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"Love Your Neighbor, Love Your World": Annual Convening with Pennsylvania IPL and MassIPL
Sunday, January 25, 2026 from 2-4pm | 7pm evening workshops from Jan. 25-29, 2026 | Online
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MassIPL is proud to join our friends at Pennsylvania Interfaith Power & Light as a co-sponsor of their annual convening, "Love Your Neighbor, Love Your World", taking place online January 25–29, 2026.
The event opens with a fireside chat with renowned civil rights leader and author Valarie Kaur, followed by a week of evening workshops on tree planting, gardening, organizing skills, and the writings of bell hooks.
Register for free using the promo code MASSIPL. All donations will support our climate work here in Massachusetts. Register here.
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Conversation Circles 2026: Climate-Conscious Chaplaincy
Applications due January 19 | The BTS Center
If you're a chaplain, healer, or spiritual care provider (at any level of experience), The BTS Center invites you into profound circles of support and skill-building. Over 6 months, you'll explore climate-conscious spiritual care in 12 Zoom sessions. Cost is $200 with scholarships and payment plans available. This is generative work for those called to accompany others through the climate crisis with spiritual presence and wisdom. Learn more.
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Renewing the Face of the Earth: Ecology as Inquiry into Jewish Thought, Text, and Practice
Starting January 29 | Harvard Divinity School
Rabbi David Seidenberg is teaching a new spring course on Judaism and ecology at Harvard Divinity School, meeting Thursdays 3:45-5:45 PM. It's open free to Hebrew College students and available to auditors for a fee. This is an excellent opportunity for anyone interested in deepening the theological and textual grounding of creation care within the Jewish tradition and beyond. More here.
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Tu B'shvat Seder: Celebrating Trees and Community
February 1, 5 PM | The Pryde, Boston
Join Jewish Climate Action MA to celebrate Tu B'shvat—the New Year of Trees—with a vegan seder at The Pryde, Boston's first LGBTQ+ senior housing community. Enjoy foods symbolizing the seven species, sing, and reflect together on how we can act locally for environmental change while celebrating the bounty of nature and community. All are welcome! Register here.
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Evangelical Environmental Network's Virtual Summit 2026: Refinement
February 5, 12:00 PM EST | Online
Join EEN for our sixth annual Summit this February! We'll gather with our community online to hear from incredible guest speakers; share about 2026 priorities, events, and advocacy opportunities at EEN; and provide tangible ways to care for God's creation this year. Learn more about the EEN. Register here.
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Open Position: MassIPL Treasurer
Want to make a difference for the climate in 2026? Join MassIPL’s leadership team! We are seeking a Treasurer to serve on our Executive Committee (similar to a Board of Directors) on an ongoing basis.
This is a volunteer governance role (not day-to-day bookkeeping) for someone with financial or accounting experience who enjoys big-picture thinking, reviewing financial statements, and strengthening nonprofit systems. You’ll help provide fiduciary oversight and ensure our resources are stewarded wisely.
Learn more and apply here. Questions? Reply to this email.
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Policy & Power: New Nuclear in Massachusetts?
Thu, Jan 15, 2026; 6:30 - 7:30pm| Online
Join Massachusetts Sierra Club leaders in conversation with Melissa Lavinson, Executive Director of the Office of Energy Transformation, and Weezie Nuara, Deputy Secretary for Federal & Regional Energy Affairs. Dialogue will focus on Gov. Healey’s proposed legislation to expand nuclear power’s contribution to the Commonwealth’s energy supply portfolio while eliminating the requirement for a statewide referendum on any new nuclear plant sited in Massachusetts. Register here.
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From Wasteland to Wonder: Easy Ways We Can Help Heal Earth in the Sub/Urban Landscape
Wednesday, February 11, 7:00-8:30pmET | Online
Transform your community's grounds from ecological wasteland to thriving habitat. This Green Newton webinar explores how working with natural systems—rather than against them—enables local communities to become stewards of healing landscapes. Register here.
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What Does Weatherization Actually Look Like?
MassIPL has helped more than 300 houses of worship weatherize their buildings. Ever wonder what that looks like for a congregation?
Have a look at this video from Advanced Green Insulation, one of our trusted commercial partners, as they insulate St. Patrick’s Roman Catholic Church in Brockton. You'll be amazed!
MassIPL offers free consultations to help congregations take full advantage of Mass Save incentives, which typically covers 100% of weatherization costs. Contact us to set up a free consultation.
Care for creation and lower your utility bills each month, with up to 100% of costs covered for your congregation!
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Email Your Rep about this Year’s Climate Omnibus Bill
Action Needed Now | Ongoing
Critical! Email your Mass. Representative about the essential changes needed to this year’s climate omnibus bill (H.4744), currently being rewritten in the House Ways and Means Committee. Lobbyists are working hard to dismantle our environmental justice and clean energy laws. Visit Mothers Out Front’s easy three-step guide that includes a template letter for you to edit with the facts they provide.
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Tu B'shvat Lobby Day: Meet with Your U.S. Senators
February 3, 2026 | Online
JCAN-MA is co-sponsoring the semi-annual Jewish Earth Alliance Lobby Days. Now more than ever, it's imperative that we make our voices heard to our legislators at all levels of government. Please register to join the team lobbying Senators Warren and Markey. Register here for the Lobby Day. (Jan 20 prep call registration here.)
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The Rights of Nature Webinar
Tuesday, February 3, 7:00-8:30pm | Online
Co-sponsored by the Interreligious Eco-Justice Network in CT, this inspiring webinar explores the growing movement to recognize the sacred rights of nature—wildlife, plants, waters, and earth itself—apart from human exploitation. Hear from Tyler Mark Nelson (Living Earth Community) on Earth Law and a college student activist who led a successful campaign to protect a river's rights. Perfect for faith leaders seeking to deepen their theological grounding for environmental justice work. Register here.
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Climate Justice is Immigrant Justice
Online Resources
Read the BTS Center’s post, Immigrant Advocacy is Climate Action, which includes a chart showing the climate drivers of migration, and the role of people of faith in connecting the dots in our prayers and actions. As another example, read this article from Inside Climate News about the impact of ICE raids on EJ efforts in Chicago.
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“To be of the Earth is to know
the restlessness of being a seed
the darkness of being planted
the struggle toward the light
the pain of growth into the light
the joy of bursting and bearing fruit
the love of being food for someone
the scattering of your seeds
the decay of the seasons
the mystery of death and
the miracle of birth.”
— John Soos
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