From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org):
Out of our love and care for our neighbors, and to stop the spread of the COVID-19 virus, faith communities are conducting their events virtually to stay connected. Join Faith Climate Action Week – the nationwide movement of people of faith and conscience acting on climate April 17-26 – by creatively using your digital networks and the Faith Climate Action Week resources to make your love visible.
Download the free Faith Climate Action Week kit here.
This year’s theme is “Love Made Visible: Engaging in Sacred Activism” to protect the people we love who are most impacted by climate change. The kit includes a Sacred Activism guide on the importance of people of faith taking part in civic engagement, suggestions for activism challenges, and a Sacred Activism Art Guide to create eye-catching banners and placards with faith-based messaging.
Go virtual with your Sacred Activism event by encouraging members of your congregation to post pictures of themselves with their placards with the moral call to act on climate to social media during Faith Climate Action Week using the hashtag #FaithClimateActionWeek and tag @interfaithpowerandlight. Find suggestions for messages and images from IPL leaders from across the nation in the kit.
Plant trees virtually through the “For Love of Trees” campaign by donating to IPL’s Carbon Covenant program to plant trees in the Global South through faith-based programs. $5 will plant one tree that will live to maturity and offset one ton of carbon emissions. Add your trees planted to the IPL tally here.
Collect Faith Climate Voter pledges during Faith Climate Action Week to vote with the climate in mind from members of your congregation through IPL’s Faith Climate Voter campaign using this online form. Print the postcard included in the kit that says, “I’m a Faith Climate Voter” and post a photo of yourself holding the postcard to social media with the hashtag #FaithClimateVoter.
Download the Faith Climate Action Week kit here.
Join the National Earth Day Climate Prayer – invite members of your congregation to download the prayer to recite at noon local time on Earth Day. Click and pray along with me and other religious leaders with the videos on IPL’s Facebook page.
Sign up and download the prayer here.
Pin your virtual Faith Climate Action Week event on the IPL map to show the world that people of faith are leading the climate movement!
During this time of crisis, let’s remember that we have the power to create awareness and advocate for change that will benefit all life.
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