By Steve Davis, AZIPL Board Member While in Maui a few years ago, I spoke with an elder Inuit woman from Alaska. We got to talking about whales and she told two stories about signs of something gone wrong in the immediate environs of her village of 200. Last year Read more…
Thank you, thank you, thank you. We are blessed to announce that your end-of-the-year giving enabled us to meet our Challenge Grant goal! By raising over $15,000, we will soon receive a matching contribution from our national group, Interfaith Power and Light, in the amount of $15,000! With your support, Read more…
Did you know there is a clean energy slate running for seats in the April 3, 2018 Salt River Project election? Five individuals are running on a pledge to make SRP and Arizona leaders in solar and renewable energy and to manage limited water resources in a sustainable manner. Learn more, and request a Read more…
Fred Bahnson teaches at Wake Forest University School of Divinity. He is also the Director of the Food, Health, and Ecological Well-Being Program. Fred teaches and writes on the intersection of ecology, sustainable agriculture, and contemplative spirituality. I found the attached article from Orion Magazine, The Ecology of Prayer, to be Read more…
Arizona Interfaith Power and Light – a serenade for Love #3 November 28, 2017 in Faith In Action A note from Steve Davis, Board of Directors Arizona Interfaith Power and Light As published in the Southwest Conference United Church of Christ “In the Loop” Three Great Loves: Children, Neighbor, Creation. Read more…
Now is the time to invest? Is this a posting from AZIPL or Morgan Stanley? It’s a message from AZIPL, appealing for your donation, or investment, in our work, in our shared climate change mission on behalf of the interfaith community. We are short of our matching grant requirement. Your Read more…
Sacred sounds of the tanbour, an ancient Persian lute, send goosebumps through my soul. Hair tucked away behind a scarf tied like a bandana, my head can’t help but bow to the vibrations of invocations passing through the tanbour player. I sway without realizing. I am being carried into the Read more…
The full stomach says, “The ripe guava has worms.” The empty stomach says, “Let me see!” —Haitian proverb Three Rolls and One Doughnut A rich man walked a long way from his village to the city. By the time he got there, he was very hungry. He bought a Read more…
Know where your food has come from through knowing those who produced it for you, from farmer to forager, rancher or fisher to earthworms building a deeper, richer soil, to the heirloom vegetable, the nitrogen-fixing legume, the pollinator, the heritage breed of livestock and the sourdough culture rising in your Read more…
The Climate Reality Project is doing it again. On December 4 and 5, there will be 24 hours of inspiring stories and conversations about taking action on climate from around the globe. Check it out: 24 Hours of Climate Reality for the schedule of live streaming and other options. They will be Read more…