The Environmental Justice Practitioners Network (EJPN) is a webinar series and community of practice for Unitarian Universalist environmental and climate justice leaders and community partners. Its purpose is to engage in reflection and discussion to deepen understanding and faith grounding for environmental justice. The special guest speaker for the March 2019 EJPN webinar will be […]
The U.S. is now the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world, and Keystone XL is the linchpin of Trump’s pro-fossil fuel agenda that’s harming communities and destroying the climate. It’s time to skill up, expand, and deepen our ability to fight Big Oil at every level. Over 20,000 people like […]
Throughout the month of February, the United States House Committees on Natural Resources; Science, Space, & Technology; and Energy & Commerce held numerous special hearings related to climate change. Doris Marlin, a member of All Souls Church Unitarian in Washington D.C. and the Green Sanctuary Program Advisory Board, attended many of these hearings and offers […]
The Zero Hour youth climate movement launched its nationwide #JoinJuliana campaign to help thousands of young people add their names in support of the Young People’s amicus (“friend of the court”) brief it will file in support of the 21 Juliana v. United States youth plaintiffs. The brief will be filed by PowerShift Network, the parent organization […]
Be the pebble in the pond that creates the ripple for change. ~Tim Cook The Canadian Unitarian Council has begun a two-year campaign, “The Ripple Effect,” and have created a website with a full slate of information (see link below). The website provides many resources to learn about various issues impacting water and engage in action […]
Charlotte Stuart-Tilley from the UU Church of Tallahassee has already been protesting this year! Stuart-Tilley rallied about 20 students who waved signs in front of the Historic Capitol in Tallahassee, Florida as drivers honked in support. “I think seeing kids out here, as you drive by the Capitol – protesting for their lives essentially, is […]
Dear Friends, In February 2019, the Juliana plaintiffs asked the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to stop the federal government from issuing leases and mining permits for extracting coal on federal public lands, leases for offshore oil and gas exploration and extraction activities, and federal approvals for new fossil fuel infrastructure while the court considers […]
Dear Member of Congress: As communities of faith, we hold to values of stewardship and justice. We recognize that God’s creation is sacred and thus we are called to responsibly steward the gifts of creation while protecting our most vulnerable neighbors and communities. The threats imposed by a changing climate are something that our congregations and religious institutions […]
The webinar was in the Environmental Justice Practitioners Network Webinar Series: The Formation of the Environmental Justice Movement, with Paula Coles Jones Thursday, February 28 at 4:30 pm Pacific / 7:30 Eastern Paula Cole Jones is the founder of ADORE (A Dialogue on Race & Ethnicity), a former president of DRUUMM (Diverse and Revolutionary […]
We have become very accustomed to poison. We’re poisoning ourselves and each other; poisoning the sky, land, and water; and poisoning some communities more than others based upon their relative-wealth and skin color. Babies are exposed to industrial poisons in the wombs of their mothers before they even have their first breath of air. We […]
