Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVA) is a grassroots organization working directly with religious communities of all faiths as we respond to the climate crisis.
Congregations of all faiths in DC, Maryland, and Northern Virginia living out the fullness of our faiths by responding to climate change.
As a result, the larger climate movement is elevated by moral framing, grounded in ritual and tradition, broadened by who is at the table, and given hope that a better world is possible.
People listen differently in their congregations — with their “moral ears.” When we talk about climate change in our congregations, we reach people who would not hear those messages anywhere else.
Our congregational buildings are beacons in our communities. When we change the way we use electricity, source our food, or manage the grounds of our congregational buildings, we not only steward our resources wisely but model gentler ways of living to all who enter.
And when religious communities speak out on environmental issues in the public square from a spiritually rooted place, we are heard differently. We don’t just join the chorus – we elevate and transform the environmental movements in which we participate.