From ehoffner at orionsociety.org Fri Jan 8 12:48:51 2010 From: ehoffner at orionsociety.org (Erik Hoffner, Orion Grassroots Network) Date: Fri Jan 8 12:48:58 2010 Subject: [Creation Care] Fwd: VT Interfaith Power and Light newsletter References: <20100108095752.51fd2423ed5ada2b4ca634a0269bb3a4.69856fbf3e.wbe@email01.secureserver.net> Message-ID: <5FBE90C9-809F-49E2-B2F0-17AF002340A7@orionsociety.org> Below is an always useful IPL newsletter. Hope you agree. 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. > > > > GREEN MOUNTAINS, BLUE WATER: > Creation Care News from > Vermont Interfaith Power & Light > > January 2010 > > Vermont Interfaith Power & Light (VTIPL) works to educate > Vermont's faith communities about the climate crisis and the > threat it presents to our planet. VTIPL's goal is to move faith > communities toward responsible stewardship of Creation by > reducing greenhouse gas emissions through personal and > community action. VTIPL helps people take action in their > houses of worship, homes, and workplaces to conserve energy, > use it efficiently, and increase the use of renewable energy. > Please share this newsletter with others. To submit items > or give updates, send an email to info@vtipl.org > > NEWS FROM GREEN MOUNTAIN MONASTERY > Sisters Gail Worcelo and Bernadette Bostwick of the > Green Mountain Monastery in Greensboro, VT have > recently returned from Australia where they attended > the Parliament of World Religions and report: > "The Conference brought together all the world > religions and the theme was 'Hearing each other, Healing > the Earth.' It became vividly clear to all participants that > awareness of our ecological situation and a call to urgent > action for the protection of the natural world was a com- > monality held by all. We at Green Mountain Monastery > are happy to report that Care for the Earth is now an > intensifying theme sounding through the Catholic > Magisterium summarized in the exhortation of Benedict > XVI in his World Day of Peace message, 'If You Want > To Cultivate Peace, Protect Creation.'" > A link to the Pope's message is below. If you don't > have time to read to full message, Sister Bernadette > suggests reading paragraphs 1, 9, 11, and 12. These > excerpts, she says, "invite us to a closer examination of > our own lifestyles and call us to a steady conversion to > greater mindfulness in our use of the gifts of creation." > > Benedict XVI's WORLD DAY OF PEACE MESSAGE: > http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/messages/peace/ > documents/hf_ben-xvi_mes_20091208_xliii-world-day-peace_en.html > > INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT "PREACH-IN" > Here's a message from Interfaith Power and Light's > leader, The Rev. Sally Bingham: > "To ensure the voice of the faith community is heard, we > are inviting clergy from all over the country to join us in a > national Preach-In on Global Warming on the weekend > of February 14 in honor of Valentine's Day. If you are a > lay person, you can organize an event in your congrega- > tion, such as a film screening, to educate your community > about global warming and the religious response. We will > provide you with all the materials you need. Valentine's > Day represents a powerful opportunity to talk about loving > our neighbors by protecting Creation, and we hope you > will join us." Learn more and register for the Preach-In at: > InterfaithPowerandLight.org/PreachIn. > > If you're interested in showing a film on February 14 (or > at another time), contact Vermont Interfaith Power and > Light (info@vtipl.org). We have many different titles and > will loan them to congregations. > > BLUEPRINT FOR A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY > The Union of Concerned Scientists has put out a report > titled "Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean > Energy Economy." Click here to read the 16 page > Executive Summary and/or find out how to access the > full report: > http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/Climate-2030- > Blueprint_executive-summary.pdf > > LOW CARBON DIET ARTICLE by David Gershon > The Huffington Post recently published an article by > David Gershon, author of "Low Carbon Diet: A 30 Day > Program to Lose 5000 Pounds." VT Interfaith Power and > Light has been using this workbook for several years and > launching "EcoTeams"- groups that use this workbook > together - in many congregations around the state. To > find out about EcoTeams and to get a team(s) started in > your congregation, please contact VTIPL (info@vtipl.org). > Click the link below to read the article: > http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-gershon/hope-for-a-climate- > change_b_401298.html > > EARTH DAY SUNDAY RESOURCES > The National Council of Churches Eco-Justice Program > has resources available for Earth Day Sunday. This > year's theme is "Sacred Spaces and an Abundant Life." > Access the resources here: > http://nccecojustice.org/resources/#earthdaysundayresources > > CARBON COVENANT > The National Interfaith Power and Light organization now > has a program called "Carbon Covenant" which gives > congregations and individuals an opportunity to help > with projects that are caring for creation in different parts > of the world. Currently, Carbon Covenant includes four > projects: > Save the Monks Community Forest in Cambodia > Stop Desertification in Cameroon > Restore Deforested Lands in Ghana > Plant 3,000,000 Trees on Kilimanjaro > Find out more at: > http://interfaithpowerandlight.org/2009/12/carbon-covenant/ > > PHOTOS from OCT. 24 DAY OF CLIMATE ACTION > If you haven't seen it yet, check out the photo gallery > on VTIPL's website: http://www.vtipl.org/image/tid/8 > Vermont held the more than 50 events on that day of > action sponsored by 350.org - the highest per capita > number of events from one geographical area. GREAT > JOB everyone! > > TIPS ON WRITING A LETTER TO THE EDITOR > Instead of a "green tip" on how to reduce your carbon > footprint, this month's tip, from the Union of Concerned > Scientists, is on how to write a good letter to the editor. > Caring for creation requires more than the actions we > take in our own homes and houses of worship - it > requires citizen action and educating the public, so we > encourage you to give this a try. > http://www.ucsusa.org/action/writing-an-lte.html > > Vermont Interfaith Power & Light > P.O. Box 728, Richmond, VT 05477 > Tel. 802-434-7307 info@vtipl.org www.vtipl.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.orionsociety.org/pipermail/faith/attachments/20100108/accf13d1/attachment.htm From ehoffner at yahoo.com Thu Jan 28 12:07:59 2010 From: ehoffner at yahoo.com (Erik Hoffner) Date: Thu Jan 28 12:08:03 2010 Subject: [Creation Care] Fw: conference call Feb 3: women and worldchanging Message-ID: <637655.28139.qm@web52106.mail.re2.yahoo.com> Apologies if you saw this from me already, but there are folks out there who I know have not: all are invited to join us Feb 3: Conference call with author of "The She Spot: Why Women are the Market for Changing the World - And How to Reach Them" Reminder, this is next Wednesday: The next Network conference call The She Spot co-author Lisa Witter will join?us for a discussion touching on points like this:women vote & volunteer more often than menwomen control more than half of society's wealth nearly all issues are also women's issuesbroadening marketing efforts to connect strongly with women, as well as men, can be very successful "The She Spot: Why Women are the Market for Changing the World and How to Reach Them" is a guide that offers organizations key recommendations for leveraging the untapped power of women for positive change through fundraising, advocacy and the ballot box. Lisa will give a brief overview of how you can fine tune your marketing and communications to connect with women, and then she'll answer your questions. As the COO of Fenton Communications, Lisa heads the firm's practice in women's issues and global affairs for clients ranging from major foundations to large NGOs. To join the call on Feb 3, 2pm Eastern time: Dial 712-432-1000 (usual long distance charges apply)Enter conference code 581688569# Send questions for Lisa in advance to ehoffner@orionsociety.org. Talk to you soon, ErikOrion Grassroots Network Links to Services Post Job/Internship OGN Forums Log In to OGN OGN Resources Blog Manage Your Benefits Conference Calls Lisa Witter February 3rd The She Spot: "Why Women are the Market for Changing the World - And How to Reach Them" The Orion Grassroots Network provides services and support to grassroots organizations engaged in ecological, social, and cultural change. Not yet a member? 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