The Green Team of The Fountains UMC, along with Arizona Interfaith Power and Light, is pleased to present a three-part film series and discussion on “Faith and Food Justice”. The first film, “Preaching for the Planet,” provides an interfaith perspective on the care of our planet. The second, award-winning, film, Read more…
AZIPL is announcing that we are now accepting nominations for the SAGE (Spirited Activists Greening the Earth) Award. This award recognizes both individuals and faith communities for their exemplary activism in partnership with AZIPL to reduce the causes of climate change. Last year’s awardees were the Franciscan Renewal Center and Read more…
In our continuing AZIPL series on community gardens, here is a collaboration that you should know about. CGMC is providing support and encouragement to all levels of community gardens, from novice to those growing their own foods for years. The organization consists of about 50 members from across the Valley. Read more…
The folks at the Beatitudes Campus on Glendale Avenue have developed a wonderful community garden. They have creatively used space along an exterior wall to grow all sorts of vegetables and greens, depending on the season. They even won an award from the Desert Botanical Garden! They provide food to Read more…
I know that you are concerned with the threats against the environment. And I suspect you wonder what you can do. We at AZIPL encourage you to join the climate change movement! There is no more urgent time than the present. You read our newsletter; you follow us on Facebook; Read more…
In these unsettling times over the care of our planet Earth, help us spread the word of your work and that of AZIPL. Host an AZIPL House Party! Thanks to our friends in the South Mountain neighborhood, Mark Goldstein and Liz Warren, for hosting our first house party. Good conversation, Read more…
Join others this coming Monday, November 21 at 7:30 pm at Tempe Marketplace 16 for the showing of “Seed, The Untold Story”. We need to increase our awareness of the entire food system. It is logical to start with seeds. In the last century, alone, 94% of our seed varieties 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…
Free simple supper. Not your typical Annual Meeting. Gather with old and new friends. Get the new Annual Report, hot off the press. Hear what AZIPL is up to – now and in 2017! It’s an ambitious and exciting agenda for our work. Join us next Sunday at 5:30 Read more…