Renewal Project

The RENEWAL Documentary

Across the nation, people of faith are standing up for the environment. Evangelical Christians are fighting mountaintop removal, a coal mining process that is decimating Appalachia. Muslims are supporting sustainable farming.

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Jews are helping children experience the bond between nature and spirituality. Interfaith Power and Light is mobilizing people of all faiths in a religious response to global warming.

For the first time, the combined energy of these diverse activists is the driving force behind a feature-length documentary, entitled RENEWAL. Veteran film producers Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller have crisscrossed the country to capture these exciting stories of people whose passion and deep moral commitment are making a difference in a time of grave ecological threats.

The RENEWAL Project and the Religious Environmental-Movement

The RENEWAL Project has been designed to make the documentary and its inspiring stories available to people and organizations who want to be a part of this growing movement to protect life on our planet and reverse the damage that humans have done to the environment.

On this website, you can learn about how RENEWAL is being used by communities across America to help build the religious-environmental movement. It is also a place for you to connect with others who are doing this important work and for you to share stories about your own experience.

Please take a few minutes to explore how you can get involved today!

Thomas Berry

Thomas Berry

(1914 - 2009)

In sadness on his passing, we offer gratitude for the inspiring influence
that Thomas Berry has had in our world for so many years.

[ This video is from the DVD Thomas Berry Speaks ]

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The religious environmental movement is potentially key to dealing with the greatest problem humans have ever faced, and it has never been captured with more breadth and force than in RENEWAL. I hope this movie is screened in church basements and synagogue social halls across the country, and that it moves many more people of faith off the fence and into action.—Bill McKibben

RENEWAL offers a comprehensive overview of what different religions are doing about the awesome devastation of Earth’s life systems now taking place. The filmmakers’ vision of the problem and understanding of viable solutions show rare depth of perception and are matched only by their sense of the urgency of action if we are to realize our hopes for the future.—Thomas Berry

Upcoming and Recent Events

RENEWAL Event - Cathedral of St. John the Divine — May 17, 2009

The Cathedral of St John the Divine will be honoring RENEWAL with a special event that includes an interfaith evensong service, a complete screening of the documentary, and a Call to Action that will include the filmmakers Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller, Mary Evelyn Tucker (of Yale University’s Forum on Religion and Ecology), environmentalist writer/activist Bill McKibben, and others.

American Public Television —

Renewal is being broadcast this spring and summer on American Public Television. For more information, check your local listings.

RENEWAL - Official Selection of 7th Annual Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival —

RENEWAL screens at Festival and joins post-Festival tour

RENEWAL featured in Humane Society of the United States’ All Creatures Great and Small Campaign —

RENEWAL's "Food for Faith" Muslim story is part of the Humane Society's campaign about Animals and Religion

IPL Screens RENEWAL Across the Country —

RENEWAL screens in more than 1000 Interfaith Power and Light congregations.

RENEWAL Showcased at Bioneers by the Bay Workshop — October 24, 2008

Muslim and Jewish environmental activists, Rabia Terri Harris and Leora Mallach join Renewal's producers to discuss the role of their religion in addressing environmental challenges and the opportunities for multi-faith action.

Interfaith Call to Action in Nation’s Capital — July 16, 2008

RENEWAL stories screened to promote earth action at Washington, DC interfaith event.

United Nations — June 05, 2008

In honor of World Environment Day, GreenFaith and the UNEP sponsor a screening of RENEWAL at the UN.

RENEWAL Wins “Best of Fest” at Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival — May 03, 2008

RENEWAL is a winner in Seattle!!

RENEWAL History Highlights —

Renewal History Highlights