Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_12160107
Before she left St. Mark's Cathedral, where she was canon pastor for more than five years before retiring in February, the Rev. Diana Johnson helped her parish take a few small, green steps.
The St. Mark's Episcopal community traded its incandescent light bulbs for compact flourescent bulbs and swapped out an old refrigerator and a boiler for new, energy-efficient models.
Now, though, Johnson is taking her passion for creation care to a new pulpit. On April 1, she became the first director of the Utah Interfaith Power & Light Coalition.
The coalition's focus, for now, is to help Utah faith communities -- churches, synagogues, mosques, gathering centers -- figure out how to save money on energy and to encourage environmental stewardship among the faithful. So far, the coalition has done energy audits for five faith communities.
It is an outgrowth of the Salt Lake Interfaith Roundtable, a group that originated during the 2002 Winter Olympics and comprises members from a range of faiths.