With every year that passes, evidence mounts that the current economic and political systems cannot deliver the social and ecological justice that is necessary to sustain life on our planet. Where then do we turn? Women are an obvious and undervalued source—an answer hiding in plain sight.
Today, many congregations and nonprofits want to make the change to clean, solar energy, but face discouraging obstacles. Our guest for this episode is Matt Brennan, VP of sales with CollectiveSun, a company that helps congregations and nonprofits switch to solar.
This Simpler Living OneEarth Podcast is a co-production of Simple Living Works! and The Common Good Podcast (OneEarth Jubilee). It’s far too easy to assume that not much good is happening in states that are fertile ground for the growth of right-wing ways of doing things. The states of Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota have been just such…
The climate emergency isn’t coming, it’s now … and it’s been with us for some time. We have a deadline. 2030, the year that hundreds of international scientists have agreed is the deadline for actions to keep Earth from heating over 1.5° above pre-industrial levels. Though slow at first, congregations, faith organizations, and faith-based campuses are now hurrying to develop actions that help save life on our planet. Environmental activism can be strengthened when it is also spiritual practice.
This Simpler Living OneEarth Podcast is a co-production of Simple Living Works!and The Common Good Podcast (OneEarth Jubilee). As we look for powerful allies in the continuing urgent work of reversing the climate crises, let’s call her Tree. What does Tree do? She is pulling CO2 out of the air, cooling where you live, saving energy, giving us…