Faith Climate Action Week (FCAW) is California Interfaith Power & Light’s (CIPL) annual statewide initiative to inspire climate action. Through FCAW, thousands of people across California have been empowered to engage their communities in meaningful climate solutions. We deeply appreciate your leadership in advancing this crucial work.
2026: Powered by Nature
Our theme this year, Powered by Nature invites faith communities to reimagine power itself.
Register here to receive your kit in March.
In a time when fossil fuel energy systems drive climate disruption, economic inequality, and environmental injustice, this theme calls us back to the original source of all energy: the natural world. The sun that warms us. The wind that moves unseen, yet reshapes landscapes. The waters that carve canyons and sustain life. The soil that transforms decay into nourishment. Long before fossil fuels and utility monopolies, life on this planet was powered by renewable, regenerative systems.
To be Powered by Nature is both practical and spiritual.
It is practical because the transition to renewable energy is essential for a livable future. Faith communities are uniquely positioned to advocate for clean energy, energy democracy, and policies that prioritize people and planet over profit. Solar panels on sanctuaries, electrified buildings, and public power campaigns are not just technical upgrades; they are moral commitments.
It is spiritual because nature is not merely a resource. Across traditions, Earth is understood as creation, sacred web, interdependent system, divine revelation, or beloved community. The science of evolution and ecology reveals a profound interconnection that demands humility and care. Science itself becomes a kind of scripture, testifying to our shared interconnections.
This theme also acknowledges the complexity of the word “nature.” Humans are not separate from nature. Everything we build, even our technologies, arise from Earth’s elements. To be powered by nature is not to romanticize a distant wilderness. It is to recognize that our cities, our bodies, our economies, and our faith communities are embedded in ecological systems. The question is not whether we are powered by nature – we always have been. The question is whether our energy systems align with nature’s regenerative patterns or defy them.
Register here to receive your kit in March.
Powered by Nature invites congregations to engage climate justice through:
- Tree Planting
- Book Studies
- Movie Recommendations with Discussion Questions
- Activities for Children and Youth Groups
- Interfaith Prayers and Poems
- Inspiration for Reflections, Sermons, Homilies from different traditions
- Advocacy Postcards supporting balcony solar
- Webinar Invitation
This Faith Climate Action Week, we ask:
What would it mean for our congregation to be fully powered by the same forces that power forests, oceans, and stars? What would it mean to align our theology, our politics, and our infrastructure with the living systems that sustain us?
To be Powered by Nature is to move from domination to partnership. From fossil-fueled despair to renewable hope.
Register here to receive your kit in March.
2025: Grounded & Growing
Our 2025 theme was, Grounded & Growing: Planting the Seeds of Change, where we explored how planting trees can bring about cleaner, cooler, and courageous acts of climate justice. We spread the inspiring message that tree planting is both healing and deeply rooted in our spiritual traditions by showcasing one of the powerful short films or documentaries we’ve curated for this year.
You can find the 2025 resources kit here.