Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light is proud to have garnered political support for the Green Climate Fund - and our work is not yet over. “[Faith-based organizations] have been active on climate issues since the mid-90s, yet their support…
Read More How faith-based groups secured global climate funds
As part of the Toxic-Free Legacy Coalition and the Environmental Priorities Coalition, Earth Ministry fully supports the passage of the Healthy Food Packaging Act. We believe that we have a moral obligation to protect our bodies, our food, and our environment…
Read More Health, Environmental, Faith, and Community Groups Tackle Nonstick PFAS Chemicals
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light Executive Director LeeAnne Beres and former Earth Ministry board member Rev. John Rosenberg coauthored this OpEd in the Seattle Times about the upcoming renegotiation of the Columbia River Treaty, an intentional treaty between the…
Read More Columbia River Treaty talks offer hope for river, native peoples
The Snake, Salmon, and Clearwater rivers, and salmon that need a healthy river to survive, are in trouble. Each year, wild salmon and steelhead return to cool Idaho mountain streams to spawn. This salmon run is an integral part of…
The Columbia River, and salmon that need a healthy river to survive, are in trouble. Each year, wild salmon and steelhead return to the waters of the Columbia and Snake rivers to spawn. This salmon run is an integral part…
University Congregational United Church of Christ, an Earth Ministry Greening Congregation, hosted the Seattle leg of the 2017 Totem Pole Journey. The totem pole stopped in Seattle on October 14. University UCC opened its doors to more than 350 people…
St. Leo Parish, a Greening Congregation, maintains 40 beehives as part of a social ministry program known as L’Honey Project. According to Rick Samyn,St. Leo’s pastoral assistant for social ministry, and its lead beekeeper, L'Honey links the bee’s life andwork with the…
Read More St. Leo’s Beekeeper Connects Parish, Community, and Care for Creation
For years, people of faith around Washington and across the country have spoken out against the proposal to construct the nation’s largest coal export terminal in Longview, Washington on the Columbia River. We have uplifted shared values of justice, responsibility,…
Hundreds of boaters gathered at the Free the Snake Floatilla to say with one clear voice that it's time to free the Snake River from outdated low-value dams. Earth Ministry/WAIPL joined our partners at Save Our Wild Salmon at this…
Earth Ministry member Sara Cate wrote this Op-Ed for the Yakima Herald calling for immediate action on climate change. In the article, Sara, a doctor in Yakima, discusses her own experiences treating patients who are suffering due to the smoke…
On September 1, Pope Francis and Orthodox Christian leader Patriarch Bartholomew released a passionate joint appeal to protect the environment. This is the first time that a pope and the ecumenical patriarch have joined forces to comment on a pressing…
Read More Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew’s Joint Statement on the Environment
Earth Ministry's Jessie Dye is quoted in this article from "The Economist" discussing the impact of the current administration's actions, motivating people of faith to increase their involvement, engagement, and activism with regard to the environment. At Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power…
This past weekend, Earth Ministry's own Jessie Dye spoke at the Peoples' Climate Festival in Richland, WA where she opened the gathering by addressing climate change through a faith perspective. Jessie pointed out that the faith voice is often missing from the…
Although known as a responsible Northwest company, you may be as shocked as we are to learn that Costco is failing to announce a public policy to reduce toxic chemicals in products they sell.
Lummi Nation applauded Commissioner Goldmark and the Department of Natural Resources for honoring the tribe’s request to protect the lands of Xwe’chi’eXen, Cherry Point, by adding 45 acres of aquatic lands to the Cherry Point Aquatic Reserve. Lummi was determined…
