Cool Planet Palo Alto

10/08/2022

Faith groups across the United States, Latin America and around the world held a series of public actions Sunday and Monday calling for climate justice at the upcoming UN climate negotiations , known as COP26, as part of a global, multi-faith uprising called Faith for Climate Justice.

10/06/2022

Florida community survived Ian. Future? Storm resistant communities? The community is located 30 miles inland to avoid coastal storm surges. Power lines to homes are all run underground, where they are shielded from high winds. Giant retaining ponds surround the development to protect houses from flooding. As a backup, streets are designed to absorb floodwaters and spare the houses.

Hundreds of thousands of people in southwest Florida still don't have electricity or water. But Babcock Ranch, north of Fort Myers, was designed and built to withstand the most powerful storms.

07/28/2022

Act now to disrupt Environmental Injustice.

A proposed sand and gravel mine in South County could spell danger for the land and local wildlife, but the landowner isn't calling it quits just yet.

03/16/2022

Just sharing this certificate we received from the PCUSA acknowledging our 10th year as an Earth-Care congregation (congregations that are going the extra distance to care for our planet and the living beings on it). Special thanks to the Cool Planet group in our church who have provided such strong leadership, inspiration, programs and action to achieve this milestone.

11/09/2021

https://unfccc-cop26.streamworld.de/webcast/carbon-negative-equity-positive-what-california-ca

10/21/2021

09/20/2021

Killer robots are here. That’s good news and bad news. The good news is I don’t think the end of the world is near. The bad news is humans have many years of death and destruction ahead of us.

This is an extraordinary story.

09/02/2021

Minute for Mission: Day of Prayer for All Creation
www.presbyterianmission.org/yearbook/September-1-2021/

06/17/2021

We'll hear about this from Geoff after worship on June 27.

Our Peacemaking Advocate for the San Jose Presbytery, Rev. Geoff Browning, attended the Treaty People Gathering in Minnesota to support stopping the Line 3 pipeline from being built through Anishinaabe land.

Listen to Winona LaDuke speak to supporters at the event by visiting tinyurl.com/bendersofthearc