Eight Crucial Years for Our Civilization
Most people don’t realize quite how pivotal the next eight years are for the future of our climate, our planet, and our civilization. Join Phoebe Barnard, lead author of the global […]
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The Path of Hope: A Study on Climate Action for Faith Communities
You are invited to join an online discussion series on Thursdays 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 experts. The videos walk viewers through four key climate policy issues that intersect with universal faith concerns for […]
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Carbon Fee & Dividend: What’s Justice Got to Do with It?
Members of Citizen's Climate Lobby explain the ins and outs of carbon fee & dividend as an economic policy tool to address climate change. Learn about the positive impact not only on the environment, but also on jobs, the economy, and human health. And, carbon fee & dividend has been deemed by economists as the […]
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Air Pollution: Past, Present & Future
Online TXJoin Professor Gunnar Schade of Texas A&M University to learn about the issue of air pollution. Air pollution is a major factor for public health throughout the world. An increasing human population, increasingly clustered in urban areas, is exposed to a variety of air pollutants. Among the common pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone exposure […]
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Climate Change: Simple, Serious, Solvable
Online TXJoin Professor Sylvia Dee of Rice University to consider climate change, its causes, impacts, and solutions. There is now a long-established global scientific consensus that climate change will damage human and natural systems at high expense. Climate change-induced disruptions to human-environment interactions occur via impacts such as sea level rise, storm surge, tropical cyclones, and […]
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Biodiversity Loss
Online TXJoin Professor Kerri Crawford of the University of Houston for a talk on the issue of biodiversity loss. Our planet is home to millions of species that rely on each other and provide important ecosystem services. Humans, too, rely on nature -- but we take a disproportionate amount of the resources and modify the environment […]
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Heat in Houston: Justice Implications, Solutions, & How People of Faith Can Engage
Online TXHeat is the greatest weather-related disaster in the U.S., killing more people than any other kind of natural disaster. And, Texas is one of three states with the highest heat-related deaths. A study found that the Houston area averaged 18 dangerously hot summer days per year from 1975 to 2010. Without any action to combat […]
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How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint
Online TXIt is well known that global warming and associated climate changes are linked to the increase of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere. Humans generate anthropogenic carbon dioxide and methane in many different ways. A carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon dioxide and methane that are generated as […]
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The Three-Part Path of Regeneration
Online TXThese days we have all experienced consequences of the climate crisis on top of dealing with challenges of day to day living. How can the resulting big changes and projects that we undertake inform a larger regenerative shift? Join Amanda Tullos, CEO & Founder of GreeNexus Consulting, to learn about her quest to move the […]
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Daily Devotionals for the U.N. Climate Conference
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Blvd., HoustonA daily devotional for use during the U.N. Climate Conference in Egypt from Nov. 6 – Nov. 18 has been created. Pray for world leaders at the climate conference each day, and for ourselves, that we may all act as good stewards of God’s beloved creation. Printed copies of the devotional will be distributed on […]
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Climate Solutions 101
Online TXClimate Solutions 101 is the world’s first major educational effort focused solely on climate solutions. Rather than rehashing well-known climate challenges, these materials from Project Drawdown concentrate on game-changing climate action based on rigorous scientific research and analysis. This course, presented in video units and in-depth conversations, combines Project Drawdown’s trusted resources with the expertise […]
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Faithful Resilience: A Study on Climate Resilience for Faith Communities
Online TXFaithful Resilience is a six-part weekly 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 stronger, and heat waves have baked our cities. These events can only be expected to get worse in […]
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The Path of Hope: A Study on Climate Action for Faith Communities
Online TXYou 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 experts. The videos walk viewers through four key climate policy issues that intersect with universal faith concerns for vulnerable and marginalized […]
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Confronting Climate Gridlock
Online TXConfronting climate change will require interconnected efforts to improve technologies, policy, and diplomacy. Professor Dan Cohan of Rice University will explore the interconnections between domestic and international efforts and market-based and policy approaches to accelerate the pursuit of clean energy and slow global warming. Drawing on lessons from his recently published book, Confronting Climate Gridlock: […]
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Reconnecting Communities after a Natural Disaster
Online TXJoin Dr. Brett Perkison of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston for a discussion of the effects that repeated record flooding due to climate change can have […]
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Earth Month EcoChallenge – The Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
Online TXAll Houston-area residents are invited to participate in the online Earth Month Ecochallenge. This event offers you the opportunity to care for the earth and all its peoples by taking on a challenge in: climate & ecosystems, economy & communities, health & equity, education & livelihood or basic needs & security. You can learn about […]
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Justice Interconnections: Climate, Race, Economy, Health, Migration & More
Online TXThe climate crisis is very real. And we tend to oversimplify it. In dealing with the climate crisis in a just manner, it is imperative that we consider the many […]
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Federal Incentives for Energy Efficiency and Renewables: Why They Matter to People of Faith
Online TXWe now have a wide window of opportunity to make real, lasting changes for clean energy and reducing carbon pollution. The Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law are investing billions […]
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The Path of Hope: A Study on Climate Action for Faith Communities
Online TXYou 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 experts. The videos walk viewers through four key climate policy issues that intersect with universal faith concerns for vulnerable and marginalized […]
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Interconnection & Resilience
online not applicable, not applicable, United StatesSteve Stelzer, Program Director for Houston’s Green Building Resource Center, provides a tour through a wealth of resources available to aid you in building your resilience and living a more […]
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Interfaith Justice Advocacy Workshop
Online TXJune 2023 is the perfect time to refresh your advocacy knowledge and set goals for engaging your faith community around issues that impact the planet and its peoples. Why is […]
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Interconnections with the Environment: Ecosystem Services & Us
online not applicable, not applicable, United StatesJoin Professor Kerri Crawford of the University of Houston to consider more deeply the interconnections between humans and our environment, through the lens of ecosystem services. As biodiversity is lost through anthropogenic changes, it is becoming increasingly clear how much we rely on the natural world. Nature provides us with many services, including water purification, […]
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The Letter: Screening & Discussion
Online TXJoin us for a screening and discussion of The Letter, a gorgeously filmed story featuring scenes from around the world that puts a human face on climate change. The Letter tells the story of the Laudato Si’ encyclical letter by Pope Francis through the eyes of frontline leaders battling the ecological crisis across continents. A […]
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Eating Plant-Based for Our Climate and Health. Your Faith Community Can, Too!
online not applicable, not applicable, United StatesA year ago, our ministers directed church staff to change the Sunday lunch menu to plant-based food. What inspired them to act? For a year, our church’s Climate Action Team has hosted monthly plant-based potlucks. The potlucks turn out five times as many participants as the monthly lectures that we used to hold. That’s inspiration! […]
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Weelaunee Worldwide: Block Cop City Speaking Tour
Montrose Center 401 Branard Street, Houston, TX, United StatesThis is an invitation to join a powerful collective action. After more than two years of struggle to defend the Weelaunee forest in southeast Atlanta from the construction of a militarized police training facility, the movement is at a crucial crossroads. This November, there is a call for a mass action to halt construction on […]
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Drawdown Roadmap
Online TXYou may know that there are many possible solutions to combat climate change. But, how do we focus our efforts, create the most effective plan and really make a difference on climate before it’s too late? The Drawdown Roadmap is a science-based strategy for accelerating climate solutions, pointing to which climate actions governments, businesses, investors, […]
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From Underground to On the Grid
online not applicable, not applicable, United StatesJoin Adrian Shelley, Texas Office Director for Public Citizen, as he delves into energy, from underground to on the grid. Texas has been an energy state for more than a century. But as the global energy market shifts away from fossil fuels and toward clean sources such as wind, solar, and battery storage, Texas risks […]
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Interfaith Prayer Vigil during the U.N. Climate Conference
Hermann Park 5555 Hermann Park Drive, HoustonDuring the U.N. Climate Conference (COP28) in Dubai, people of all faiths and spiritual traditions are invited to come together for prayer, meditation and reflection in the beauty of nature at Hermann Park. Clergy of a variety of faiths/spiritual traditions will offer readings, reflections and prayers/meditations from their traditions, all in support of the ongoing […]
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Earth Day: Sustaining Climate Justice Action & Community Health with Youth Organizers
Rothko Chapel 3900 Yupon St., Houston, TX, United StatesThis year's observance will provide space for learning, restoration and renewal through a conversation and meditative moment on sustaining action focused particularly on youth organizers working for climate justice and community health. Inspired by the 2023 ruling in the Held v. Montana case on the state’s constitutional rights to health, representatives from Our Children’s Trust including staff attorney David Schwartz and youth plaintiffs will […]
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We Fight Back! National Day of Action
Emancipation Park 3018 Emancipation Ave., HoustonOn January 20th, people from cities and towns across the country will come together in a nationwide mobilization opposing Trump’s ultra-right, billionaire agenda. It will be a National Day of Action to demand a future that centers the needs of the people over the interest of the wealthy elite. There will be actions in all […]