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Weekly Witness Ep.509 A Life of Faithful Advocacy with Mel Caraway

Weekly Witness Ep.509 A Life of Faithful Advocacy with Mel Caraway

This week, Scott was joined by Rev. Mel Caraway, a retired United Methodist pastor and long-time Texas Impact Board Member. Mel is a leader in the faith-based climate advocacy space at the denominational level and international level as a long-time COP attendee. Rev....
Save Money, Save the Planet

Save Money, Save the Planet

It’s hard for some communities to imagine that solar power could even be an option. But with these rebates and possibilities through the Inflation Reduction Act, there might be more opportunity here than they would expect. Rev. Garrett Vickrey Sr. Pastor,...
Texas Interfaith Power and Light Methane Lent Series

Texas Interfaith Power and Light Methane Lent Series

In the Christian tradition, Lent is a time of reflection about the ways we have missed the mark and the ways we would like to do better in the next year. Texas Interfaith Power and Light has put together a Lenten series of reflections focused on the environmental...
Exceeding and Returning to 1.5, Panel Discussion

Exceeding and Returning to 1.5, Panel Discussion

For a system as complex as the earth’s climate, small changes in one part of the system can lead to big changes in another part. That means the relationship between the global temperature and the climate change impacts we know about isn’t linear. And that means that...
Talanoa Discussion at COP28

Talanoa Discussion at COP28

Tonight I attended the Interfaith Gathering in the Spirit of Talanoa Dialogue at COP28, which was held at Christ Church Jebel Ali in Dubai, UAE. Talanoa is a problem solving method that involves group discussions around three questions: Where are we? Where do we want...
Recent Research Expands Risk of Deadly Heat

Recent Research Expands Risk of Deadly Heat

Kim Stanley Robinson’s book “The Ministry for the Future” opens with the story of an aid worker struggling to escape an extreme heatwave that knocks out the power grid and kills thousands of people unable to escape the heat. The book is fiction, but it is based on an...