Jaime Gonzalez, Houston Healthy Cities Program Director, The Nature Conservancy Sunday, September 11, 3:30 p.m. central, online Heat 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 [...]

Faithful Voter Weekly Discussion Group Tuesdays, Sept. 13 – Nov. 1, 6 p.m., online As people of faith and conscience, we believe elections are a referendum on the values that will shape our future. How can we renew our fragile democracy? How do we honor the human dignity of every person? Will we protect our [...]

Forest Bathing & Earth Examen Saturday, September 17, 9 – 11:30 a.m. Montgomery County Nature Preserve 1122 Pruitt Road, The Woodlands, TX 77380 Experience forest bathing, led by a certified guide, followed by practice of the Christian spiritual discipline of the Earth Examen.  Forest bathing, a practice that originated in Japan, involves taking in, in [...]

Faith in Democracy Sunday, September 18, 2 – 5 p.m. St. Paul's United Methodist Church 5501 Main Street Houston, TX 77004 Texas Impact, an interfaith justice advocacy organization based in Austin (https://texasimpact.org/about-us/), is coming to see you here in Houston! Faith in Democracy is your opportunity to reflect with Houston faith leaders about why civic [...]

Sunday, September 25, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church 2353 Rice Blvd. Houston, TX 77005 Live in Harris county and need to register to vote or change the address on your registration? Get registered in time for the 2022 election in November!  Bring your TX driver’s license, or state-issued I.D. [...]

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church in Houston invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2022 is Planet Earth & You. Professor Hyun-Min Hwang, Texas Southern University How to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint Sunday, September 25, 6 p.m. central, online It is well known that global warming and associated [...]

All Houston-area residents are invited to participate in the online People’s Ecochallenge. This event offers you the opportunity to care for the earth by taking on a challenge in: regenerating nature, nourishing food, balancing consumption, cultivating communities or enacting equity.  You can learn about these topics, take action in your personal life, advocate or create [...]

Garden Tour & Prayer with Eyes Wide Open Saturday, October 8, 10 a.m. Houston Botanic Garden One Botanic Ln. (at 8210 Park Place Blvd.), Houston, 77017 Experience a private guided tour of the Houston Botanic Garden, followed by practice of the nature-based Christian spiritual discipline of prayer with eyes wide open. Prayer with eyes wide [...]

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 scientific research and analysis. This course, presented in video units and in-depth conversations, combines Project Drawdown’s trusted resources with the expertise [...]

Photo above:  Volunteers hard at work at a past event. Fall 2022 Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event Sunday, October 16, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. Willow Waterhole Greenspace 5300 Dryad Dr., Houston, TX 77035  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 [...]