Monthly Archives: December 2015

On the Road to Paris

The Road Through Paris: Journey blog 1 December 1, 2015 Joan Brown,osf   I am always amazed by the miracle of flight, for birds and for featherless humans, like myself. Without feathers, I am in flight from Albuquerque to Paris … Continue reading

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Dance, Pray, Walk Barefoot and Take Legislative Action During Climate Talks in Paris

The faith community and people of conscience in Albuquerque and Santa Fe took a number of actions during the conference on climate in Paris (COP21) on Nov. 30-Dec. 11. An interfaith vigil in Albuquerque brought members of the Jewish, Christian, … Continue reading

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Planting good seeds in the fertility of the mind: Rise up to the Paris climate pledge

Pomegranate. (Mike Cooke, used under FreeImages.com/license) Planting good seeds in the fertility of the mind: Rise up to the Paris climate pledge by Joan Brown Nov. 23, 2015 in The pomegranates on our tree cracked open while I was at … Continue reading

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US sisters’ ability to connect social, environmental justice offers a path forward

by Tara García Mathewson Nov. 9, 2015 in In 1988, not long after Dominican Sr. Patricia Siemen graduated from law school, she worked for a nonprofit that was preparing to build affordable housing for farmworkers in south Florida. She opened … Continue reading

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Methane

I was in Washington D.C. last week with a coalition of organizations including NM Interfaith Power & Light, NMCC, and the Sierra Club. We were lobbying our elected officials on the EPA’s proposed limits on methane emissions. About 40 people … Continue reading

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Advocating in Washington, D.C.

I was in Washington D.C. last week with a coalition of organizations including NM Interfaith Power & Light, NMCC, and the Sierra Club. We were lobbying our elected officials on the EPA’s proposed limits on methane emissions. About 40 people … Continue reading

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Let Your Little Light Shine

Spare Parts, a band from the First Unitarian Church in Albuquerque, performed several songs at the Fall Gathering of the New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light on Saturday, Nov. 7. (See video of part of the keynote address by Interfaith … Continue reading

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Rev. Sally Bingham Relates Her Journey into Faith-Based Environmental Advocacy

Rev. Canon Sally Bingham, an Episcopal priest who founded Interfaith Power & Light, relates the story of how she became involved in the environmental movement and how IPF was founded in San Francisco. There are 40 state organizations that belong … Continue reading

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