"This candle will symbolize that what we suffer from is not simply a technological, economic or ecological crisis, but a spiritual crisis."Welcome to New York Interfaith Power and Light
Our mission is to support congregations of all faiths in their actions to curb global warming and protect the sacredness of the earth.
Our Vision: NYIPL will lead, advocate, and serve as a primary resource for NYS faith communities to actively respond to global warming. Our geographically and religiously diverse, actively engaged Board of Directors and membership will facilitate the establishment of local leadership and networks, link resources, strategies, and events, and collaborate with faith and secular communities throughout the state.
Every congregation or faith-based organization in New York State is welcome to join our interfaith effort.
What's New
BECOME AN NYIPL BOARD MEMBER
Are you passionate about your faith and protecting the Earth? New York Interfaith Power & Light has openings on our Board of Directors. If you have an interest in serving on the board, we encourage you to contact our Executive Director, Janna Stieg Watkins at (315) 256-0078 or jswatkins@ymail.com
THINKING ABOUT STARTING A COMMUNITY GARDEN?
Finally, it’s spring—a great time for your congregation to start thinking a community garden! Don’t delay, since such a project benefits from advance planning. Check out our resources for creating a successful community garden (and educating about why this can contribute to both environmental stewardship and social justice) at www.nyipl.org/congregation/eating_together.html.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Cool Congregations: September 25, September 26
Join New York Interfaith Power & Light for a workshop where you will be inspired to take concrete steps towards reducing your carbon footprint.
Cool Congregations was started by three mothers who were stunned into action when they found out about a proposed 750 megawatt coal-fired power plant for their neighboring town of Waterloo, Iowa, to power Chicago. The priest at their church had long been teaching them, “To keep the faith, we must keep the earth.”
As people of faith, and mothers concerned about their children’s future, they felt called to be part of the solution: restoring God’s creation. They thought, “If we use less electricity, there would be less need for new coal plants.” So they took their priest’s words to heart and started Cool Congregations at their home congregation, St. Luke’s Episcopal in Cedar Falls.
The families at St. Luke’s reduced their emissions by 67 tons the first year with an average emissions reduction of 9% and savings of $200/family.
It didn’t take long before word of the program spread to other congregations. Soon, these three mothers were hiring babysitters, packing the station wagon and traveling around Iowa to get others started on Cool Congregations. In 2007 they reached 90 congregations and by January of 2010, over 240.
The mission of Cool Congregations is to inspire and educate people to be faithful stewards of creation by responding to climate change through energy conservation, energy efficiency, and renewable energy.
Cool Congregations is a program of Iowa Interfaith Power & Light, which is a joint response of Iowa faith communities to Climate Change.
Two dates and locations:
Saturday, September 25, 1-4:00 pm Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church
5299 Jamesville Road, Dewitt NY 13214
Sunday, September 26, 1:30-4:30 pm Christ Church United Methodist
35 State Street, Troy NY 12180
To register, click here.
For more info, contact Janna Stieg Watkins at NYIPL: jswatkins@ymail.com (315) 256-0078
Energy Stewardship October 29-30
Join us on Oct 29-30, 2010 at Stony Point Center for Energy Stewardship for Congregations: A Practical Guide to Taking the Next Steps
Does your faith community want to deepen care for creation? Does your nonprofit want to conserve energy? Do you want to save money? The finger meets the switch at this conference co-facilitated by Nikki Coddington, writer and former Executive Director of New York Interfaith Power and Light, and Rick Ufford-Chase, Co-Director of the Stony Point Center, and featuring a selection of workshops led by experts. To find out more information, click here
Speak out as a Climate Convert!
As the ongoing BP oil catastrophe in the Gulf and the Massey Energy mining disaster in West Virginia in April have made clear, our fossil fuel addictions carry lethal risks to living beings and to the environment. The time has never been more relevant to tell our leaders that current energy sources are unsustainable and they must work to support large-scale implementation of alternatives.
Renewable energy is a moral issue, and we as people of faith are working to make it a reality through personal actions, community changes, and advocacy. If we take no action, not only will we destroy our planet gradually through global warming, but we are already destroying pieces of it quickly through accidents such as these.
CARBON COVENANT
Carbon Covenant www.co2covenant.org - Connecting with faith communities on the front lines of climate change
This new Interfaith Power & Light project links up congregations and people of faith in the U.S. with faith communities on the front lines of climate change in the developing world and offers a way to help out.
The four projects featured on the Carbon Covenant website are faith communities in the developing world taking the initiative to mitigate climate change and protect their communities. All of the projects address the number one source of greenhouse gas emissions in the developing world: deforestation. In Cambodia, Buddhist Monks aim to protect a remote community forest from illegal logging by ordaining and patrolling the area. In Ghana, the Presbyterian Church is teaching alternative, sustainable livelihoods, from snail farming to bee keeping. In Cameroon, an interfaith project is fighting desertification through tree planting. And on the slopes of Kilimanjaro, a Lutheran bishop is making tree planting a condition of confirmation in the church.
For more information, visit the Carbon Covenant website at www.co2covenant.org.
Faith Leaders Write about the Gulf Oil Spill
Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, “A Lesson from the Gulf Oil Spill: We Are All Connected,” Posted May 26, 2010
The original peoples of the North American continent understand that we are all connected, and that harm to one part of the sacred circle of life harms the whole. Scientists, both the ecological and physical sorts, know the same reality, expressed in different terms. The Abrahamic traditions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) also charge human beings with care for the whole of creation, because it is God's good gift to humanity. Another way of saying this is that we are all connected and there is no escape; our common future depends on how we care for the rest of the natural world, not just the square feet of soil we may call "our own." We breathe the same air, our food comes from the same ground and seas, and the water we have to share cycles through the same airshed, watershed, and terra firma.
The still-unfolding disaster in the Gulf of Mexico is good evidence of the interconnectedness of the whole. It has its origins in this nation's addiction to oil, uninhibited growth, and consumerism, as well as old-fashioned greed and what my tradition calls hubris and idolatry. Our collective sins are being visited on those who have had little or no part in them: birds, marine mammals, the tiny plants and animals that constitute the base of the vast food chain in the Gulf, and on which a major part of the seafood production of the United States depends. Our sins are being visited on the fishers of southern Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, who seek to feed their families with the proceeds of what they catch each day. Our sins will expose New Orleans and other coastal cities to the increased likelihood of devastating floods, as the marshes that constitute the shrinking margin of storm protection continue to disappear, fouled and killed by oil.
Read the entire article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bishop-katharine-jefferts-schori/lessons-from-the-gulf-oil_b_591160.html
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, “Sins Against Nature and God: We Are All Accountable for Ignoring the Global Consequences of Environmental Exploitation,” May 7, 2010
Once again, in a matter only of a few years, the eyes of the world are turned with suspense toward the Gulf Coast. Sadly, the oil spill is following a path similar to Hurricane Katrina and threatening the coast of Louisiana as well as neighboring states.
As citizens of God's creation, we perceive this monumental spill of crude oil in the oceans of our planet as a sign of how far we have moved from the purpose of God's creation.
Read the entire article at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ecumenical-patriarch-bartholomew/sins-against-nature-and-g_b_567993.html
Strong Evidence on Climate Change Underscores Need for Action
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=05192010
On May 19, as part of its most comprehensive study of climate change to date, the National Research Council today issued three new reports emphasizing why the U.S. should act now to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and develop a national strategy to adapt to the inevitable impacts of climate change.
The reports by the Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering, are part of a congressionally requested suite of five studies known as “America's Climate Choices.”
The compelling case that climate change is occurring and is caused in large part by human activities is based on a strong, credible body of evidence, saysAdvancing the Science of Climate Change, one of the new reports.
Substantially reducing greenhouse gas emissions will require prompt and sustained efforts to promote major technological and behavioral changes, says Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change, another of the new reports.
Reducing vulnerabilities to impacts of climate change that the nation cannot, or does not, avoid is a highly desirable strategy to manage and minimize the risks, says the third report, Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change. Some impacts – such as rising sea levels, disappearing sea ice, and the frequency and intensity of some extreme weather events like heavy precipitation and heat waves – are already being observed across the country.
The three reports can be found at http://americasclimatechoices.org/. Two additional reports will be released later this year.
Video: Easing the Pane—Make Storm Windows
Looking for a useful and cost-effective summer project for youth and/or adults? Arkansas Interfaith Power and Light produced the video in the link below. They sent the link to other state Interfaith Power and Light organizations so we can help congregations make their houses of worship more energy efficient. Project idea: making storm windows as a service to our congregations…or even other organizations that need to save energy? Watch the video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyffrneKaSI .
The Rev. Canon Sally G. Bingham was selected as one of seven climate heroes by YES! Magazine.
Climate Hero Rev. Canon Sally Bingham by Kate Sheppard posted Dec 01, 2009
For years, Sally Bingham wondered why her church wasn’t providing moral guidance on climate change. One of the first directives in the Bible, Bingham says, is to care for creation. When God gave Adam dominion over the Earth, that meant responsibility to “till it and keep it.” Bingham decided she had to bring this message to the pulpit. She left behind her life as a homemaker, enrolled in seminary, and became an Episcopal priest. In 1993, she founded the Regeneration Project, which has helped more than 10,000 congregations around the country become greener and more energy-efficient, and spurred a faith-based movement in support of climate policy…
Read the full article...
Faith-based news
World Faith Leaders Join Forces to Battle Global Warming
Excerpts from Environmental News Service story
LONDON, UK, November 4, 2009 - The world's religions have a crucial role to play in the fight against global climate change, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday, characterizing the battle with global warming as a "moral" issue.
"It is a pivotal moment for our world," said Ban as he co-hosted with Prince Philip an inter-faith gathering of religious and secular leaders at Windsor Castle called Many Heavens, One Earth: Faith Commitments for a Living Planet.
At the event organized by Prince Philip's Alliance of Religions and Conservation, leaders from nine of the world's major faith traditions are highlighting the Earth's fragility, and discussing initiatives to protect the planet against the ravages of climate change.
Leaders from Baha'ism, Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, Shintoism and Sikhism gathered to commit to long-term practical action to save the environment. Read entire story ...
Methodist Bishops’ Creation Care Statement, November 2009
Excerpts from Bishops' letter pledges to protect God's creation by Kathy L. Gilbert
Nov. 3, 2009
Pandemic poverty and disease, environmental degradation and a world full of weapons and violence are the wages of our sins against God’s creation. But there is hope if we change our ways, the 69 active United Methodist bishops say in a pastoral letter that will be read in churches during Advent.
The bishops at their fall meeting unanimously approved “God’s Renewed Creation: Call to Hope and Action,” a document that was started by the 2004 United Methodist General Conference. More than 5,400 United Methodists around the world have had input into the final document.
"We cannot help the world until we change our way of being in it,” the bishops said in adopting the letter. “We, your bishops, join with many global religious leaders to call for a comprehensive response to these interrelated issues. We urge all United Methodists and people of good will to offer themselves as instruments of God’s renewing spirit in the world."
Read the entire article...
Download the Bishops’ Pastoral Letter, in short form or in longer liturgical form....
For additional details, go to United Methodist News Service
350 is the most important number on the planet
The number 350 derives from scientific observation that 350 parts per million of atmospheric carbon is the level at which life as we know it on this planet can continue without catastrophic effects (including, e.g., flooding and changes in weather patterns, which tend to affect most drastically the poor, who have contributed the least to greenhouse gas emissions and who have the fewest resources to adapt to climate change). We're currently at 387 ppm. The 350 campaign is an international effort led by environmentalist Bill McKibben (on NYIPL’s advisory board) and a dedicated team of volunteers. To learn more...
October 24, 2009 (or October 25) was a day of action in which many congregations participated. Here are a few:
The 5th to 9th grade Sunday School class joined by two college students ringing handbells 350 times on the front steps of University United Methodist Church, Syracuse, NY.
350.org event at Cathedral of St. John the Divine, (the "Green" Cathedral), New York City, NY, October 24.
Global Interfaith Gathering at UN Chapel Presents Inter-religious Call to Climate Action
At least 10 religions and 13 countries were represented at the Global Interfaith Gathering, a religious service and call to action to the Summit on Climate Change being held at the United Nations. The representatives of diverse religious traditions gathered on September 21, the International Day of Prayer for Peace, to reflect in story, song, prayer and voice about humanity’s collective response to the climate crisis. The event was held across the street from the UN at Tillman Chapel in the Church Center for the United Nations.
On the eve of the September 22 United Nations Summit on Climate Change, representatives of faith communities around the world called on world leaders and on "all people of Earth to accept the reality of the common danger we face, the imperative and responsibility for immediate and decisive action and the opportunity to change."
"Our religions stand united in their call to care for the Earth and her peoples," the faith representatives said in a statement addressed to participants at the UN summit taking place in New York. "We stand united in our insistence that those most affected by this crisis, with fewest choices, have a just hearing and recourse," the Religious Traditions Call to Climate Action further said.
The gathering was organized by Religions for Peace, the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations, the UN chaplaincy, and New York Interfaith Power and Light in cooperation with the TckTckTck campaign.
"Climate change is a matter of justice because those who are mostly affected are the impoverished and vulnerable communities who have contributed the least to global warming and have no means to adapt to climate change. A climate debt has been accumulated over the centuries against these vulnerable communities, against the future generations and against the whole creation," World Council of Churches general secretary Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia said in a video message to the UN Summit on Climate Change.
The 22 September Summit on Climate Change was convened by the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to focus heads of State and Government on the fundamental issues at stake and on the need to reach an ambitious global climate deal at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen this December.
NYIPL Executive Director Nicola Coddington participated in both the planning of the Interfaith Gathering event and in the drafting of the Call to Climate Action.
Full text of the Religious Traditions Call To Climate Action...
For more information, photos, and videos of the event, please see the websites of some of the other participating organizations:
Religions for Peace, World Council of Churches, United Methodist Women
FREE DVD: "IRREVERSIBLE, IRREPLACEABLE" AVAILABLE TO CONGREGATIONS
For the past year, Earth Ministry has been a key partner in the Irreplaceable Campaign, which is a collaboration of faith, science, art, and justice groups educating the public about species extinction caused by global warming. A new short film, "Irreversible, Irreplaceable," is available to congregations for free through Earth Ministry/Washington IPL and features beautiful images of threatened species and interviews with religious, scientific, and environmental leaders. This video is ideal for adult forums and church services, especially a Blessing of the Animals service. Contains two versions, one about 4 minutes, the other about 10 minutes. [NYIPL Executive Director’s note: I used the short version in an interfaith gathering on climate change at the United Nations Chapel, where it was received enthusiastically.] http://www.earthministry.org/news/free-irreplaceable-dvd-available-to-churches
Our regional affiliates
NYIPL welcomes our affiliates working in New York State
- Living in Harmony - in the Rochester area
- Long Island Interfaith Environment Network - Long Island area
Many Heavens, One Earth: Faith Commitments for a Living Planet
Leaders of faith traditions from around the world gathered recently at Windsor Castle in an unprecedented meeting to discuss what religions are doing and can do to take action on the climate crisis, including the announcement of major commitments. Rev. Sally Bingham, founder of the national Interfaith Power and Light campaign, participated and was one of thirty-one religious leaders whose programs were given special recognition. Below you can read excerpts of one of the news stories covering this historic event.
You can listen to a program of the NPR show Living on Earth in which host Jeff Young speaks with Martin Palmer, Secretary General of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation, about why these initiatives might have a greater impact on stewardship than scientific or political efforts.
Save $$$ while you're saving the earth
New York Interfaith Power & Light is participating in the national Shop IPL opportunity to purchase high quality, lower cost energy-saving products. Through this online store, Interfaith Power & Light is partnering with Energy Federation Incorporated (EFI) to offer high-quality, affordable energy-efficient products. Many products are offered with quantity discounts, allowing participating congregations to easily order products at competitive wholesale prices. Find out how to get all the materials to participate in a fundraiser AND to get a 10% discount.
Love God Heal Earth
Love God, Heal Earth features commentary from 21 religious leaders about the spiritual elements of the environmental crisis and need to care for the Earth. Sally G. Bingham, the principal author, is one of America's most influential religious environmentalists. She is environmental minister for San Francisco's Grace Cathedral and for the California Episcopal Diocese; and founder and president of the fast-growing Interfaith Power and Light Campaign, involving more than 4000 congregations and over 500,000 people in 29 states in faith-based action to heal the Earth.
"Love God, Heal Earth is a historically important contribution. Its authors of diverse faiths recognize that protecting the planet and all of life is a transcendent responsibility - for both the scientists who study it and those of religious faith who are able to express its spiritual importance." --E.O. Wilson, Harvard biologist and naturalist, author of The Creation: an Appeal to Save Life on Earth.
"Love God, Heal Earth features some of the clearest and most compelling voices in the emerging creation care movement--a unifying and rallying point for people of faith from across diverse traditions." --Jim Wallis, President of Sojourners, author of The Great Awakening.
Check out the reviews (all 5 stars!) at www.amazon.com; you can order the book there or at www.theregenerationproject.org (or, if you’re lucky enough to still have a local bookstore, remember it’s green to buy local!).
Catholic Climate Covenant
Pope Benedict XVI says, "Before it is too late, it is necessary to make courageous decisions" to curb climate change. The impact of climate change falls heaviest on the poor. The Catholic Coalition on Climate Change is ready to launch an unprecedented and historical campaign to take responsibility for our contribution to climate change and do what we do best: be advocates for those who will be left out of the public policy debate on climate change.Your first step in the right direction: Take the St. Francis Pledge to care for creation and the poor.
Climate and Church: How Global Climate Change Will Impact Core Church Ministries
Though many understand the devastating impacts that climate change will have on human communities around the world, few understand the impacts that climate change will have on core church ministries such as refugee resettlement, feeding the hungry, and disaster relief. The Climate and Church report outlines how these core church ministries will be impacted. For this report…
Global News
One of the most effective things you can do!
Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that people should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help tackle climate change, then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. These are generated during the production of animal feeds, for example, while ruminants, particularly cows, emit methane, which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than carbon dioxide. The agency has also warned that meat consumption is set to double by the middle of the century.
"In terms of immediacy of action and the feasibility of bringing about reductions in a short period of time, it clearly is the most attractive opportunity," said Pachauri. The Guardian, Sept. 7. 2008
AND this is one of the best things you can do for your health, too! In fact, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is promoting Meatless Mondays as a way of preventing lifestyle diseases.
National News and Initiatives
Capitol Power Plant Mass Civil Disobedience Action Planned
On March 2, thousands of people in a multi-generational act of civil disobedience at the Capitol Power Plant — a plant that powers Congress with dirty energy and symbolizes a past that cannot be our future. This action is in the tradition of past civil disobedience actions, such as civil rights, that the faith community has participated in. Bill McKibben, a member of our Advisory Board, and Wendell Berry are two of the leaders in this action. For information on how to participate...
Living Green Below Your Means
The Center for a New American Dream offers tools for individuals to live within their limits—both personally and ecologically. Their "Living Green Below Your Means" column shows you to improve your quality of life by being thrifty. Their website offers tools and tips to help you put less emphasis on "more" and put greater emphasis on more of what matters—like healthy communities, a healthy planet, a higher quality of life rather than quantity of stuff.
Sorry Mac users - you'll need a PC...
... to participate in the World Community Grid's Clean Energy Project! For more info...
Change a Light, Change the World
NYIPL is a referring partner in this program. To learn more...
New York State Renewable Energy News
The first report of the Renewable Energy Task Force--The Clean, Secure Energy and Economic Growth: A Commitment to Renewable Energy and Enhanced Energy Independence--is available. You can download and read the entire report here.
1Sky
The goals of the "1 Sky" initiative: at least a 25% reduction in carbon emission below 1990 levels, at least an 80% reduction in carbon emissions below 1990 levels by 2050, a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants, and a Green Jobs Corps to help fix homes and businesses so those targets can be met. 1Sky is a coalition of many groups, including Interfaith Power & Light.
The 1Sky Campaign is dedicated to aggregating a massive nationwide movement by communicating a positive vision and a coherent set of national policies that rise to the scale of the climate challenge before us. It has been born from the collective urgency and determination of diverse leaders across the country. Learn more…
NYIPL endorses Focus the Nation
Focus the Nation is a national conversation about solutions to global warming. This effort is based in educational institutions, but also is engaging Americans in their churches, mosques, synagogues, businesses and civic organizations.
The Science
Confused by global warming naysayers?
It's not hard to find people who say that global warming isn't happening, isn't caused by humans etc. etc. etc. You need look no farther than a quick search of websites, radio, or TV programs - or even your friends, neighbors, or relatives. These opinions are rarely supported by sound science. The Royal Society has published a new guide of easy-to-understand explanations of the most common global warming myths.
Another resource: Here's a handy summary of the issues climate skeptics bring up and science-based responses.
Project BudBurst
Help scientists learn more about global warming by becoming a citizen scientist! A new citizen science program, Project BudBurst, asks citizens to collect data on when their plants first bud out or flower (details vary depending on the kind of plant being studied.) It's free and easy to participate. For more info…
Learn more about the science
Save Energy
Learn from other congregations - See our case studies!
Courtesy of Massachusetts IPL, we've posted some new case studies of houses of worship and case studies of personal home energy use.
EmPower NY: Energy assistance
NYSERDA's EmPower NY program helps people who are having a difficult time paying their energy bills. The program is no cost to the home-owner, and is open to anyone who has an electric account in their name and is eligible for the State Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). The homeowner or tenant will receive a home energy audit that includes education on practices they can do to save on their energy bills. Their appliances will be evaluated and replaced if they are energy hogs. In some instances, if the heating fuel use justifies it, the home’s wall and/or attic may be insulated through EmPower NY. Also the heating system and domestic hot water systems are checked for efficiency and safety. If the customer is a tenant, their landlord is expected to make a contribution to the properties improvements.
For the application.
For workshops on EmPower NY.
For any of your congregants
Don't forget that NYSERDA has programs for everyone! Check them out...
New Green Building Resources
The National Council of Churches USA's Eco-Justice Program is offering a new FREE creation-friendly building guide titled, "Building A Firm Foundation: A Creation Friendly Guide for Churches." The resource is designed to support churches in building structures faithfully and sustainably.
For more info on this and other resources...
- The Quakers have built the first "green" building on Capitol Hill! View an interactive picture and read more about it on their website.
- The General Theological Seminary (GTS) in Manhattan began construction on what is perhaps the largest geothermal project in the Northeast - converting the school's heating-cooling system, now powered by fossil fuel, to a new energy-efficient geothermal system. Read more…
And don't forget good stewardship of your grounds - your own little piece of the earth. More info...
Coal
- Protect your efforts to reduce carbon! Congregations, businesses, cities, and individuals are working hard to reduce carbon. But proposed coal-fired power plants could more than wipe out the benefits of these efforts! Architecture 2030 tells how. Coal plants are being proposed for various areas of New York State, so this is a timely topic to discuss.
- Texas - including Texas IP"L - has successfully slowed the rush to coal. Stewardship, Justice and Respect for Life: Faith Perspectives on the Energy Debate is part of a larger document called Fueling Our Future.
- Texas Impact (a faith-based organization) published this opinion piece called Respect for Life: Why the Faithful Care About Coal Plants .
Learn and take action
What's YOUR carbon footprint?
In going about our daily lives, each of us contributes to the greenhouse gas emissions that are causing climate change. Use The Nature Conservancy's carbon calculator to measure your or your household's climate impact.
Low Carbon Diet: A 30-day program to lose 5,000 pounds
Find out more about this educational resource. This is designed to be used with small groups, so it's a great place to start your energy stewardship educational efforts.
The Story of Stuff
Learn the full story of our "stuff" by watching this 20-minute video called The Story of Stuff available for free. A great video to watch and discuss!
Running the Numbers: An American Self-Portrait
Chris Jordan, a photographer, provides a vivid look at the results of our consumerism.
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