Blessed Tomorrow has an excellent guide for faith communities wanting to care for Creation. The Moving Forward: A Guide to Climate Action For Your Congregation and Community provides you with information and resources to reduce energy use, to build resilient houses of worship as refuges from a changing climate, and to encourage support

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 2, 2019 CONTACT Kendyl Crawford, Director, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (804) 505-4624, kcrawford@vaipl.org Gov. Northam Rejects Proposal to Limit Pollution Richmond, VA – May 2, 2019 Today, Governor Northam failed to veto budget language preventing Virginia from moving forward to limit carbon pollution from power plants. The

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 19, 2019 CONTACT Kendyl Crawford, Director, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (804) 505-4624, kcrawford@vaipl.org Good News: Air Board Caps Carbon Pollution Richmond, VA – April 19, 2019   Today, Virginia became a climate leader in the south by finalizing a long-awaited standard to protect Virginia families and

  River Road United Methodist Church, recently named the greenest large church within the Virginia Methodist Conference, is preparing to celebrate another Earth (Sabbath) Day. Here’s a look at some of the many ways RRUMC’s Earth Advocacy Committee has lead the congregation in their commitment to care for God’s Creation:

  Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists have been committed to environmental justice since the congregation’s inception 30 years ago. WUU was certified as a “Green Sanctuary” in 2012. A building expansion in 2017 included renewable power, but unfortunately the construction budget left no room for a solar power system. In spring of

On November 14, 2018, Valley Friends (Quaker) Meeting (VFM) in Dayton, Virginia, attained its goal of a (nearly) net-zero carbon footprint. Quakers are nothing if not deliberate, and this milestone marked the culmination of a five-year, multi-phase process.   VFM’s process began in April 2014 when several members, concerned about

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2019 CONTACT Kendyl Crawford, Director, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (804) 505-4624, kcrawford@vaipl.org   Virginia Interfaith Power & Light: Governor Northam Protects Water Quality by Signing Legislation to Clean Up Toxic Coal Ash Richmond, VA –  “It is long overdue that decades-old toxic coal ash

          Casa Alma is a volunteer-led, non-profit Catholic Worker Community started by Steve and Laura Brown in Charlottesville, Virginia. The Catholic Worker movement is a network of autonomous communities which value the inherent dignity of every person. Catholic Workers practice peace and nonviolence, justice and reconciliation,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 14, 2019 CONTACT Kendyl Crawford, Director, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (804) 505-4624, kcrawford@vaipl.org Virginia Interfaith Power & Light: Governor Northam Vetoes Bill Limiting VA’s Ability to Reduce Power Plant Pollution Richmond, VA – Today, Governor Ralph Northam vetoed HB 2611, a bill that would have limited Virginia’s

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 11, 2019 CONTACT Kendyl Crawford, Director, Virginia Interfaith Power & Light (804) 505-4624, kcrawford@vaipl.org Virginia Interfaith Power & Light: Statement on Governor Northam Richmond, VA – Today, Kendyl Crawford, Director of Virginia Interfaith Power & Light, released the following statement regarding the release of a racist