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"The Solar Nun" Visiting In May
Cool Harvest - Food and Faith Tool Kit
Senators - Let The EPA Do It's Job
Bowling Green Earthday Activity
Nazareth Care for Creation Conference
Coming Back To Life Workshop
National Preach-In
KIPL Blog
Youth Summit Update
Sr. Paula Gonzalez "The Solar Nun" to speak at KIPL Awards Dinner and Offer Climate Change and Faith Workshop Tickets are now available for KIPL?s upcoming Annual Awards Dinner and May's Climate Change and Faith Workshop both featuring the dynamic Sr. Paula Gonzalez aka ?The Solar Nun?.
Friday May 13 6:30 pm
Kentucky Interfaith Power and Light Annual Awards Dinner featuring Sr. Paula Gonzalez Topic: Roll Up Your Sleeves - Stories of Action and Hope!
Location: First Unitarian Church 807 South Fourth Street- Tickets are $25.
Saturday May 14 9:30 am - 4:00 pm
Climate Change and Faith Workshop with Sr. Paula Gonzalez
Location: Fourth Avenue United Methodist Church 318 West Saint Catherine St -Tickets are $45.
For more information, Paula's Biography and Tickets click here. Interfaith Power and Light Offers "Cool Harvest" program making the Connections Between Faith and Food Food connects us to some of the most important questions of our time. We know our food system is one of the leading contributors of greenhouse pollution. As a result, the food choices we make - individually and as a society - affect not only our health, but the health of the planet and all of Creation. In order to support food choices that model care for each and for creation Interfaith Power and Light is now offering the Cool Harvest Tool Kit for $10 (90% Off). The Tool Kit includes a DVD copy of the film Nourish, Discussion Guide, Event Flyer, Cool Potluck Ideas, and more. To get your Tool Kit or more information, click here. Tell Your Senators - Let the EPA Do Its Job The attacks on our environment and our health are continuing in Washington. Some of our elected officials in Congress who wish to stop the EPA from doing its job are relentlessly attacking the Clean Air Act. To learn more and/or act now, click here Bowling Green Interfaith Coalition Collaborates on Earth Day Activity April 23 Invasive Weed Pull, Lost River Cave. Saturday April 23, 1-4:00 - Interfaith Coalition is partnering with Christ Episcopal and Lost River Cave to tackle the invasive plants that are pushing out native plants and the dependent animals
Meet at Lost River Parking Lot at 1:00. We?ll circle, to share prayers or quotes about Earth care from many faiths, and then head for our assigned section to work. Bring a short prayer/quote (if you want) and your own gloves, water, sun block, etc.
For more information contact Margaret Bowker at bowker16@insightbb.com. Coming Back to Life Workshop April 9 This workshop will provide the sacred space necessary for bringing to the center of our awareness both the immense beauty and the heart-breaking sorrow that comes with being fully alive during this strange time in Earth?s story. Through carefully crafted group processes we will explore and tap the inner and outer sources of strength, spirit, wisdom and inspiration needed to meet each other and these difficult times with compassion, commitment and grace. Sponsored by Cultivating Connections. Click here for details. | KIPL's Greening West Louisville Featured on Front Page of Courier Journal. Click to read. Watch this one minute YouTube video featuring Sr. Paula Gonzalez Care for Creation Nazareth Conference Saturday April 16 On Saturday, April 16th our friends at The Nazareth Retreat Center will offer their first annual conference entitled Care for the Earth: Meeting of Science and Spirituality. Presenters include: Dr. Tyrone Hayes, Claire McGowan, O.P. of New Pioneers, Bernheim Forest, Dr. Rikki Ott , Dr. Hayes, Dr. Ott and Matthew Brandstetter. Click here for more information.  Louisville's Trinity High School recognized with Acorn Award for Green leadership. Click here to learn more. Bardstown Road Presbyterian Church is working on a rain garden and more. Click here for details
Tell us what your community is doing and/or send photos and we will add a page for your community.
Send information to info@kentuckyipl.org
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KIPL's blog is featured on courier-journal.com
BYOC - March 17 Unintended Consequences - March 3 YouthSummit Update On Monday, March 28 15 educators, faith leaders, youth workers and innovators gathered to explore how they might support a statewide Youth Summit In Response to Global Warming. Participants brainstormed about existing programs, best practices, resources, possible collaborators and more. The next step will be to identify youth leaders who will gather and plan the fall summit! Please contact us if you know of youth leaders who may wish to participate in the planning process and/or the Fall Summit. Click here for more information.
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