{"id":3908,"date":"2008-12-09T09:39:48","date_gmt":"2008-12-09T15:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=3908"},"modified":"2008-12-09T09:39:48","modified_gmt":"2008-12-09T15:39:48","slug":"searching-for-the-coolest-congregation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/searching-for-the-coolest-congregation\/","title":{"rendered":"Searching for the Coolest Congregation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Representing 5,000 congregations, Interfaith Power &amp; Light is challenging faith communities to get serious about climate change. The organization recently launched <a href=\"http:\/\/coolcongregations.com\" target=\"_blank\">a carbon footprint calculator<\/a> designed specifically for congregations.<\/h3>\n<p>In order to encourage faith communities to lower their footprints, $5000 will go to the group with the lowest greenhouse gas emissions per person. Another $5000 will go to the congregation that has shrunk its carbon footprint the most (as a percentage) after one year. To be eligible, participating groups have until December 31, 2008 to measure their footprints.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/cI0i4APppls&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%2526fmt%3D18]<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><em>Interfaith Power &amp; Light, a religious response to global warming, is the national campaign of <a href=\"http:\/\/theregenerationrproject.org\" target=\"_blank\">The Regeneration Project<\/a>, which is an interfaith nonprofit based in San Francisco, CA devoted to deepening the connection between ecology and faith.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Representing 5,000 congregations, Interfaith Power &amp; Light is challenging faith communities to get serious about climate change. The organization recently launched a carbon footprint calculator designed specifically for congregations. 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