Spring 2024 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event
Willow Waterhole Greenspace 11350 Ricecrest, Houston, TX, United StatesPhoto above: Volunteers hard at work at a past event. Willow Waterhole Greenspace 11350 Ricecrest, Houston, TX 77035 Calling people of all faiths or no faith at all in Houston to care for our shared environment during Earth Month! We will engage in hands-on environmental stewardship at the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve, including weeding, cleaning up the park and [...]
Sunday Evening Conversations on Creation Continue… Online
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2024 is Restoration, Renewal & Regeneration. Della Barbato, Director of Education, Native Prairies Association of Texas Native Plants and Prairies In the past 10 years, Houston has experienced a prairie renaissance, including the building [...]
Plastic Free EcoChallenge
Plastic Free EcoChallenge July 1 - 31, online Plastic pollution now contaminates the deepest trenches in the ocean, the highest mountain peaks, and even the air we breathe. Microplastics have been found in human blood, lungs, breast milk and placentas. Plastic has entered the food chain, killing wildlife, and causing the average person to eat [...]
Sunday Evening Conversations on Creation Continue…Online
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2024 is Restoration, Renewal & Regeneration. Stephanie Kiouses, Park Director, Levy Park Revitalizing Levy Park Sunday, July 21, 6 p.m. central, online In the heart of Houston lies Levy Park, a once-neglected space now [...]
COOKED: Survival by Zip Code Screening & Discussion – Online
COOKED: Survival by ZIP Code reveals the ways in which class, race, and zip code predetermine unequal response and recovery to environmental disaster. Chicago suffered the worst heat disaster in U.S history in 1995, when 739 residents—mostly elderly and black—died over the course of one week. By linking the deadly Chicago heat wave of 1995 [...]
Sunday Evening Conversations on Creation Continue…Online
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2024 is Restoration, Renewal & Regeneration. Lisa Brenskelle, PhD, Lutherans Restoring Creation – Gulf Coast Team Lead, Founder, Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston, Climate Communication Coordinator, Texas Impact Restoration, Renewal, Regeneration and…. Justice?? [...]
Living the Change Weekly Discussion Group – Online
Interfaith group presents the Walk on Earth Gently multifaith statement Scientists tell us that we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by 2030. That may seem like a very high hurdle. But, it translates to only a 7%/year reduction, starting now. Participants in this course will leave with a personalized plan to achieve [...]
And God Saw that It Was Good – Online
Over four sessions, this course will offer stunning video clips of the national parks from Ken Burns' popular film The National Parks: America’s Best Idea and guided discussion related to the film. In group discussion, we will explore how the national parks can teach us about our relationship with both God and the Earth. The [...]
Climate Solutions 101 – Online
Think there is no solution to climate change? Nothing could be farther from the truth. Effective climate solutions are available now! Climate 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 [...]
The Promised Land: How Urban Farming Nurtures Souls and Communities – Online
Rachel Lockhart Folkerts, Farm Programs Director, Plant It Forward Established in 2011, Plant It Forward (PIF) empowers refugees to develop sustainable farms that provide fresh, healthy food to our community. PIF’s programs provide education, land, and market access to a network of over 60 new American growers from our city's Congolese, Sudanese, Rohingya, Burmese, and [...]