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Welcome to Our Website
Welcome to the website of Georgia Interfaith Power & Light. Our mission is to engage communities of faith in stewardship of God's Creation as a direct reflection of our faithfulness through worship, education, and the sustainable generation and efficient use of energy. For more information, please contact us:
P.O. Box 286 • Decatur, GA 30031 Phone: 404.588.9978 • Fax: 404.588.9968 Questions or comments: E-mail Us at info@gipl.org
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Check out our Advocacy Alerts page, where you will find resources to address the latest environmental concerns. Take action now to Ask the EPA to Regulate Coal Ash or respond to the BP Oil Disaster.
Help Support Georgia Interfaith Power & Light
Georgia Interfaith Power & Light is a non-profit dedicated to creation care that relies on your tax-deductible donations to continue our ministry. Your donations help us continue to provide energy audits for congregations, teach classes on creation care, and advocate for clean energy for all of Georgia!
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- Green churches to receive federal funds
August 14, 2010 | Georgia Interfaith Power & Light conducts an Energy Audit in the Unitarian Universalist Church of Savannah through the Power Wise program.
- Let us pray for a clean environment
August 5, 2010 | This op-ed in the Charlotte Observer by Mallory McDuff discusses the role of prayer in responding to environmental crises.
- Stimulus Sanctuaries - Churches Going Green
July 30, 2010 | Georgia Interfaith Power & Light’s new initiative – Power Wise – was featured on 11-Alive (WXIA-TV).
11-Alive’s environmental reporter Marc Pickard interviewed Alexis Chase, GIPL's Executive Director, and Rev. Woody Bartlett , GIPL Co-Founder and member of Holy Trinity Parish in Decatur, on how congregations of every faith can receive grants to save energy while protecting God’s creation.
- Holy Trinity Goes Green
July 27, 2010 | Check out this article in the Decatur Dispatch about the new solar panels and other conservation efforts at Holy Trinity, the winner of our Power Award at our 2009 GIPPY's.
- Georgia Power aims to rely less on coal
July 27, 2010 | Environmentalists are citing approval last month by the Public Service Commission of a Georgia Power Co.’s long-range plan as a turning point.
In it, the commission approved the giant utility’s intention to rely less on coal and more on other energy sources -- including conservation -- as the way to prepare for electricity demands over the next 10-20 years. Two-thirds of the company’s power comes from coal now.
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