Journey of the Universe
Ask acclaimed author and evolutionary philosopher Brian Thomas Swimme about our role as humans in this awe-inspiring universe, and his insights will light up the night skies.
As our host, co-writer, and fellow traveler, he shares his infectious curiosity about life’s biggest questions in the epic JOURNEY OF THE UNIVERSE. This documentary film project, companion book, and 20-part educational series is a collaboration of Swimme and historian of religions Mary Evelyn Tucker. They weave a tapestry that draws together scientific discoveries in astronomy, geology, biology, ecology, and biodiversity with humanistic insights concerning the nature of the universe.
Using his skills as a masterful storyteller, Swimme connects such big picture issues as the birth of the cosmos 14 billion years ago – to the invisible frontiers of the human genome – as well as to our current impact on Earth’s evolutionary dynamics. Through his engaging and thoughtful observations audiences everywhere will discover the profound role we play in this intricate web of life. From the Big Bang–to the epic impact humans have on the planet today–this film is designed to inspire a new and closer relationship with Earth in a period of growing environmental and social crisis.
DIRT!
Order DIRT! The Movie — directed and produced by Bill Benenson and Gene Rosow — takes you inside the wonders of the soil. It tells the story of Earth’s most valuable and underappreciated source of fertility–from its miraculous beginning to its crippling degradation.
Dirty Business
Interfaith Power & Light is partnering with Dirty Business to offer a DVD copy of Dirty Business for a special price of $6.00 for faith communities! For individuals, the cost is $15.00. Purchase Dirty Business now.
Dirty Business reveals the true social and environmental costs of coal power and tells the stories of innovators who are pointing the way to an alternative energy future. Guided by Rolling Stone reporter Jeff Goodell, the film examines what it means to remain dependent on a 19th century technology that is the largest single source of greenhouse gases. Can coal really be made ‘clean’? Can renewables and efficiency be produced on a scale large enough replace coal? The film seeks answers in a series of stories shot in China, Saskatchewan, Kansas, West Virginia, Nevada and New York. Screen this film in your congregation for Earth Day.
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
Trailer — Preaching for the Planet from Interfaith Power & Light on Vimeo.
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.
Renewal 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.
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.
Blessed Earth: Hope for Creation and Hope for Humanity, by Matthew Sleeth, MD. This series of 12 short segments covers creation care in two DVDs with accompanying study guides. In Part I: Hope for Creation, Sleeth recounts his personal salvation experience in the context of creation concepts found in Genesis: Light, Water, Soil, Heavens, Animals, and Man. Part II: Hope for Humanity focuses on Rest, Work, Give, Share, Teach, and Hope. The Blessed Earth website says, “It’s time for us to reclaim our role in God’s creation story and accept with excitement our God-given commission to ‘save the planet’ for the sake of Jesus Christ.”
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.
