Greater Washington Interfaith Power & Light (GW-IPL) works with hundreds of congregations of all faiths across the DC area to save energy, go green, and respond to climate change.

GW-IPL helps congregations EDUCATE, incorporating environmental concerns into worship, teaching, and preaching.

GW-IPL helps congregations GO GREEN, by supporting them in saving energy, re-bidding their electricity contracts, purchasing clean power, and shifting other aspects of their institutional purchasing and practices to minimize environmental impact.

GW-IPL helps congregations RAISE THEIR VOICES as part of local and national advocacy efforts to protect Creation.

We are part of a network of local Interfaith Power & Light groups across the country. Together, we are building a national religious response to the climate crisis.

Our Washington DC area Interfaith Power & Light is a project of the InterFaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington. Since 1978, IFC has been bringing together the diverse religious communities in the DC area to promote dialogue, understanding, and a sense of community. Eleven faith communities, from Baha'i to Zoroastrian, collaborate through IFC to deepen understanding and to build a just community in metropolitan Washington.

Multi-faith contingent in International Day of Climate Action rally on Oct 24, 2009, including Pastor Sarah Scherschligt (Prince of Peace Lutheran Church), participants from DC Green Muslims, Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver Spring, Tikkun Leil Shabbat, Temple Rodef Shalom, Warner Memorial Presbyterian, Cedar Lane Unitarian Universalist Church. GW-IPL’s 30 (some of whom are pictured above) joined a thousand others who marched in the rain to the White House.

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