The Interfaith Climate Group supports a community-wide climate conversation-to-action program. The Climate Collaboratory is a pilot project of We, the World and the University of Florida Extension.
We host a monthly interfaith devotional and climate conversation to facilitate climate action for peace. We engage children, youth, adults and elders in a collaborative storytelling adventure. The outcome of the children’s story depends on the level of support from youth, adults and elders, outlined in the Facilitators Playbook. Young people play the EarthFlash! Games to make a world that works for 100% of humanity and the community of life on Earth, our home.
We offer tools and resources for a community-wide climate conversation-to-action program in 2021-22.
What can one person do?
- Family Sustainability Checklist from Climate Change is Elementary empowers individuals to reduce their carbon footprint at home and work.
- EcoChallenge – Ecochallengers select or create actions that align with their individual values and make a commitment to complete those actions, all the while practicing and reinforcing good habits. For every completed action, Ecochallengers earn points and create measurable impact.
- Building Community in a Changing Climate – The Interfaith Climate Group and the community-wide climate conversation-to-action program, last Sunday of each month at 3:00 Eastern. See an archive of past meetings.
What can one congregation do?
- GreenFaith Circles – The Interfaith Climate Group is a registered GreenFaith Circle, supporting strategic moral leadership for climate justice by people of diverse religions and spiritualities. Through base-building, leadership development, and campaigning, Circles make a transformative, high-impact difference as part of a wider climate and environmental movement.
- Cool Congregations – This unique stewardship program helps congregations reduce the carbon footprint of their facilities and engages their members in reducing their carbon footprint at home. The program educates, inspires, and saves money too!
What can one community do?
- Engage all ages in a collaborative storytelling adventure. On the Road to 2030, 2050 and Beyond is presented as a children’s story, with supporting activities for all ages.
- Children
- An Urgent Message from Your Children – Kids tell the grownups their concerns and hopes for the Earth, our home. Their videos become part of our story.
- Young Dreamers – meeting weekly to create a virtual musical play, performing scenes in September 2021, January and April 2022.
- Youth
- Secret Agents of Compassion, cleverly disguised as Roving Reporters, play the EarthFlash! Treasure Hunt, finding people who are living the 16 principles of the Earth Charter, 17 Sustainable Development Goals, and prophecies of the world’s wisdom traditions.
- Tomorrow’s Dreamers – On Sundays at 10:00 Eastern, youth and elders meet for the EarthFlash! Making the Games Club. They produce the Welcome to WE! Show on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 Eastern.
- Adults
- Family Sustainability Checklist from Climate Change is Elementary empowers individuals to reduce their carbon footprint at home and work.
- EcoChallenge – Ecochallengers select or create actions that align with their individual values and make a commitment to complete those actions, all the while practicing and reinforcing good habits. For every completed action, Ecochallengers earn points and create measurable impact.
- Building Community in a Changing Climate – The Interfaith Climate Group and the community-wide climate conversation-to-action program, last Sunday of each month at 3:00 Eastern.
- Elders
- Crafting Our Climate Story. Every one of us living on our changing planet has a climate story to tell, and together we are living a story that future generations will tell their children and grandchildren. We recently shared stories on the livestream Welcome to WE! Show last month. We will invite more people to share their own stories and learn ways to widen the climate conversation in their own circles of influence. This workshop is co-hosted by Elders Climate Action / Florida Chapter on Tuesdays at 1:00 Eastern.
- Children
- People of all ages
- work together to support young people in making a world that works for 100% of humanity and the community of life on Earth.
- Community-wide Climate Conversation-to-Action Program – Register now for 2021-22, starting in August
- Climate Collaboratory, a pilot project of We, the World and the University of Florida Extension
- Sharing the June 27 Building Community in a Changing Climate. Feel free to use with your congregation or community group.
- VIDEO of the June 27 interfaith devotional and climate conversation.
- SLIDES for presentation with the Golden Rule from the world’s wisdom traditions and explanation of the community-wide climate conversation-to-action program. The Climate Collaboratory is a pilot project of We, the World and the University of Florida Extension.