“Save Our Mother,” "Vote/Pray," -- some of the messages from almost 200 folks holding signs that greeted drivers on Raleigh’s Wade Avenue during ICCT’s 2ndPrayer Chain for the Earth on October 3, 2022.
See the videos and read a stirring blog on this amazing happening.
Listen to the Voice of Creation, Heal the Earth…Our Home. An ecumenical prayer service celebrating the Season of Creation welcomed people of all faiths and the entire community on Saturday, September 24, 2022, to the BeeLoved Community Garden of West Raleigh Presbyterian Church.
Learn more & read the words of the beautiful service.
Good news! The U.S. Senate passed the Recycling and Composting Accountability Act on July 28, 2022. ICCT supported the bill when we hosted an April 2022 webinar presented by the U.S. Composting Council and attended by 50 people in April 2022. Ask your U.S. House member to support the bill using this easy-to-navigate link. See more information on the bill, the webinar, the recording, and ICCT’s position here.
Webinar and Advocacy Resources
Join Caroline Wofford for a dive into climate change, policy, social justice, and imagining a better world. Working together using Using Climate Interactive's En-Roads Simulator tool we will create and analyze a scenario that limits global temperature rise, and investigate the social, economic, and environmental consequences of our actions. This will be a highly interactive workshop, so come prepared to participate, and be ready to challenge your mental models and expand your understanding of climate systems!
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Read more about Christian, listen to the YouTube recording, and access the words, lead sheet, and chord sheets for the song. Christian generously welcomes us to use the song in our faith communities.
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The ICCT Earth Friendly Practices Team is excited to share an opportunity to practice an earth friendly diet in conjunction with the Christian observance of Lent. We also offer some resources to adapt it to Ramadan and Passover.
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Participate in a study on the effect of environmental contaminants such as PFAS and toxic metals on liver health. Data from the CDC shows the body burden of these contaminants is disproportionately borne by ethnic minorities and the poor of any ethnicity. More data is needed to enable better environmental policy.
Renovating or Building Green: Where to Start
Tuesday, Feb. 1, 7:00 PM
Faith communities, homeowners, and businesses are renovating or building green. Sixty people joined ICCT and cosponsors for a program on the benefits of green building for sustainability, energy efficiency and savings, and advocating for greener building codes.
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On November 6, 2021, Dilip Barman, an accomplished chef, and Emily Barrett, a sustainability expert led a dynamic discussion on how to care for the earth, optimize your health, and promote compassion for animals at the very same time! Watch the video and see great resources from the speakers.
On October 18, 200+ people of faith and people of conscience formed a Human Prayer Chain for Climate Justice sponsored by ICCT along Wade Avenue from the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Raleigh to the Community United Church of Christ and beyond! On October 24, Orange-Chatham Interfaith Care for Creation is sponsoring a similar prayer chain in Chapel Hill.
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