December Easy Actions for EarthCare

Dear Friends,

Easy Earth Care Actions.  Each month, your Interfaith Dayenu Circle will be encouraging you to take a few quick actions that will benefit our planet and future generations. Please note that these actions are being done across many faith organizations in Santa Cruz County, and you are part of a large interfaith effort! 

Here are 3 easy ways you can make a difference:

Prioritize Climate: Write to your Representative and Senators to remind them that climate is a priority issue for people who voted in the election and to urge them to work together to prioritize climate legislation in the final weeks of this Congress. 

Urge Congress: Pass the U.S. Foundation for International Conservation Act. Scientists now estimate more than 1 million species are at risk of extinction, many within decades. Current funding levels fall drastically short for the urgent conservation work needed in essential habitats around the world. The International Conservation Act would provide significant funding to help local communities and Indigenous Peoples effectively manage conserved areas that vulnerable species call home. 

Positive News: Biden Pledges Amazon Aid in First-Ever Visit by a U.S. President to the Rainforest.  Biden promised funding to protect Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, and signed a proclamation making November 17 International Conservation Day. Biden announced a $50 million contribution from the U.S. to the Amazon Fund to support biodiversity in the rainforest, plant native trees and restore lands. “The world’s forest trees breathe carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, and yet each minute, the world is chopping down the equivalent of 10 soccer fields worth of forest,” Biden told reporters.

With so much gratitude,

Rev. Steve Palmisano and the Dayenu Interfaith Climate Team