Covenant
The above video is a trailer for the 2008 film Fighting Goliath. IPL congregations across the country are screening Fighting Goliath, a film about the successful grassroots efforts opposing the construction of 19 Texas coal plants in 2007.
IPL is offering a free DVD to your congregation for hosting a screening! This DVD contains exclusive additional material for faith communities, called Covenant. Contact your state IPL representative to find out if there is a screening near you. Watch the entire film and sign up to host a screening.
Preaching for the Planet: Interfaith Messages on Global Warming
The above video is a trailer for the film available in DVD format (approx. 25 min.), available for a suggested donation of $15. The film includes full sermonettes from the Rev. Canon Sally Bingham, Linda Cutts (Senior Dharma Teacher), Rev. Stephen A Privett, S.J., Imam M. A. Azeez, and Rabbi Melanie Aron. Order the film.
Lighten Up!: A Religious Response to Global Warming
The above video is a trailer for our award winning film,which helps explain the complex issue of global climate change and offers ideas on what each of us can do to help. The video is available in DVD and VHS formats with a suggested donation of $15. Order the film.
Bill Moyers on America: Is God Green? This 55 minute documentary features Bill Moyers and his team of investigative journalists as they profile three evangelical Christian communities that have taken on care of the environment as a moral and biblical obligation, despite the fact that many of their brothers and sisters in the faith disagree with their stance.
HBO: Too Hot Not to Handle. This informative,50 minute documentary offers a guide to the impact of global warming on the U.S. — and the measures that need to be taken to reverse this trend.
An Inconvenient Truth, by Al Gore is a 96 minute video in which former US vice president Al Gore steps us through the science of climate change and the moral imperatives that shaped his tireless quest for solutions. A landmark, must-see documentary.
Green is The New Red White and Blue, by Thomas Friedman is a 65 minute documentarythat travels the globe in a quest to unravel the tangled web of energy consumption. It makes some controversial claims about clean energy options that are definitely worth discussing within congregations.
Everything’s Cool: A Hot Documentary About Global Warming is an 89 minute film that follows a handful of global warming messengers through an extraordinary three years of transformation, from 2003-to the eve of 2007. It shows America finally “getting” global warming in the wake of the most dangerous chasm ever to emerge between scientific understanding and political action. The ultimate challenge, this film argues, is to show urgent this situation really is – and still leave people optimistic and willing to do something.
Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-energize America by Jeff Barrieis an ideal film for congregations in the southeast since it focuses on that region’s environmental issues. It is informative, disturbing and offers very practical ways to save hundreds of dollars annually on energy bills, and use a portion of the savings to purchase newnewable energy.
The Great Warming. Narrated by Alanis Morissette and Keanu Reeves, this is a dramatic film about climate change that sweeps around the world to reveal how a changing climate is affecting the lives of people everywhere. It includes hard-hitting comments from scientists and opinion-makers about America’s lack of leadership in addressing climate change as well as new scenes documenting the emerging voice of the American Evangelical community urging action on climate change. Available in a special “Faith Version,” which includes nterviews with Christian leaders, or a “Church / Sunday School Version,” which includes a printable discussion guide.
