You can find out more about her work here.
We get curious. We ask questions. We act.
Hello, there!
Curious about why you received our “Ambriel and Provisioner” postcard? We sent it because you were brought to our attention as someone whose concern for the environment might align with our work. We want to introduce ourselves to you.
On this page you will learn a bit about what we do and how we work. If you are drawn by what you read, we ask you to join our community. We need good people like you helping us do good for the natural world of Washington and the creatures who live here—some of whom are human!
Examples of
our work
1. We helped deliver funding for zero emissions school buses for every school district in the state.
2. We are leading the Cast Your Vote, Washington! Campaign, an effort to turn out NO VOTES on Initiative 2117, which will end the Climate Commitment Act for perpetuity, and Initiative 2066, which will create significant impasses to Washington’s transition to renewable energy .
3. And we offer quality multifaith programming that promotes wellbeing in the environment and in mind, body, and spirit!
Curiosity as a Moral Response
Suffice it to say that we have all heard dire forecasts about what lies ahead for the planet. The EM/WA IPL community of curiosity and action affirms that right now things are not looking great. Our forests are burning, the waters are warming, and the most vulnerable among us—human, animal, and environment—are struggling to get out from under the burden of the toxins they are being subjected to. Fouled air, fouled water, lack of access to healthy food—is this what we want? Do we have a moral responsibility not to throw up our hands and say, “oh, well”?
All the things named above are affecting honey bees like Provisioner, the bee in our story. They are also affecting all of us. Do we lapse into despair and paralysis? Or do we band together, get curious, ask difficult questions in community, and decide how we will act together. And this, friend, is exactly the long and short of Earth Ministry/WA IPL’s mission and work.
We get curious.
We ask questions.
We act.
We are the Ambriels and the Provisioners of Washington State, a multifaith conscience-led community of curiosity and action committed to making Washington State more environmentally just.
We are Earth Ministry/WA IPL,
and we are inviting you to join us.
Join our Hive!
“Bee” a supporter!
Join us in bringing the sweet honey of environmental justice to Washington State! Let’s work together to make wellbeing abound in this state–happy humans, happy animals, happy environments through clean air, clean water, and laws that foster justice!
We can do this if we work together! By acting as one community of curiosity and action, we can co-create healthy, vibrant ecosystems that promote and sustain life for all creatures and habitats!
So how about it? Are you game for this kind of life-giving fun?
All you need to do is buzz over and make a one-time or recurring gift by clicking (or tapping) on the hive.
Or if you prefer, mail your contribution into our office:
Earth Ministry/WA IPL
5515 Phinney Avenue North
Seattle, WA 98103
Curious why bees, like Provisioner,
are struggling?
Honey Bees in Washington
Right now, honey bees in Washington are at risk of colony collapse. Why? Well, there are a couple of factors, one root cause is climate change. Because spring is starting earlier and fall is ending later, honey bees are having to work longer, and they are exhausted. This makes them vulnerable to parasites like the Varroa mite, a parasite that looks like a tick that feeds on larvae and adult bees. Not only do Varroa mites weaken and kill bees, they also make them susceptible to other pathogens, and are, themselves, vectors of several viruses lethal to bees.
However, mites are not the only threat honey bees face. Other threats include pesticides, herbicides, and fungicides sprayed on farmland, and bee food deserts that are created when plants deemed invasive—such as dandelion and Himalayan black berries—are ripped out of ecosystems.
Curious to
know more?
- WSU Insider, “Honey bees at risk of colony collapse from longer, warmer fall seasons,”March 25, 2024
- Seattle Times, “Inside WA’s struggling honeybee industry,” May 23, 2024
- PBS, “Varroa Mites Are a Honeybees 8-legged Nightmare,”October 25, 2023
(Note: We have seen it spelled honey bee and honeybee, and there does not seem to be consensus. Beekeepers use “honey bee”; many, if not most, dictionaries use honeybee.” We have followed the beekeepers construct of it but we have used the “honeybee” when in a reference.)
