For Covid 19, we are wearing masks, but we are not muzzled! We may be locked in, but we’re not shut down. Here are 19 ways to engage this week. Just click and join! Watch a movie, join a march, protest, sing, engage your child, learn solar. Many of these are faith-based. See #4 to know we’re multi-faithed. The photo of our son and his son inspires us. Grandma Pitney made the little mask. Now when we open our mouths we spread a pandemic of happy, up-side-down butterflies!
- Take 3 Actions for Faith Climate Action Week—April 17-26
- Nationwide Climate Prayer: Sign up for the prayer here. Pray Noons April 20-24 w/1,000s across the U.S.!!
- Join the March! Join IPL’s Love Made Visible Climate March Online: get instructions, post a photo, march!
- PLEDGE TO VOTE with climate and Creation in mind. Faith Climate Voter Pledge campaign—sign up now!
- Tune In for the Earth Day Live 3-day livestream (April 22-23-24)—all ages National Event to protect Mother Earth.
- Watch The Human Element, the feature film for 2020 Faith Climate Action Week is available for FREE viewing because of the pandemic. “Click” here: Sign up here to receive the link to view on April 17, good through April 26.
- Watch the Multi-Faith Earth Day Worship, which originally aired 4-19-2020, Nat. Cathedral (Jewish, Christian, Baha’i, Muslim, Sikh, Native American…)
- Watch Greta Thunberg’s short YouTube video: “Act and Vote”
- Sing-Along to Earth Day YouTube Songs:
- Check out the Special Edition Creation Justice Tips. Cut-and-paste to congregation, family and friends.
- Sign up for Go Zero Hacks: How To Fight Climate Change From Your Home!—webinars for home actions
- Go to solaroregon.org and sign up—to get information on how to join new webinars and see old ones.
- See Past Webinars on: Shower heads, Heat Pump Water Heaters, Solar + Electric Vehicles.
- Join Upcoming Webinars: Earth Day Go Solar Webinar, April 22, 12 Noon-1pm
- 50 Activities From Environment Oregon: Check out this great list of activities for children—Great for Families!
- Churches Are Reducing Carbon Footprints! IPL’s Cool Congregations—Click here to read about the winners.
- Watch the Oregon Ocean Acidification and Crabs video.
- Empower Women & Girls: Project Drawdown says empowering women & girls is one of the best ways to cut emissions. Check out Investing To Advance Women: A Guide To Investors.
- Invest Fossil Free! Great resources to help you make your investments fossil free: fossilfreefunds.org and morningstar.com
- Sign the Petition to Uphold Clean Car Standards!!! Join with Interfaith Power & Light to ask car manufacturers to publicly support current standards. In the chaos of pandemic, the Administration rolls back policies while we’re not looking. Please CLICK HERE to sign on to this petition to the CEOs of General Motors, Toyota, and Fiat Chrysler.
- Read Gov Brown’s Climate Act: Click here.
- Share beauty. When you see moments of beauty or inspiration, snap a photo and email a high resolution copy to emoffice@earthministry.org. They’ll be shared on Earth Ministry’s Facebook & Instagram #EMcommunityphotos.
- Homeland Security just classified Keystone XL “essential work,” so construction begins, putting Indigenous/rural communities at risk. While the rest of the country deals with COVID-19, EPA rolls back rules for polluting industries. Take action: Stop Keystone XL from spreading coronavirus in Indigenous communities.
- Join Up With Virtual Fire Drill Fridays! See the Kickoff Event with Senator Ed Markey. It’s inspiring!!
- Buy Local Food from Farms like Even Pull Farm to support farmers thru the pandemic, who sequester carbon by taking care of soil and community.
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