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April 1
Sunday of the Passion/Palm Sunday (Christian)A
April 2-10
Passover begins April 2 at sundown(Jewish)
Finance and Sustainability
Wednesday, April 4, 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm (reception to follow)
University of Washington, Kane Hall 210, Seattle
Social investing, climate change, and environmental concern are changing risks and rewards for investors, the financial services industry, and financial managers. Our guests, Alka Banerjee, Vice President of Global Index Management and Chairperson of the S&P Emerging Market Indices, London; John Prestbo, Markets Editor for the Wall Street Journal and Editor of Dow Jones Indexes, New York; George S. Dallas, Managing Director and Global Practice Leader for corporate governance at Standard and Poor’s, London, will explore the impacts of these changes on business, capital flows, and the environment. The guests will help us to explore questions such as: What does “sustainability” mean to leading money managers? How much financial capital is chasing sustainable strategies? How do investors’ sustainability concerns company reputations and cash flows? What are the Dow Jones and S&P sustainability indices? Can green investing change the world? For more information, visit earthministry.org
April 5
Maundy Thursday (Christian)
What Seabirds are Telling Us About Puget Sound
Thursday, April 5, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
REI Flagship Store, 222 Yale Ave. N., Seattle
As Puget Sound has attracted more people, wildlife, including marine life, has suffered. Recent reports of the decline of fish, marine mammals, and seabirds has prompted action from government agencies, academic scientists, and environmental groups, to sort out causes. Fisheries, loss of forage fish, coastal development, pollution, disturbance, introduced species, and climate change have all been implicated. In this talk, Dr. Julia Parrish, Professor at the University of Washington, will examine the patterns of Washington seabird populations, including those breeding in our waters, and those wintering in the Sound, and discuss what we know about the factors affecting some of our most abundant seabird species. Tickets are $6 at the door. For more information or to sign-up, contact Lynne Jordan at (206) 382-7007 or email ljordan@pugetsound.org.
April 6
Good Friday (Christian)
Great and Holy Friday (Orthodox Christian)
Good Friday Walk for Justice
12:00 to 3:00 PM
Begins at NE Corner of Congress and Michigan Avenue, Chicago
The Good Friday Walk for Justice is a public witness of solidarity with those today who continue to be condemned and burdened; who grieve and weep; who are tortured, stripped of dignity and executed. The social issues of our time are incorporated with the Stations of the Cross. The annual walk is in its 27th year, and continues to be sponsored and coordinated by the 8th Day Center for Justice. This year's theme - RISE UP! - speaks to the belief that transformation comes in the doing, the resisting, the saying “No” to the dominating institutions that cause such pain and death is to say “Yes” – to RISE UP! and to be counted on to be present with and support the many communities of resistance working toward the day when true justice with peace prevails. Join Eco-Justice Collaborative in the presentation of the Eighth Station-Christ is Stripped.
April 7
Holy Saturday (Christian)
The Great Sabbath (Orthodox Christian)
April 8
Easter Day (Christian)
Holy Pascha (Orthodox Christian)
Hanamatsuri or Wesak (Buddhist)
Judith Roche
Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 pm
Elliott Bay Books, 101 S. Main Street, Seattle, WA
A poet who has read at Elliott Bay since the early days of readings here, Judith Roche makes this welcome return to our stage to read from her newest collection, Wisdom of the Body. A meditation in poetry on ‘the physicality of all things: our bodies and how they change, the salmon and their life cycle, trees, flowers, the earth, everything caught in the mystery of time,’ some of the poems in Wisdom of the Body were produced as a City of Seattle public art project. There are also the poems of “Navigating the Night” which serve as a libretto for a musical piece by noted Seattle composer Janet Gitech. Judith Roche is a fellow of the Black Earth Institute and Literary Arts Director Emeritus at One Reel (after over twenty years of directing Bumbershoot’s literary programming). She is also the author of Myrrh/My Life as a Screamer, and co-editor, with Meg McHutchison, of the American Book Award-winning anthology, First Fish: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific.
April 14
Baisakhi (Sikh)
April 15
Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Memorial Day (Jewish)
April 15
Out of Balance: ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change
Sunday, April 15, 2007 @ 7:00 PM
Wellington Avenue UCC ▪ 615 W. Wellington, Chicago
Monday, April 16, 2007 @ 7:00 PM
8th Day Center for Justice ▪ 205 W. Monroe, Chicago
Join director Tom Jackson to view and discuss this new documentary film, which looks at the most profitable company in history and what they are doing to keep on making record profits. “Out of Balance: ExxonMobil’s Impact on Climate Change” is an expose´ of the oil giant, with a particular focus on ExxonMobil’s influence on the US government and the public, delaying action against climate change.Leading climate scientists such as Michael Oppenheimer and Robert Watson, environmentalists from Exxpose Exxon, Greenpeace and other organizations join with a former Exxon executive, US government whistle-blower Rick Piltz, and leading authors such as Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Ross Gelbspan to explain how we have gotten to this challenging place, with the climate, and the influence of the world's largest company out of balance. They conclude with hope, and ideas for immediate action.
April 16-19
Meeting the Sacred in Creation: 2007 Interfaith Environmental Retreats for Religious Leaders
GreenFaith, an interfaith environmental coalition, is pleased to announce the schedule for its 2007 contemplative retreats for Christian clergy, Rabbis, men and women religious, and people of diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds. The retreats - entitled Meeting the Sacred in Creation - explore one of the most neglected aspects of the spiritual life in the western world - the relationship between the human soul and the natural world. The retreats will be held at the Pilgrim First Retreat Center on Washington State's Kitsap Peninsula (April 16-19), and at the Garrison Institute in the heart of New York's Hudson valley (May 14-17). The retreat leaders will be Kurt Hoelting of Inside Passages and Rabbi Lawrence Troster of GreenFaith. The cost of each retreat is $400, which includes all meals and lodging. To register for either retreat or for further information, e-mail Rabbi Lawrence Troster at ltroster@greenfaith.org or call GreenFaith at 732-565-7740
April 19
The First Annual Eco-Justice Ministries Celebration Luncheon
The Butterfly Pavilion, Westminster, CO
Join us as Eco-Justice Ministries celebrates our community! We will honor the great work being done by Presbyterian layman Jack Twombly, and the Wild Rose United Church of Christ. Our keynote speaker is David Trickett, the President of the Iliff School of Theology. The luncheon will be 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM. The $30 tickets include a wonderful vegetarian buffet, and access to the Butterfly Pavilion before and after our luncheon. Please contact our offices by email or phone (303-715-3873) for ticket availability.
April 20
Festival of Ridvan begins at sundown (Baha'i)
Carbon sequestration: looking to the land for climate change solutions
Minnesota has the potential to store vast amounts of carbon in its forests, farmlands and wetlands, making our lands a valuable asset for climate change mitigation. This groundbreaking forum will focus on how terrestrial carbon sequestration can be integrated into existing practices and policies to add financial value and maximize environmental benefits. For more information visit http://www.mn-ei.org/policy/events.htm
April 21-22
Celebrate Earth Day at Green Festival
McCormick Place/ Lakeside Chicago, IL
Saturday, April 21st and Sunday, April 22nd
- Discover new techniques and strategies at great how-to workshops.
- See more than 150 dynamic speakers on 5 stages.
- Network at green career and green investing sessions.
- Green your home and save energy at the City of Chicago Pavilion.
- Find local organic farmers at the FamilyFarmed Pavilion.
- Enjoy organic dining and sample local beers & wines.
- Hear great, live local music.
- Shop for everything from eco-fashion and natural home and health products to solar panels and fair trade gifts and crafts.
For more information, visit greenfestivals.org.
April 22
Earth Day
April 23
Energy Stewardship Workshops for Congregation and Community
Monday, April 23, 12:00 noon – 2:30 pm (followed by Energy Stewardship from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm), St. Luke Lutheran Church, 6835 SW 46th, Portland
Friday, April 27, 12:00 noon – 2:30 pm (followed by Energy Stewardship from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm), La Grande United Methodist Church, 1612 4th Street, La Grande
Presented by Oregon Interfaith Power and Light, a project of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and geared to the needs of congregations, the 12 p.m. workshop will cover key principles of energy stewardship for congregations, low-cost and no-cost measures to save energy expenses, and funding energy efficiency projects for religious facilities. Topics for the evening workshop include reducing energy costs for homes and businesses, affordable renewable energy options and the ethics of energy stewardship. Keynote speaker for both workshops is Doug Boleyn, who has over 30 years of experience in renewable energy and energy efficiency and is energy consultant for OIPL, board member of the Solar Energy Association of Oregon, president of Cascade Solar Consulting, LLC, and a member of the Energy Trust of Oregon Renewable Advisory Committee. Workshops are co-sponsored by Oregon Department of Energy and Energy Trust of Oregon. To register, call (503) 221-1054, ext. 203, or download the registration brochure. Pre-registration is recommended by April 18; however, registration will be accepted at the door. The cost for each workshop is $8 per person with discounts for more than one attending. A light meal will be provided at each workshop.
Global Warming: Ethics & Solutions
Jack Nelson Palmeyer and Mpls Area Synod Bishop Craig Johnson, Wednesday, April 25 11:45 to 1:30pm
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Mpls
2730 East 31st St. Minneapolis, MN 55406
Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities
Fifth Annual International Conference, Awards & Trade Show
Co-hosted with the City of
- Policies and Programs to Support Green Roofs
- Green Roof Design and Implementation
- Research and Technical Papers on Green Roof Performance
April 30
Soil and Water Stewardship Week, April 30-May 7
Organized by the National Association of Conservation Districts. This year's Stewardship Theme is “Water Wise.” NACD offers resources for education and conservation in your area in order that you and your community might observe this fifty year old week of conservation. For more information, see their website at: http://www.nacdnet.org/outreach/stewardship/
Become a Green Congregation:
Transforming Faith Communities
Complete Manuals
Getting Started
Worship
Religious Education
Building and Grounds
Home and Work
Advocacy
Congregational Reports
Restore the Earth:
Transforming Society
An introduction to
our Ecological Problems and the Available Solutions
