Hi, finally the week draws to an end and I begin to reflect on the recent activities and look ahead to the coming week. I am the executive director of The Regeneration Project which is (most descriptively) a ministry for the religious community to draw on for support and resources when seeking to find solutions to the problem- potentially catastrophic problem- of climate change. We have an affiliated network of religious leaders from many diverse faiths in 21 states in the US. “A religious response to global warming” operates under the banner of Interfaith Power and Light. Each state program operates autonomously, but in collarboation with the others. Our aim is to reduce the US overall dependency on fossil fuel for energy by example in our memeber congregations. We promote energy efficiency, conservation and use of renewable clean resources for electricity. We ask our member congregations of which there are roughly 2000 to preach about the moral responsibility of religious people to care for God Creation. This means all living things with particular focus on the poor and in addition those living things that cannot speak for themselves.

We have just completed a month of screening the film An Inconvenient Truth which was available to 4000 congregations around the country for free though our Campaign in cooperation with Paramount. This Spotlight on Global Warming event has turned our three person office into a whirlwind of activity.

In the midst of my position as executive director of TRP, I also serve as a Priest at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. I gave a baptismal class on Thursday night and baptized a baby at noon on Friday. I teach about environmental stewardship at every phase of my ministry and the baptisms are no exception. These babies are the next generation of consumers and one cannot start early enough becoming aware that we are not the only people on the planet who need healthy resources in order to survive. “Love you neighbor as yourself” is a well known commandant. Our US neighbors are all over the world, they are creatures, and most importantly, they are the next generation. We don’t want our grand children to ask “you knew about this and you didn’t do anything?”

-- SallyBingham