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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

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!

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

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

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