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How the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Can Benefit Faith Communities
Did you know that the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) now makes it possible for nonprofit organizations to receive a direct payment from...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 3, 20221 min read
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Difficult Conversations
On November 29, 2022, Peter Sage posted Climate Science Disagreement: Not all scientists think human-generated CO2 is a problem on his...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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Fridays For Future
The Fridays For Future map show there will be a non-violent direct-action protest In front of townhall in Portland Oregon on December 12,...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 2, 20221 min read
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Blue Christmas Service
Team Global HOPE at UCC National Ministries is hosting a Blue Christmas virtual worship service. on Monday, December 5, 2022, from 12 to...
Rick Bonetti
Dec 1, 20221 min read
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Green Chalice Program
The mission of Disciples of Christ's Green Chalice Ministry is "to connect Christian faith, spiritual practice, and creation...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 30, 20221 min read
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Community Climate Action Training
Pachamama Alliance is offering graduates of their Game Changer Intensive (GCI) a 10-week program Introduction to Community Climate Action...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 29, 20221 min read
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Rogue Climate Opposes GTN XPress
In a November 18, 2022 press release, Rogue Climate vows to oppose the proposed GTN XPress Fracked Gas Project after the Federal Energy...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 28, 20224 min read
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An Open-Source Revolution
Brian D McLaren's 2021 book Faith After Doubt sets a framework for understanding faith development in four stages: Simplicity,...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 26, 20222 min read
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Ancestral Homelands
Southern Oregon University's Office for Equity, Diversity & Including has published this Land Acknowledgment of Indigenous Peoples: "We...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 26, 20222 min read
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We Are Grateful
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! A table grace from BrianMcLaren.net. "For this breath, for this heartbeat For this meal with these...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 24, 20221 min read
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Oregon Coast Energy Alliance Network
The Oregon Coast Energy Alliance Network (OCEAN) is "a cross-cultural community-based organization with the mission to explore the...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 23, 20221 min read
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Southern Oregon Climate Smart
From SOCAN: "In September 2019, the Southern Oregon Climate Smart (SOCS) Working Group was formed to confer about and collaboratively...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 22, 20221 min read
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Oregon Interfaith Earth Summit 2023
Cherice Bock, Creation Justice Advocate for Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon (EMO) has invited our Rogue Valley Interfaith Climate Action...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 21, 20222 min read
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Oregon Global Warming Commission
"In August 2021 the Oregon Global Warming Commission (OGWC) approved a Natural and Working Lands Proposal in response to Governor Brown’s...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 21, 20221 min read
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December 2022 Eco-Spiritual Calendar
Citizens Climate Lobby December Climate Conference: December 2, 2022, 4-5:45 p.m. PST: Reception & Action Team Fair December 3, 2022, 10...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 20, 20222 min read
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COP27, Capitalism and Climate Change
COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, scheduled to end Friday, November 18, 2022, lingered as nations clash. As NPR puts it, "The main...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 19, 20223 min read
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Environmental Justice Youth Movement
The New Hampshire UCC and Southern New England UCC are hosting two free online webinars on Environmental Justice and the Youth Movement...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 17, 20221 min read
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Becoming a Creation Justice Church
On November 17, 2022 the Creation Justice Church program of the United Church of Christ (UCC) had a one-hour YouTube webinar on Becoming...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 15, 20222 min read
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Mental Health and Our Changing Climate
The ecoAmerica report, Mental Health and Our Changing Climate, produced with their partner the American Psychological Association, takes...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 15, 20221 min read
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Forecasting Environmental Change
On November 3, 2022, 9 a.m. PDT on Zoom - Institute For The Future (IFTF) is having a Foresight Talk: How to Forecast Environmental...
Rick Bonetti
Nov 2, 20221 min read
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