This fall, NCIPL leaders drafted a Resolution to Duke Energy asking that they set a carbon dioxide emissions reduction goal for the year 2030. Setting this reduction goal in this time frame is essential to alleviating and preventing the worst impacts of global climate change, and is the recommendation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). As people of […]
Articles on Racial Justice and Climate Change
****** We believe we cannot address climate change without also addressing racial injustice. To learn more about their intersection and why addressing both is needed read: I’m a Black Climate Expert. Racism Derails Our Efforts to Save the Planet | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson | The Washington Post Racism, Police Violence, and the Climate Are […]
Response to Systemic Racism
Featured image from Jamar Lanham at a protest in Raleigh, NC during the weekend of May 30-31, 2020. #Lanhamphotography Posted on June 3, 2020 NCIPL envisions a stable climate where humans live in right and just relationships, interconnected with a healthy, thriving, natural world. NCIPL accomplishes its mission by encouraging a culture shift towards environmental […]
NCIPL Earth Day Events 2020
Earth Day Events Although many of our faith traditions throughout history have held sacred the fact that life is a gift and that our planet which nurtures and sustains life is also a gift, tomorrow is April 22, 2020, which is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day! The very first Earth Day sparked the passage of many […]
Op-Ed: When it comes to climate change, farmworkers reap what we sow
Op-Ed written by Michelle Peedin, NCIPL Youth Leaders Coordinator, published in the Winston-Salem Journal. Click here to access the article on their site. With the crispness of the fall season normally comes the bounty of the harvests, as grocery stores and farmers markets throughout the state overflow with all the varied agriculture that North Carolina […]
Celebrate National Book Month with these Stories & Resources
In honor of National Book Month, we at NCIPL have compiled this list of books dealing with climate and environmental issues for children and young adults. Here you will find resources to educate the kids in your life about climate change, stories about environmental heroes and she-roes to inspire the youth in your world, and […]
Triangle Climate Strike Recap – Photos and Videos
On Friday, September 20, 2019 NC Interfaith Power and Light participated in the biggest climate strike in North Carolina history. Raleigh’s event was only one strike in the hundreds that happened all over the world for the Global Climate Strike. It was the largest worldwide climate mobilization ever and the largest youth-led mobilization on any […]
Join NCIPL in Striking for the Climate
On September 20, three days before the UN Climate Summit in NYC, NC Interfaith Power and Light is joining young climate leaders and adult allies striking all across the US and world to demand transformative action addressing the climate crisis. Below is a compilation of resources for students, parents, and faith communities. “FOR THE LOVE […]
Press Release: Porch Party for the Planet
MEDIA ADVISORY Contact: Matt Duffy | (415) 370-3997 | duffy@campsightstrategies.com ENVIRONMENTAL GROUPS THROW DAY PARTY to help Dorian victims, urge Tillis and Burr to #ActOnClimate WHAT: PORCH PARTY for OUR PLANET WHEN: Friday, September 6, 1 to 5 p.m. WHERE: The Outpost, 306 E. Hargett Street, Raleigh, then Sen. Tillis’ Raleigh office, 310 New Bern […]
Meet NCIPL Intern Daniel Perrin, Youth Leader
Daniel Perrin has been interning with North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light this summer. He describes below what led him to this work and how he got connected to NCIPL. I’m Daniel Perrin, and I am now, at last, a summer intern with North Carolina Interfaith Power and Light. From the time that I first […]
