Our Core Belief is that the Active Care of the Natural World is Integral to Spiritual Life and Social Justice

New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light works for climate justice by mobilizing faith communities, faith leaders and people of faith to reduce the causes and consequences of global climate change through religious inspiration, education, outreach, implementation of sustainable practices and advocating effective climate protection policies.

We are blessed to be a large interfaith community of love in action in New Mexico. Every voice is important.

Thank You for Signing Our Petition!

To Help us plug dangerous pipeline leaks!

We obtained 385 signatures from folks in New Mexico, El Paso and a few other locations around the country. Your signatures will be added to hundreds of others from around the country and will be delivered to Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday, April 29.

“We are writing as faith leaders and people of faith and conscience who know how important it is to care for one another. The health and safety of our neighbors, wherever they live, is very important. Analysis shows that U.S. natural gas pipelines leak as much as 2.7 million tons of methane into our atmosphere each year. That’s the same impact as roughly 50 million passenger cars!”

In addition to the petition, we have reached out to the DOT in other ways. Watch a video from IPL NM/EP board co-chair Ruth Striegel


Donate $100 and get an IPL t-shirt

Our associate executive director Clara Sims designed these shirts for Earth Day with a message for all of us: “We Are Earth: Love, grace, and justice guide our steps into the future.” We hope you are inspired to carry these words with you this season.

 DONATE HERE


IPL New Mexico-El Paso Roundhouse Report

Read an overview of the some of the areas and bills that we followed during the recently concluded 30-day State Legislative session.

The summary includes appropriations and bills related to environment, environmental health and climate that PASSED and bills related to environment, health and climate that did not make it through

See the Legislative Action Guide  that we shared before the start of the legislative session, (which you can also download in MS Word format).


Foraging for Fun(ds)

Join Rev. Ryan Tate on a foraging excursion!

Rev. Tate, of the African American spiritual tradition and an IPL board member, wants to bring their loving knowledge of NM edibles and herbs to you. Discover the food right under your nose and how easy it is to enjoy!

We’ll meet at Los Poblanos Open Space (see map above) on Saturday, May 18, to explore and harvest native and edible plants. We will start at 10:00 a.m. and concluded at Noon.
Enter the Open Space area from west bound Montano Boulevard. After foraging, we’ll gather to taste our harvest and other locally sourced treats.

Sign up today to participate -space is limited.

This is a fundraister for our work for climate justice: Please give generously.

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO DONATE

Suggested minimum donation $10

  • Paypal (make an online donation with a note “Foraging for Fun(ds),
  • Mail a check. Make it out to IPL New Mexico El Paso and send it to   P.O. Box 2716,  Albuquerque, NM 87125 with a note “Foraging for Fun(ds),
  • or bring a check on May 18th.

And please share the invitation with your communities.

Read Our Newsletters

Do you want to go back and read one of our New Mexico El Paso Interfaith Power & Light newsletters without searching through all your e-mails?  Our repository goes back  to October 29, 2021.  You can access the newsletters here.


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