[The Episcopal News] Internationally renowned climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe will keynote a diocese-wide webinar set for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 20 by the Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change. Attendees are asked to register here. Hayhoe is chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy and a Paul Whitfield Horn Distinguished Professor and the Political Science Endowed […]
[The Episcopal News] Offering free compost and cookbooks, ministry partners at St. Paul’s Commons – headquarters of the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles – staffed one of the busiest booths at the first-ever Echo Park Earth Fest, held April 27. Thousands of Angelenos visited the lively event presented around Echo Park Lake by state Sen. […]
[The Episcopal News] The Education Committee of the Bishop’s Commission on Climate Change for the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles has proposed that Earth Day 2024 be commemorated with the first annual “Ring Out for Earth.” The committee invites every parish, mission, school, and institution within the six-county diocese to ring bells, pray or meditate […]
[The Episcopal News] Steve Trapasso had just finished a food giveaway and cooking demonstration, turning fresh vegetables into nutritious cauliflower soup for residents of West Hollywood apartments, and was headed back to the Seeds of Hope storage hub. “Every Tuesday we have three distributions in West Hollywood, and at nine different sites throughout the month” […]
[The Episcopal News] The 28th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, or COP28, included a first-time ever faith pavilion with an intentional focus on the voices of Indigenous people, but left the Rev. Lester Mackenzie wanting “mechanisms for actionable steps,” he told a January 8 regular meeting of […]
[The Episcopal News] When completed, the approximately 60- x 30-foot steel pergola at All Saints Church in Riverside will resemble a shade structure or patio cover. It will shield church members from the sun’s rays while solar panels on top collect power from those rays, leading to elimination of the parish’s monthly electric bill and […]
[The Episcopal News] The Rev. Lester Mackenzie, rector of St. Mary’s Church, Laguna Beach, is among 21 delegates representing the office of Presiding Bishop Michael Curry at the upcoming 2023 United Nations climate change conference. It is the ninth year the presiding bishop has convened Episcopalians in the urgent work of climate change advocacy in […]
[The Episcopal News] Bishop John Harvey Taylor’s vision of love in action includes tackling climate change, developing affordable housing, securing economic justice and building beloved community via showing up to “the precious and unique miracle of other people” locally, regionally, and internationally. Amid applause, and shouts of “yeah” and “Amen,” Taylor on Nov. 10 welcomed […]
[Dr. Lucy Jones Center for Science and Society] Dr. Lucy Jones and the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles are set to premiere a process to improve post-disaster communication, allowing faith-based institutions to better help their members. On Sunday, Oct. 15, seismologist Jones will lead an earthquake drill at St. James’ Episcopal Church in South Pasadena […]
[The Episcopal News] Moving from fossil fuel to electric energy is crucial for reducing carbon emissions to save the planet and can begin by simply switching appliances, Dr. Lucy Jones told attendees Sept. 16 at the first diocesan Climate Change Summit. “Buy electric, instead of gas,” advised Jones, a member of the Los Angeles Bishop’s […]
