Seminar: Environmental Racism and Public HealthFeaturing Dr. Ying Li, ETSU School of Public HealthThis is a lecture and discussion event led by the Department of Sustainability and Dr. Ying Li, ETSU professor of Public Health. Dr. Li will explain how people who are born, raised, and live in different parts of the world will be affected by climate change specifically in relation to health and public health. Dr. Li has done research about how rising temperatures in Appalachian summers have…See More

Scientists say we need to reduce our use of fossil fuels by 80% or more to avert the most dangerous effects of global warming. But is such a drastic cut possible without totally disrupting our lifestyle? The short answer is yes as the contributors of this book have shown. They imagined a future where each home powers not only itself, but the cars surrounding it. They are doing this with no fumes, no soot, and no emissions, from a fuel source that will never run out or jump in price. They show…See More

Click here to enter the Challenge or to download the entry guide today, for a chance to win $1,000 in each of the five entry categories. Has your congregation been busy this year finishing a solar project or an energy efficient lighting upgrade? Maybe you've installed a new HVAC system or windows? Does your green team have an organic garden or drought resistant…See More

Sunday, November 18th, 7:00 pm Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church, 201 S. Roan St., Johnson City, TN 37601Munsey Methodist Church will again be the site of the URI Northeast Tennessee Cooperation Circle interfaith prayer service of Thanksgiving, and our URI CC is grateful for their hospitality. Refreshments will be served after the ceremony. All are welcome and any URI member who would like to offer a prayer of Thanksgiving is invited to the lectern. Please contact Rabbi Arthur Rutberg,…See More

Saturday, November 3rd, 5:30 pm Carver Recreation Center, 322 W. Watauga Avenue, Johnson City, TN 37604This annual URI event is a communal expression of gratitude for our many blessings. Welcoming drumming will begin at 5:30 pm and the potluck dinner and program will begin at 6:00 pm. Turkey and beverages will be provided. Following the meal, interfaith prayers and rituals of gratitude will be offered. All are welcome! For more information: highhollow@comcast.netSee More

In 2016 and 2017 St. John’s Episcopal Church in Johnson City was recognized as a Certified Cool Congregation. The Vestry, Finance, Building & Grounds, and Earth Guild committees undertook an ambitious project to reduce their electrical usage and costs through improving their heating and cooling plant and beginning to convert lighting to LED energy-saving bulbs. Since completing the HVAC project in 2017 and replacing the lights in the Nave, St. John’s has reduced energy use in 2017 by 80,400…See More

St. Mary's Justice, Peace & Integrity of Creation Ministry welcomes the Tennessee Poor People's Campaign as it visits the Tri-Cities on its educational tour. All are invited to learn about the National Call for Moral Revival and its fundamental principles of challenging -- through nonviolent action and love -- poverty, racism and militarism. These are the same 3 evils of American society that Dr. King identified in the Poor People's Campaign that he started 50 years ago, just before he was…See More

The ETSU Department of Sustainability will be hosting a screening of Happening: Clean Energy Revolution at Brown Hall on Wednesday October 3rd at 6 PM. Citizens Climate Lobby will be tabling at the screening and will also be helping with promoting it. A Facebook Event page has been set up for the screening here: https://www.facebook.com/events/250444762244874/. Filmmaker James Redford…See More

Green Interfaith Network and United Religions Initiative delivered a letter to Senator Bob Corker's office on April 24, 2018 on behalf of over forty religious (lay and ordained) leaders to support SB 200 and environmental conservation measures.Religious Leaders of East Tennessee Urge Senator Bob CorkerTo Act Now toPrevent Nuclear War and Protect the Climate  In the name of all that is holy and all that is hoped, we religious leaders, united by the belief that Earth is sacred and by our calling…See More

Earth Hour 2018 – Saturday, March 24, 8:30 p.m. Local Time Join us this #EarthHour on Saturday, 24 March, 8:30 p.m. local time, and be a part of the movement to protect our planet and its incredible nature! As accelerating climate change and staggering biodiversity loss threaten our planet, Earth Hour 2018-2020 endeavours to spark never-before-had conversations on the loss of nature and the urgent need to protect it.Starting as a symbolic…See More

Stewart Harris to Speak.Harris, who teaches constitutional law at the Duncan School of Law at Lincoln Memorial University in Knoxville, will be giving his thoughts on the current political climate and contemporary debates about the constitution. Women Matter Northeast Tennessee and Indivisible Tri- Cities will host a speaking event featuring Stewart Harris, creator of the National Public Radio Show “Your Weekly Constitutional,” a nationally syndicated program produced by WETS-FM, the NPR…See More

Friends:The nonprofit that I direct is having a fun and only $25 fundraiser (or a cheaper kids option too---kids are very welcome.) with dinner and live music, this Friday evening in downtown Johnson City. Details below on how to buy advance tickets. I'd love to see you there. We call it "Appalachian Fusion" because our Appalachian home has been a diverse melting pot for 250 years and our future sustainability and prosperity depends on a fusion of old and new. The event celebrates our…See More