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SCREENING UPDATE

RENEWAL: An Interfaith Call to Action Screening and Action With Interfaith Communities SAVE THE DATE! Wednesday, July 17th at 7:30 PM Foundry United Methodist Church 1500 16th Street, NW Join Shomrei Adamah of Greater Washington, DC Green Muslims, Faith at Work, Teva, and Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light to view highlights of the first feature-length documentary to capture the breadth and vitality of America's religious-environmental movement. During the evening we will connect,… Continue

Posted by Ryan on June 30, 2008 at 4:47pm — No Comments

GREAT NEWS

RENEWAL screened on the opening night of the Hazel Wolf Environmental Film Festival in Seattle on Saturday May, 3, at 8:30 PM following the official keynote speech. From over 60 films and shorts, the review committee, with consideration of audience feedback, selected RENEWAL as one of their "Best of Fest" films! To see a list of other selections, visit the festival homepage. A big CONGRATULATIONS to Marty and Terry! Continue

Posted by Ryan on May 14, 2008 at 6:53am — No Comments

Just an Update

Check the information below the blog section to see an added Seattle screening of RENEWAL. Continue

Posted by Ryan on April 29, 2008 at 1:50pm — No Comments

An Interview with Marty

In preparation for his article on RENEWAL, Ben Tepfer conducted an email interview with Marty. There's some great stuff here. Enjoy. BT: What was your motivation for making the film? MO: We wanted the public to know that religious-environmentalism is no longer just an idea. It's an active emerging grassroots movement with enormous potential to speak to people about the critical need to find a sustainable new way of living on our planet. We also wanted viewers to understand… Continue

Posted by Ryan on April 28, 2008 at 10:52am — No Comments

Another RENEWAL Article

Marty directed me to this article about RENEWAL In JVibe, a Jewish teen magazine. It certainly is great to see teenagers taking action around this project! Thanks to Ben Tepfer for the article. I'll post his interview with Marty shortly. Using Religion to Save the Planet Continue

Posted by Ryan on April 28, 2008 at 7:30am — No Comments

Marin's Greening Efforts

Thanks to Renee Rico of Presbyterians for Restoring Creation for pointing out this article in which RENEWAL gets a mention. Going Green: 'To cultivate and to keep' Continue

Posted by Ryan on April 28, 2008 at 6:56am — No Comments

An Inspiring Story...

Marty shared a bit of an inspiring story that emerged from a recent RENEWAL screening. Enjoy! *** "I brought my daughter to the film last night as her birthday outing (12). On the way home, she was struggling with several issues. First, that her abba [her father] works for a power company and she knows that one of the plants uses coal and second, that she was planning to donate funds from her Bat Mitzvah celebration to a tzedakah [a charity] in Israel which provides food to impoverished famili… Continue

Posted by Ryan on April 8, 2008 at 3:05pm — No Comments

From Terry...

Terry recently alerted me to a contest sponsored by The National Council of Churches. Unfortunately, the deadline is April 14th, so act fast! Read on for more information. National Council of Churches Offers $500 Grant for "Great Green Congregation" Stories The National Council of Churches wants to hear your "Great Green Congregation" story! Tell us what your church is doing for the earth, and the NCC will share your story to inspire others. We'll also select one congregation to receive… Continue

Posted by Ryan on April 8, 2008 at 2:55pm — 1 Comment

Marty's Feedback from a Screening at Hebrew College

Hello everyone, below you will find Marty's report from the Hebrew College screening. Hope you are all well. *** We had an excellent Renewal screening last night in Newton, MA at Hebrew College! Ellen Bernstein teaches a course at HC about the place of nature in the Bible. Weeks ago she called and invited me to join her small class of about 10 students on an evening when she wanted to show Renewal. I was happy to do it especially since Ellen is the fine author of three of the primary books ab… Continue

Posted by Ryan on April 3, 2008 at 3:12pm — No Comments

Another RENEWAL Screening

RENEWAL will screen April 5, 2008, at St. Anne's Warehouse, 38 Water Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, at 2:30 PM as part of their SEED (Smart Environmental Efforts in DUMBO) Program. The Dumbo Improvement District was signed into law by Mayor Bloomberg in December 2005 and is entrusted with keeping the community's public spaces, addressing public safety, advocating on behalf of DUMBO to public and private stakeholders, and marketing and promoting the area to attract new visitors and businesses. The… Continue

Posted by Ryan on March 25, 2008 at 2:30pm — No Comments

IPL Interview With Merritt

Alexander Carpenter of CA IPL recently interviewed Jonathan Merritt, the young Southern Baptist leading the way in environmental stewardship in his denomination. Read it here: EXCLUSIVE: Interview with the Man Behind the Southern Baptist Climate Initiative Continue

Posted by Ryan on March 20, 2008 at 4:31pm — No Comments

RENEWAL To Screen at the UN

Great news from Fletcher Harper and the folks at GreenFaith. "We received confirmation from the UN Environment Programme that our UNEP Interfaith Partnership for the Environment and GreenFaith can host a screening of Renewal on World Environment Day –… Continue

Posted by Ryan on March 19, 2008 at 5:59pm — No Comments

SBC Going Green?

Marty recently passed along this article. Thought I would share it here. Southern Baptists Shift Stance on Climate Continue

Posted by Ryan on March 17, 2008 at 9:25am — No Comments

Saving More Than Souls: Religions Seek "Renewal" For the Environment

This is from an article I wrote for Sustainablog.org on February 21. I was very grateful to Marty, Terry, and Parker for taking the time to answer my questions, especially since they are bei… Continue

Posted by Chad Crawford on March 7, 2008 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Forum Highlights...Take Two...

On Saturday morning, after the Friday night screening of RENEWAL, at the Forum on Religion and Ecology, conference attendees gathered to hear a panel reflect on the film. The panel reflected some of the religious diversity of the film, including environmental leaders from a variety of faiths. Here are some of their thoughts. REFLECTIONS ON RENEWAL Steve Kellert, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies—RENEWAL echoes his work in biophilia in a variety of wa… Continue

Posted by Ryan on March 7, 2008 at 8:24am — 1 Comment

Forum Highlights

For those who were not able to attend, I will be posting a series of highlights from last weekend's Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale. These are based on my notes from various sessions. For those of you who attended, feel free to add your thoughts as well. I'll begin wit… Continue

Posted by Ryan on March 5, 2008 at 7:37am — No Comments

Global Greening...

I was shocked by a RENEWAL Circle request we received last week all the way from the United Arab Emirates. Hopefully, I will have good news to report about a collaboration there, but until then, check out an article from today's San Francisco Chronicle on green progress in the Middle East: Clean tech movement goes global. Continue

Posted by Ryan on February 27, 2008 at 7:44am — No Comments

Words from The Boston Phoenix

Nina MacLaughlin of The Phoenix gave RENEWAL three out of four stars. We'll forgive her for leaving off that last star thanks to these great words: "[The filmmakers] avoid religious cheerleading and tree-huggery; instead, their film demonstrates that when it comes to keeping the earth from getting wrecked beyond repair, it isn't a matter of us versus them, Christian versus Jew, or God versus Allah." --February 20, 2008 Read the rest of the review here:… Continue

Posted by Ryan on February 26, 2008 at 4:05pm — No Comments

The Boston Globe Reviews RENEWAL...

RENEWAL is screening at the Museum of Fine Art in Boston six times in February and March. Not only have religious and environmental organizations seen the value of the film, but the media is picking up on it as well. Follow the link to read the positive review from The Boston Globe. 'Renewal' spreads the environmental gospel Continue

Posted by Ryan on February 21, 2008 at 1:48pm — No Comments

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