April 27, 2012 – 10:00 am
Prayed by Rev. Tom Are, Jr. on Earth Day, April 22, 2012, at Village Presbyterian Church Creator God and creating God and Lover of beauty: Before the world ever was, how is it that you imagined color? Reds and greens and blues and yellows of infinite shades. And before there were creatures, how is [...]
April 10, 2012 – 11:43 am
Dear Friend – In the year since I became director of Kansas Interfaith Power & Light, I’ve seen again and again how people of faith are empowered and energized by their commitment to Creation, and how the moves they make toward greater efficiency and cleaner forms of energy are making a difference for their budgets [...]
February 1, 2012 – 12:34 pm
The Sunflower coal plant expansion in the southwestern town of Holcomb, KS, has been a controversial issue for years now. In fact, it was one of the first issues that Kansas IPL worked on back in 2008/2009. Yesterday an important decision was announced in the ongoing litigation on this issue – and it was good [...]
January 24, 2012 – 10:19 pm
Kansas Interfaith Power & Light is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $65,000 grant to perform energy-efficiency upgrades in 15 houses of worship in the Kansas City metropolitan area. The program, called “Energy Stewardship for Houses of Worship,” will be administered between March and November, 2012. The grant, from the Mid-America Regional [...]
January 18, 2012 – 6:34 pm
For more information or comment contact Kansas IPL Director Rabbi Moti Rieber at rebmoti(at)kansasipl.org, or (913) 232-2336 Lawrence, KS, January 18, 2012 — Kansas Interfaith Power & Light (Kansas IPL) joins with faith and environmental groups all over the nation in voicing support for President Obama’s decision today to deny permission for the construction of [...]
December 1, 2011 – 2:02 pm
The 2011 Self-Sustaining Advent Calendar from Earth Ministry, home of Washington Interfaith Power & Light, is now available! On the calendar, you’ll find one tip for each day that will help decrease stress and increase meaningful celebration this holiday season. Click here to download the calendar as a pdf. Happy holidays!
September 22, 2011 – 1:20 pm
cross-posted from GPACE Topic: The Obama Administration needs to decide if the Keystone XL pipeline will receive its permit for construction. If built, Keystone XL will lock us into a future where we are dependent on one of the dirtiest and costliest fuels in the world. It’s time we invest in real solutions for our [...]
September 1, 2011 – 1:12 pm
The most dramatic and important issue in the environmental movement right now is the fight against the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Hundreds of people have been arrested over the past three weeks at the White House in a coordinated campaign of civil disobedience to say to President Obama, “Mr. President – Stop this Pipeline!” [...]
September 1, 2011 – 12:54 pm
Statement from the Rev. Cn. Sally Bingham, Interfaith Power & Light President “Interfaith Power & Light strongly opposes the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline on moral grounds because of the extraordinary threat to the global climate, the environment, and to America’s water and food supply. An energy policy that moves the nation toward an [...]
August 15, 2011 – 11:01 am
From August 20 -September 3, 2011, Tarsandsaction.org, together with 350.org and other environmental groups, has organized a protest at the White House gates to persuade President Obama not to permit the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline across Canada and the United States. Quaker Earthcare Witness strongly supports the action of its members who choose [...]