Posts by Buff Grace
The Inflation Reduction Act Turns 2
It’s been exactly two years since Congress passed the most comprehensive climate change response bill in U. S. history. Named The Inflation Reduction Act in an effort to give coal-baron…
Read MoreStudent Team Delivers Insightful Report on Climate Actions in Congregations
This summer, five talented sophomores from the University of North Carolina worked in Minnesota on an eight-week listening project for MNIPL. They dug into the motivations, successes, and barriers that…
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Kristen Anderson
Kristen Anderson was in danger of being called a “bluestocking polymath” even before finishing college. Now, among her many activities, she is focusing her skills and efforts to serve MNIPL…
Read MoreYouth N’ Power Volunteer: Jaiden Ellington-Vasser
Jaiden admits she was skeptical when she first met staff and students of MNIPL’s Youth N’ Power program. Now she is one of its core members and a vibrant young…
Read MoreMovement Builder: Rev. Lee Schaefer
Among the good reasons to work in the climate justice movement are the interesting and good-hearted people you meet on the way. People like the Rev. Lee Schaefer. Lee began…
Read MoreEarth Day Messages
Leaders of spiritual communities across Minnesota turned to themes of Earth and Nature to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day this April. We’ve compiled some of the sermons and…
Read MorePartnering for Lent 2020
MNIPL has teamed up with seven Episcopal congregations in the St. Paul metro to create a Lent Program on living in better harmony with the earth and responding to the…
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