Youth Climate Summit Nov. 2-5

This fall youth from across the country will convene in Washington, DC to change the climate on global warming in the United States. Together, they will create a shift in the fight for a clean and just energy future.
At this summit there will be a track specific for youth ages 16-26 from faith communities, which IPL is a co-sponsor. Workshops include how specific faith groups view climate change, lobbying from the faith prospective, and organizing from the campus ministry on a secular campus, reducing your house of worship's carbon footprint, developing your faith communities green team, power mapping in your community of faith, programs to engage your community, like how to create a green worship service.

If you are interested in attending, email me and I will provide more specifics or connect you with an appropriate IPL representative from your area. The summit is going to take place from Nov 2- 5 at University of Maryland, College Park. Registration will be available soon at http://powershift07.org/register.
Interfaith Power and Light is a religious response to global warming with chapters in 22 states and Greater Washington, D.C. Find a link to your local chapter at http://www.theregenerationproject.org/State.htm

Will You Be in Bali?

The island of Bali will host the next major UN climate conference, to be held December 3-14, according to Monsters and Critics.

Thousands of representatives from the world's governments will discuss ways to protect the planet's climate during the December 3-14 gathering at the resort of Nusa Dua.

One of the main tasks will be to set out a framework for climate protection after the Kyoto Protocol on curbing greenhouse gas emissions expires in 2012.

IREJN is Connecticut's Interfaith Light and Power. Visit us at www.irejn.org.