Photos from Our Booth at Earth Day Festival 2024

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IPL Team and board members staffed our booth at the Earth Day Festival: Save Energy, Money & the Planet on Sunday, April 21. The event took place at Balloon Fiesta Park in Albuquerque. Our team members (Sister Joan Brown, Rev. Clara Sims, Hayley Hathaway), our board members (Judy Brown, Ruth Striegel, Mike Prine, Ann McCartney) and volunteers (Dunia Barahona, Mateo, John Maddaus) took turns speaking to the public, taking signatures for our plug the pipeline peition, helping folks sign a post card to our federal representatives, and selling t-shirts,

Here are some photos

Video: An Evening with Larry Rasmussen

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Larry Rasmussen, a theologian, author and resident of Santa Fe, joined us for a presentation and discussion of his book, ‘The Planet we Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren, When Uncertainty is a Sure Thing,”

Watch: Our Sacred Land–Farms, Food, and Fairness

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This hybrid event, held March 6 at First Congregational Church in Albuquerque, lifted up the voices of those at the center of our food systems in New Mexico and beyond. Panelists discussed the multi-faceted challenges facing farmers and ranchers – from mental health to local challenges to national legislation. — such as the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming Act (OFF Act).


Pam Roy, executive director of Farm to Table New Mexico, introduced
panelists and led the discussion


Alan Brauer from Indigenous Farm Hub was one of our panelists


Desiree Woodland spoke about the stress conditions facing farmers


Our special guest Sarah Carden from Farm Action Fund visited us from western New York.
She and Cash Carruth, a farmer from Bloomfield, NM, spoke about the Opportunities for
Fairness in Farming Act, also known as the OFF Act.

Here is the full video, courtesy of First Congregational Church.  
Included are an introduction by Rev. Clara Sims and a question-and-answer session