This recorded workshop featuring Earth Ministry/WAIPL staff and Temple De Hirsch Sinai's Rabbi Avi Fine, presents case studies of successful interfaith collaboration to stop climate-wrecking fossil fuel megaprojects.
Tonight is the first night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights.
We know that much is weighing on your heart and mind in these days filled with public health precautions. We continue to hold in our prayers those who are sick or at high risk, our health care responders, everyone at…
We love this article featuring our friends at Edmonds United Methodist Church, an Earth Ministry Greening Congregation!
Earth Ministry's Program and Outreach Director Jessica Zimmerle was quoted in the Tacoma News Tribune coverage of the August 27th hearing on Tacoma LNG.
Earth Ministry member congregation First Congregational Church of Walla Walla has undertaken the installation of 60 solar panels on their church roof. Implementing this solar project is a manifestation of First Congregational Church's faith value of caring for the earth.
by Deirdre Gabbay, delivered at Congregation Beth Shalom, 2019 Shabbat Shalom. Today we begin reading from the Book of Numbers, or in Hebrew, Sefer BeMidbar, which means “In the Wilderness.” The book begins, “Now THE LORD spoke to Moshe in…
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light, as a part of the Environmental Priorities Coalition, actively supported several of these legislative priorities to become bills.
This article discusses the environmental benefits of the 100% Clean Electricity bill, and why a broad coalition of organizations are coming together in support of it.
Earth Ministry/Washington Interfaith Power & Light is proud to partner with synagogues and Jewish communities across the state to speak up on behalf of our shared home. People of all faiths know that when we stand together, we can lead…
For years, people of faith across Washington have spoken up to stop the nation's largest crude oil-by-rail terminal proposed by Tesoro in Vancouver, WA. We’ve shared that the risks of oil train derailments and spills do not align with our…
Read More Governor Inslee Rejects Massive Oil Shipping Terminal
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
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…
University Congregational United Church of Christ, an Earth Ministry Greening Congregation, hosted the Seattle leg of the 2017 Totem Pole Journey on October 14. Jessie Dye, Earth Ministry's senior campaign strategist, spoke at the event, as well as Duwamish tribal…
Read More Totem Tour: Victory against coal port fuels fifth annual totem pole journey
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
