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.
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 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!
We are launching an exciting way for you to share personal stories about your own religious-environmental actions and how they’re affecting your experience of faith.
Visit our Web Festival pages.
Read our INVITATION, submit your stories and please SPREAD THE WORD!
We will keep you posted about when Festival stories will premiere on this site.
Check out this recent profile of Katherine Hayhoe, climate scientist and Evangelical Christian – from PBS’ NOVA scienceNOW!
Submit your story to the RENEWAL web festival!
The Renewal Project honors the memory of the late cultural historian, Thomas Berry.