots, With Your Help Recently I sent you a letter asking if you could make a gift to the Orion Grassroots Network. If you have not sent a gift yet, then your patience has paid off! We now have a matching gift program in place from Kendeda, so whatever you give will be doubled! Just try to put your check in the mail by 12/31. And if you have sent in a gift already, thank you so much. This has been an extraordinary year for the grassroots. The Network nominated one of its own for the Goldman Environmental Prize, and she (Maria Gunnoe) won. Our partners at 350.org, which the Network has supported since it was called Step it Up, led the largest day of grassroots action the world has ever seen. We also gifted over 100 grassroots groups with free Network memberships to help them do their good work better in this unsettled economic time. But we can't do it without you! The Network exists to get good ideas and resources from Orion to you, so we can keep power with those who are making significant change for people and planet. The Network's support of grassroots groups is truly more important than ever. ? Can you make a donation today?? A gift of $75, $100, or more will make all the difference to the Network's ability to continue to offer these essential services and support to grassroots activists. ? Please use the envelope we sent you to mail in a check, or use the address below. Or better yet, give online via Orion magazine's donation page. Just remember that you must note that the funds are meant for OGN in the 'comments' field so we can track your gift. ? Your support will ensure that the Orion Grassroots Network can continue to help grassroots groups do their good work, better.? Thank you! ? Sincerely, ? Erik Hoffner Coordinator ? Orion Grassroots Network 187 Main Street Great Barrington, MA 01230 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.orionsociety.org/pipermail/faith/attachments/20091231/cb03502a/attachment.html