Interfaith Power & Light (IPL) is mobilizing a response to global warming by working with religious organizations, nonprofits, and individuals. Their mission is like STAY COOL’s in that we both want to inspire and mobilize people to take bold and just action on climate change. This is why STAY COOL decided to join the IPL coalition of more than 20,000 other organizations in 40 states.
Since the year 2000, IPL has developed a track record of tangible results: shrinking carbon footprints and educating millions of people about the important role they must play in this challenging issue. The Cool Harvest program makes the connection between food, faith, and climate. Through coolharvest.org, communities are learning about their carbon “foodprints” – and how the healthiest choices for the planet also tend to be the healthiest choices for the people.
The Carbon Covenant program links congregations, organizations, and individuals in the U.S. with those on the front lines of climate change in the developing world. This program supports projects to mitigate global warming through tree planting, forest stewardship and sustainable livelihoods in Ghana, Cambodia, Cameroon, and Tanzania.
This past April, STAY COOL invited our members to participate in a “collective viewing” of the film Kiss the Ground and join in a webinar with the award-winning filmmaker to discuss it afterward. Kiss the Ground is about how regenerating the world’s soils has the potential to rapidly stabilize Earth’s climate, restore lost ecosystems, and create abundant food supplies. It explains why transitioning to regenerative agriculture could be key in rehabilitating the planet, while simultaneously invigorating a new sense of hope and inspiration in viewers.
STAY COOL will be offering more of this type of programming to our members with the hopes that you will enjoy it and learn from it. Let us know what you think!
Authored by STAY COOL Advisory Council Chair Linda Giannelli Pratt.
