Sierra Club Lauds R.I. Interfaith Power & Light

July 10, 2008

Author: Ted Nesi

Source: Providence Business News

http://www.pbn.com/stories/33623.htm

An interfaith group that is working to raise awareness about climate change was spotlighted today in a Sierra Club report on faith-based environmentalism.

Rhode Island Interfaith Power & Light, founded in January 2007 by a dozen of the state’s religious leaders, describes itself as “an interfaith ministry devoted to deepening the connection between ecology and faith.”

To date, more than 60 congregations have joined in Rhode Island Interfaith Power & Light, according to the Rev. Harry Rix, chairman of the board for the North Kingstown-based organization. The local group is a state chapter of the national Interfaith Power & Light.

Rhode Island Interfaith Power & Light’s activities so far have included free screenings of the Oscar-winning film “An Inconvenient Truth” and the distribution of free compact fluorescent light bulbs, provided by Wal-Mart, to low-income households.