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SYNOPSIS

RENEWAL is the first feature-length documentary to capture the vitality of America’s religious-environmental movement. In communities across America, people are rolling up their sleeves in practical and far-reaching ways. Offering a profound message of hope, RENEWAL shows people inspired by their spiritual and religious convictions, being called to re-examine what it means to be human and how we live on this planet. The film presents eight individual stories of Americans around the nation in different faith traditions, who are working to become better stewards of the environment.

Stories include: Evangelicals standing up against the devastation of mountaintop removal in Appalachia. GreenFaith, an interfaith organization in New Jersey that helps houses of worship take the first steps to ‘go green.’ An innovative childhood education program that helps Jewish kids discover the deep bond between their spiritual tradition and the earth.

Muslims in Chicago, supporting the sustainable organic raising of chickens and meat. Buddhists in San Francisco, working to persuade major magazines to publish on recycled paper. Hispanics, Anglos and Native Americans in Albuquerque, using religious ritual to organize their community to protect land and water. People of faith and scientists in Mississippi, coming together to confront decades of industrial-induced health problems, made worse since Hurricane Katrina. And finally, one nationwide program, Interfaith Power and Light, working with religious organizations to reduce energy consumption and move America toward 100% renewable energy.

RENEWAL provides an inspiring account of how religions today can bring people together through a common concern for the earth.

Directed and Produced by Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller.