GEORGIA INTERFAITH POWER & LIGHT:
CONNECTING FAITH, COMMUNITY & PLANET
Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL) inspires and equips communities of faith to organize, implement practical climate solutions, and advocate across Georgia on issues of climate change, environmental justice, and community resilience.
Partnering with Drawdown Georgia, GIPL sponsors a number of programs to help communities of faith implement practical climate solutions. This includes assisting congregations in establishing Green Teams to drive environmental justice work locally, offering Power-Wise and Solar-Wise assessments to help faith communities lower their carbon footprints, and Zero-Waste and Water-Wise audits to help organizations rethink and reduce their overall food and water waste. We are also currently in the process of launching a new ReWilding program to assist congregations in building community gardens, removing invasive species, planting trees, native plants, and more.
Our Programs
GIPL works at the local, state, and federal levels to advocate for clean energy legislation, fair water policy, and environmental justice for the future. Current priorities include civic education and getting out the vote, advocating for permanent protections for the Blake Plateau, a deep-sea coral reef off the coast of Georgia, and urging legislators to stand up to big polluters and protect EPA power-plant pollution standards working to head off the worst impacts of climate change and extreme weather.
Our Advocacy Priorities
“It is a gift to do this work. It is a gift to be called to the task of remembering human beings’ first call, to live in right relationship with the Earth and with each other. It is a gift to help see a better world for all.”
— Codi Norred, Executive Director of GIPL
Upcoming events
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Coastal Green Team Summit
SEPT. 21 | 9:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Join us in Savannah for a day of learning and fellowship as we work to foster spiritual and ecological resilience in the face of the climate crisis together.
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Reverse Tashlich
SEPT. 29 | 2-5:30 PM
Join GIPL and the Atlanta Jewish community as we act upon a shared ethic of environmental stewardship and clean up three sites in metro Atlanta!
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Virtual Text Bank
OCT. 1 | 6-9 PM
Help get out the vote this election season! Join us virtually as we work together to share non-partisan reminders about the value to Sacred Earth in exercising one's right to vote.
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