Notice how things slow down during the hot summer months in Arizona? At the Franciscan Renewal Center many parishioners flee to cooler climates, and those who remain in Arizona sorely miss our collaborators who work with us on climate change issues. There is one thing, however, that we can continue Read more
Help Decide the Future of Navajo Generating Station In February, owners of Navajo Generating Station, located in northeast Arizona, voted to close the power plant. Peabody Coal, which operates the nearby Kayenta Mine that supplies coal for the plant, is trying to find a way to keep the power plant Read more
Members of the Casa C4C ministry (The Care for Creation Ministry at the Franciscan Renewal Center) are meeting with the Scottsdale Mission Montessori school to determine how C4C can work with the Mission school to expand this program to other schools in the State of Arizona. ___________________________________________________ “These interlocking Read more
The other day I participated with wife Jane and so many others as part of the nationally orchestrated “Protection of Water stand in opposition to the Dakota Access Pipe Line. I did so out of solidarity with the Standing Rock Sioux and other indigenous and their allies who have endured so Read more
How do you transform a food desert into a food oasis? Check out the plans of Cultivate South Phoenix. This neighborhood-based partnership is leasing an 18-acre site from the Roosevelt School District to help transform that area. This incubator farm initiative will provide fresh, affordable produce for the neighborhood and Read more
This morning we as faith-based climate change activists woke up to some difficult news: By a narrow margin, our nation has elected a President who believes that climate change is a “hoax” and members of the Senate and the House of Representatives who deny the reality of climate change. We Read more
World Food Day is today. Food security is such an important global issue. It’s important to us at AZIPL and our interfaith member congregations. Why should we care? Because the right to food is a basic human right. The plight of the most vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition is well-documented. Read more