October 18, 2021: THE CLIMATE OF COMPASSION FOR ALL BEINGS -- Janet Gyatso, Hershey Professor of Buddhist Studies and the Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs at HDS School. We are not the only species that lives and loves and grieves on this planet. Janet Gyatso will bring provocative and evocative Read more…
Poet Victoria Chang writes in her New York Times Notable Book of 2020, OBIT “I always knew that grief was something I could smell. But I didn’t know that it’s not actually a noun but a verb. That it moves.” After the deaths of her parents, she refused to write Read more…
Michael Pollan has been educating us with illuminating prose on “The Botany of Desire” for a very long time. He continues to show us through his landmark bestseller, How To Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence, alongside his Read more…
November 8, 2021: THE CLIMATE OF RESISTANCE -- Chloe Aridjis, Writer’s Rebel, UK, Novelist, Sea Monsters (2020); Wanjira Mathai, Regional Director for Africa at the World Resources Institute Award-winning novelist Chloe Aridjis and Conservationist Wanjira Mathai are powerful leaders in the global environmental movement who are fierce and compassionate, at once. They Read more…
November 15, 2021: THE CLIMATE OF ATTENTION – Elizabeth Kolbert, staff writer for The New Yorker, Under White Sky: The Nature of the Future (2021) No one has covered the climate crisis as deeply and as thoughtfully as Elizabeth Kolbert. From Field Notes From A Catastrophe (2007) to her Pulitzer-prize winning Read more…
November 22, 2021: THE CLIMATE OF THE FUTURE – Kim Stanley Robinson, Writer, The Ministry for the Future (2020) Kim Stanley Robinson has written a science fiction thriller on climate collapse in 2025 that reads as hard-edge journalism. With short chapters written from the perspectives of a myriad of characters, Robinson Read more…
November 29, 2021: THE CLIMATE OF COMMUNITY – Brian Kirbis, A Community Tea Ceremony, Theasophie For our last “Weather Report,” Tea Master Brian Kirbis who has opened each conversation with a tea pouring to set a tone of well being and attention, on this final session, he will take us through a Read more…
If you believe in the moral responsibility to care for creation for the sake of our faith, our congregations, our families, communities, and future generations, join the National Faith + Climate Forum on April 16, 2024! Changes in our climate are increasingly impacting congregations, and clergy and lay leaders, like Read more…
Celebrate Creation at Paradise Valley UMC! April 21 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM 4455 E. Lincoln Dr. Paradise Valley, AZ 85253 Featuring 20+ vendors & exhibitors, discussion groups, speakers, and tours of our Biblical Garden and Labyrinth - this event is sure to inspire you!
Join AZIPL, Climate Action Campaign, and partner organizations for a Climate Solutions Now Earth Day Rally! We will celebrate the the great strides that have been made to combat climate change and the need for continued ambition to tackle the climate crisis. The event will feature local musicians and performers, Read more…
Join Interfaith Power & Light (IPL) and League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (LCVEF) for a special National Voter Registration Day webinar. Using our voices to fulfill our civic duty and vote in every election makes a difference in our communities – and our world. Threats to democracy and the Read more…
RESOURCE - Social Media Toolkit Background As faith-based and affiliated organizations we have a direct voice to the faith communities we serve. This year, so many issues we care about as people of faith; caring for the Earth, seeking peace around the world, ensuring all are fed and housed, are Read more…