As we look forward to 2019, it is important to look back and reflect. Here we offer our readers a glimpse of the work that YOU helped us accomplish this past year. In our effort to “nourish intentional and diverse relationships across Arizona,” we recruited 16 new activists who attended Read more
On December 8, at a kick-off workshop in Prescott, AZIPL announced the selection of the Center for Spiritual Living and St. Paul’s Anglican Church to participate in the Harvest of Care Gardens program, a new regional initiative of AZIPL as part of its targeted focus on food justice. The mission Read more
This past Spring the Yavapai County Climate Change Coalition sponsored its first Climate Dialogues within the Prescott community. Climate Dialogues is a facilitated, community-based, learning exercise centered on climate change impacts, designed to deepen engagement in the movement and develop sustainable leadership in ever-widening circles. Each of our 3 separate Read more
In 2010, Prescott United Methodist Church decided to transform a fenced-in, vacant lot on church property into a unique extension of the UMC mission – growing fresh, healthy food to feed the less fortunate. All of the yield from Victory Garden is donated to the Coalition for Compassion and Justice Read more
Thank you, thank you, thank you. We are blessed to announce that your end-of-the-year giving enabled us to meet our Challenge Grant goal! By raising over $15,000, we will soon receive a matching contribution from our national group, Interfaith Power and Light, in the amount of $15,000! With your support, Read more
Fred Bahnson teaches at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. He is also the Director of the Food, Health, and Ecological Well-Being Program. Fred teaches and writes on the intersection of ecology, sustainable agriculture, and contemplative spirituality. I found the attached article from Orion Magazine, The Ecology of Prayer, to be Read more
Now is the time to invest? Is this a posting from AZIPL or Morgan Stanley? It’s a message from AZIPL, appealing for your donation, or investment, in our work, in our shared climate change mission on behalf of the interfaith community. We are short of our matching grant requirement. Your Read more
The Climate Reality Project is doing it again. On December 4 and 5, there will be 24 hours of inspiring stories and conversations about taking action on climate from around the globe. Check it out: 24 Hours of Climate Reality for the schedule of live streaming and other options. They will be Read more
Global warming seems so daunting. Recent hurricanes and wildfires and even drought underscore a planet in peril. Climate change is a reality and its effects are present NOW. With the rollbacks on the fossil fuel front by the Trump Administration, not to mention the muzzling of scientists within EPA on Read more
Food waste is not only linked to our country’s vexing hunger issue but also has important impacts on climate change. It is estimated that 30-40% of our food process, from production to the table, ends up in local landfills. Produced by Anthony Bourdain, Wasted is a new documentary looking at solutions Read more