St. Anthony Catholic Parish is the winner of the Renewable Role Model award category of Interfaith Power & Light’s Cool Congregations Challenge for the work of their small Creation Care or Laudato Si’ committee that convinced the parish to install solar, then influenced the diocesan attitude by inviting the Bishop to attend the solar installation […]
2023 Cool Congregations Challenge Winners
2023 Community Inspiration Winner: Fresh Produce for All
Battlefield Farm/Harvest Fellowship won the Community Inspiration award for their innovative veggie delivery project to a food desert in Knoxville, Tennessee. With just 10 members, this tiny congregation retrofitted a truck named “Fannie Lou” to deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to an area of Knoxville where residents have no access to fresh produce. QUOTE Here’s […]
2023 Sacred Grounds Winner: Grace Giving Garden
Grace Church in the Mountains in Waynesville, North Carolina, won the Sacred Grounds award for transforming a traditional church lawn into a wildlife haven and organic vegetable garden serving their food pantry. This church converted their well-manicured lawn to create a “Grace Giving Garden” that produces vegetables for their food pantry. Their traditional church lawn […]
2023 Electric Vehicle Leader Winner: Electric Vehicle Education
St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, in Indianapolis, Indiana, won the Electric Vehicle Leader award for their work to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles to reduce pollution that causes climate change and care for Creation. They hosted an EV demo day that drew hundreds of visitors and were selected by the city of Indianapolis to […]
2023 Cool Planner Winner: Comprehensive Net Zero Carbon Plan
People’s Church of Kalamazoo, Michigan won the Cool Planner award for their ambitious plan to cut their building’s carbon footprint to zero by 2030. Through energy efficiency measures and installing solar panels, they have already cut their energy use by 20%, and have well-laid plans to have an all-electric building to reach their goal of […]
2023 Challenge Runner Ups
IPL congratulates these awesome Runner Ups for their amazing work in caring for our common home! IPL awards each of these Runner Ups with $500 and a certificate of their achievement. We hope their stories will inspire others to follow their example. Community Inspiration Tabernacle Baptist Church, Dermott, Arkansas Tabernacle Baptist Church won the Community […]
