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  • United We Win – Collaborating to Solve Houston’s Toughest Environmental Challenges

    Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series. In January, Jaime Gonzalez, Houston Urban Conservation Programs Manager for The Nature Conservancy, will highlight a variety of local environmental issues, and how local people/organizations are coming together to address them. He will explain tools used for environmental action mapping that make collective action more effective.

    Free

  • TAKE A “TOXIC TOUR” OF HOUSTON WITH ROTHKO CHAPEL AND TEXAS ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ADVOCACY SERVICES

    Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St, Houston

    Rothko Chapel in collaboration with Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (t.e.j.a.s.) will host a bus tour of toxic sites in and around the greater Houston community on Saturday, February 8, 2020 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  The tour will be led by Juan Parras and Yvette Arellano of t.e.j.a.s. and will explore the East End of Houston, a neighborhood which borders Houston’s Ship Channel and is comprised of mostly Latino residents.  This frontline community is situated next to some of the largest refineries and chemical plants in the city.  Air pollution from nearby plastics-producing plants floats over schools, offices, and, homes.  The goal of the tour is to show participants the structural reality of these massive industrial complexes and to offer a first-hand understanding of environmental justice issues the community faces.

    $20.00

  • Living the Change!

    Emerson Unitarian Universalist Church & online 1900 Bering Dr., Houston

    The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to learn how to get started
    Living the Change in your life/your house of worship. Living the Change is an international
    interfaith initiative to address climate change. This event will explain the components of
    Living the Change, resources available, how to host an event, and how to leverage this
    initiative to make real change in addressing climate change.

    Free

  • The Wonders of Soil

    Think that soil is just dirt? Think again! Join John Ferguson, soil scientist, owner of Nature’s Way Resources, and an organic gardening expert, in February as he explains the wonders of soil. You’ll leave this talk amazed at what lies beneath your feet.

    Free

  • A Conversation on Living the Change

    Live Oak Friends Meeting House & online 1320 W 26th St, Houston

    The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to a conversation on Living the Change. Living the Change is an international interfaith initiative to address climate change.  This event demonstrates how to hold a Living the Change event/discussion in your home/house of worship, by doing so in an interfaith setting.   Please join us!  You'll not only learn how you can address climate change, but how to hold an event to influence others to do so.

    Free

  • Artistic Social for HPJC

    Mother Dog Studios 720 Walnut, Houston

    The Houston Peace & Justice Center, Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, Pax Christi Houston, and Alianza Latina Internacional invites you to meet and greet for criminal, economic, and environmental justice.

    Come and meet like minded individuals in a non violent atmosphere of art and free beer.

    Free

  • Escalting Resistance: Mass Rebellion Training

    Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United States

    Extinction Rebellion Houston is hosting a nonviolence workshop with longtime nonviolence trainer and activist Lisa Fithian.

    Lisa will be offering a three hour training to hone our strategies and tactics to impact power holders and create social disruption at increasingly larger scales. This organizing requires attention to how we build collective power that heals and liberates us from our socialization in the dominant culture of superiority – white, male, rich and Christian.

    Free

  • Heading for Extinction and What to Do About It

    by zoom--link on website Houston

    "Heading for Extinction--and what to do about it" is the classic Extinction Rebellion presentation known as "the talk", given with a Houston twist. Please join us to learn the scope and scale of our current predicament, why current approaches are flawed, and how you can make a difference.

    Free

  • The Wonders of the Deep Sea

    Approximately two thirds of the earth’s surface is covered by oceans with an average depth of about 2.65 miles. Below 0.62 miles, the water is completely dark, temperatures plummet to 39 °F, and the pressure is about 40 times the pressure of earth’s atmosphere. Nonetheless, many creatures can live in this extreme place having no light. Deep sea explorations have found shrimp, fish, coral, tube worms, mussels, starfish, and many other creatures even below 2 miles. About 95% of the ocean remains unexplored, and marine scientists continuously find new species in this unusual place. In addition to creatures, huge quantities of methane gas hydrates and billions of tons of manganese nodules are found in deep ocean floors (2-4 miles deep). Manganese nodules grow only 10-100 millimeters per million years. Gas hydrates may contain roughly twice the carbon contained in all reserves of coal, oil, and conventional natural gas combined. Join Professor Hyun-Min Hwang of Texas Southern University to be awestruck by these, and other, wonders of the deep sea.

    Free

  • The Wonders of Coastal Wetlands

    Historically, wetlands were considered useless land, and we filled them in to make farmland and housing. Today, we realize that wetlands provide numerous valuable services to humanity, and we seek to protect and restore them. Coastal wetlands are threatened by a number of factors, but can be remarkably resilient to moderate rates of sea level rise. This talk will review some of the benefits we derive from coastal wetlands, discuss the threats facing them, and explain why we have reason to expect that wetlands will survive despite ongoing global change. Join this conversation with Professor Steven Pennings of the University of Houston as we wonder at coastal wetlands!

    Free

  • Earth Week Events!

    Happy EarthDay Week from the Houston Peace & Justice Center! There are lots of virtual activities going on this week. Please visit xrhouston.com for more information!

  • Spring 2020 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event

    Willow Waterhole Greenspace 5300 Dryad, Houston

    Calling people of all faiths, or no faith at all, to engage in hands-on care for our shared environment at the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve in Houston.

    Free

  • Interfaith Justice Advocacy Workshop

    Calling people of all faiths to learn to more effectively raise your voice for the voiceless!  Experts from Texas Impact, an Austin-based interfaith justice advocacy organization, will educate on how to do it right, and will provide information on their top justice advocacy priorities for 2020:  Climate Justice, Health Justice, and Migration Justice, so that you can knowledgeably engage your legislators on these critical justice issues as a person of faith.  You’ll also learn about Texas Impact’s Legislative Engagement Groups, where you can advocate with others, so you don’t have to “go it alone”.

  • Plastic Free Ecochallenge!

    online

    Plastic pollution is a major environmental issue.  The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites Houstonians of all faiths to join their team for the Plastic Free EcoChallenge and make an impact on plastic pollution with personal lifestyle changes.

    Free

  • Houston’s Green Building Resource Center

    lzer, Program Director for Houston’s Green Building Resource Center.  Steve is an architect with 30 years’ experience who is focused on making Houston a greener place to live and work.  He will discuss the center’s work to educate the public on healthy and energy, water, and material-conserving design & construction.

    Free

  • Jubilee for the Earth

    Join with Christians of all traditions in a Jubilee for the Earth, an observance of the 2020 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This ecumenical service, hosted by Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston, will be a time to pray, to praise, to profess our faith, to confess, and to leave empowered to lead transformed lives.

    Free

  • Rain Barrels for The Houston-Area Community

    The Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston and Galveston Bay Foundation invite all houses of worship and their members in Houston, alongside any interested Houstonians, to a rain barrel workshop.

    $35

  • Fall 2020 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event

    Willow Waterhole Greenspace 5300 Dryad, Houston

    Fall 2020 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event Sunday, November 8, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Calling people of all faiths or no faith at all in Houston to care for our shared environment!  We will engage in hands-on environmental stewardship at the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve, cleaning up rose garden beds, mulching around trees, & other tasks. This event will offer […]

    Free

  • Faithful Resilience: A Study on Climate Resilience for Faith Communities

    Faithful Resilience: A Study on Climate Resilience for Faith Communities Tuesdays, January 12 – February 16, 6 p.m., online Faithful Resilience is a six-part study on climate resilience for faith communities. The climate crisis has arrived. Faith communities must not only react, but also prepare. Over the last decade, hurricanes have intensified, wildfires have burnt […]

    Free

  • Being Healthy in a Toxifying World

    Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2021 is Healthy Planet = Healthy People = Healthy Economy.

    Free

  • The Houston Climate Action Plan & Faith Communities

    Join Lara Cottingham, Chief Sustainability Officer for the City of Houston, to learn about the Houston Climate Action Plan (CAP) and how faith communities, houses of worship & their members, can get involved.

    Free

  • Beach Clean-Up

    Galveston Bay

    Calling people of all faiths, or no faith at all, to care for our shared environment!  We will remove trash polluting a shoreline along Galveston Bay in Kemah, helping to protect and restore the beautiful bay ecosystem. This ev

    Free

  • Spring 2021 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event

    The Gathering Place 5310 S. Willow Dr., Houston, TX, United States

    Spring 2021 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event Sunday, March 21, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.   Calling people of all faiths or no faith at all in Houston to care for our shared environment! We will engage in hands-on environmental stewardship at the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve, giving the park a spring cleaning by weeding, removing brush & other tasks. […]

    Free

  • A Healthy Planet is a Prerequisite for Healthy People

    Join Hyun-Min Hwang, Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental & Interdisciplinary Sciences at Texas Southern University, as he discusses the links between people’s health, and the health of our […]

    Free

  • Drawdown EcoChallenge

    Drawdown EcoChallenge April 1 – 30, online   You are invited to join the Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston team for the Drawdown EcoChallenge during the month of April.  During the EcoChallenge, you choose “challenges”, from among 80 of the most substantive solutions to climate change, to implement in your life, forming new earth-care habits […]

    Free

  • The Path of Hope

    The Path of Hope: A Study on Climate Action for Faith Communities Apr. 6 – Apr. 27, Tuesdays at 6 p.m. You are invited to join an online discussion series built around 15-minute videos featuring interviews with US faith leaders, representatives of climate-impacted communities from the global South, and presentations by UN officials and other […]

    Free

  • Actions Faith Communities Can Take to Reduce Pollution & Pollution-Related Health Effects

    Actions Faith Communities Can Take to Reduce Pollution & Pollution-Related Health Effects Sunday, April 11, 2 p.m., online Concerned about pollution, and its impact on health? Loren Hopkins, Chief Environmental Science Officer for the City of Houston’s Health Department, will discuss current Houston Health Department programming and policies directed toward reducing pollution and pollution-related health effects.  […]

    Free

  • Earth Day Barter Fair

    Live Oak Friends Meeting House 1318 W. 26th, Houston, TX, United States

    Trade objects and services without using common currency Support Earth Day efforts to decrease our carbon foot print Opportunity to share in the Quaker testimonies of simplicity, stewardship, and community by creating a space to practice thinking together in a new way about how we place value on objects and services within our community. Kid […]

    Free