rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/form/sign-on-letter-people-of-faith-for-the-climate-strikes?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-form-area-sign-on-letter-people-of-faith-for-the-climate-strikes' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> GreenFaith https://actionnetwork.org/groups/greenfaith https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/forms/photos/000/386/512/normal/For-the-love-of-this-world-3.png On Friday, September 20, 2019 young people around the world are engaging in a Global Climate Strike to demand urgent action by world leaders based on values of compassion, love, and justice. Organizers are inviting their peers and adult allies to join them in stepping away from school, work, or their normal activities to join them. We fully support this strike. We urge people of faith and spirit everywhere in the world to join this vital action. For decades, scientists and activists have sounded an alarm, calling for a comprehensive response to the climate crisis. In recognition of the fact that such a response has not materialized, youth and young adults have courageously stepped out of their classrooms and into the streets each week on Fridays, bravely expressing their fear and anger because of such inaction. Their message could not be clearer: governments must immediately mount a values-based, urgent, and massive response to climate change. We cannot continue business as usual and still save a planet for their future. Our spiritual and religious traditions call us to love and protect the earth, our neighbors, and future generations. In relation to climate change, our present path represents our failure to live that love. We must hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for the greed, injustice, and wreckage they’ve financed and supported. Despite the many advances in human wellbeing since the dawn of fossil fuels and industrialization, we know that era is over and we need to move towards 100% clean and renewable energy to build the world of tomorrow. As religious leaders and people of faith, we call on people of all faiths and spiritualities to join the world’s youth on September 20 in demanding for a proper response to climate change. A response that is urgent. A response that is just. We are people of many different faiths and spiritualities. We are united in knowing that we must do everything possible to protect the future of young people and our precious planet. Our faith calls us to join the climate strike on September 20. Join us! This page is maintained by GreenFaith on behalf of the Faith Working Group of the Global Climate Strike. https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sign-on-letter-people-of-faith-for-the-climate-strikes