Moyers on America: Is God Green?

Tonight, Moyers on America: Is God Green? premieres on PBS - Wednesday,
October 11 at 9PM (check local listings). The documentary looks at the
significant implications of a debate among politically powerful
conservative evangelical Christians over the handling of the
environment.

I'm writing in hopes that you will help us spread the word about this
important and timely piece, and the national dialogue that has already
begun in our Moyers on America Citizens Class online at
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/citizensclass.html

We've created a number of tools for your use on your Website including
an e-postcard, web button, and downloadable video to help encourage
discussion of religion and the environment. Available at:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/moyersonamerica/citizensclasstoolkit.html

I've included a brief description of the documentary below. I hope you
will check out our Citizens Class, and if you have any further class
about the program or class, please contact our Director of Outreach
Diane Domondon at 212.560.8530 or domondond@thirteen.org.

Thanks,

Matthew Kirsch

Moyers on America
"Is God Green?"
PBS Airdate: Wednesday, October 11 at 9 p.m. (check local listings). 60
minutes.

A new holy war is growing within the evangelical community, with stakes
for the earth and American politics. For over a decade liberal
Christians have made the environment a moral commitment. Now some
conservative evangelicals as well are standing up for the earth as a
Biblical imperative of stewardship. From a dynamic conservative church
in Boise, Idaho to an evangelical activist group known as Christians
for the Mountains in West Virginia, grassroots believers are speaking out.
So are some conservative evangelical leaders at the national level who
have called for action to stop global warming. But they are being met
head-on with opposition from religious right political figures like
Jerry Falwell and James Dobson, who are pillars of the right-wing
coalition that adamantly supports the Bush administration in
downplaying the threat of global warming. The political stakes are high: three
out of every four self-identified white evangelical voters cast their
ballots for George W. Bush in 2004. The program explores how a serious
split among conservative evangelicals over the environment and global
warming could reshape American politics.