HAPPENING SOON!! Mark your calendars! The 4th Lausanne Congress and the Global Creation Care Forum (GCCF) were both important for the future of creation care globally. Don’t miss this update from those who were there! Leaders from around the world will share their reflections on both these events. We will also introduce […]
Welcome to The Pollinator! Here you will find items of interest submitted by members of the Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network who are scattered across 130 countries. This material will fall into several categories:
- Reports (events, initiatives, projects that have happened already).
- Announcements and prayer (events etc. that are planned in the near future).
- Opportunities (conferences, materials, resources that others may find helpful).
- Resources (books, curriculum, tools that may be useful to you in your own work).
- News (items from the general media related to creation care and the environment).
All of this material comes from people like you. Please send us your items – reports on what you have done, requests for prayer about upcoming activities, events you would like to invite people to attend. We will post everything we receive here that is related to creation care and will publish a selection in the Pollinator newsletter each month. Click here for guidelines and how to submit a news item. If you are new to our community, click here to see our past monthly newsletters.
Recent news stories:
We are excited to feature Dr. Katharine Hayhoe’s plenary talk at the 4th Lausanne Congress in Korea, now available on YouTube. Do give her session on Faith and the Future of Creation a listen! She insightfully outlines the integration of faith and climate science in this talk, explores the biblical […]
In our last Pollinator issue, Dave Bookless wrote about COP16, the 16th global gathering on biodiversity. Now COP29—the 29th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference – has just finished. It was an important meeting, thought disappointing and disturbing in many ways. Here are two immediate and thought-provoking pieces. We will […]
Dive into Dr Robert Sluka’s new book, Connected by Water—an exploration of his many underwater adventures, connecting with God and the ocean. This book is available athttps://www.amazon.com/Connected-Water-Robert-D-Sluka/dp/B0DGF74MT2 Bob writes, Early memories of family vacations to Daytona Beach and the Florida Keys sparked a desire to learn more and experience the […]
Dear friends, we bring you news of yet another book well worth attending to: The Whole Easter Story: Why the Cross is Good News for All Creation by A Rocha International’s Jo Swinney is a 40-day Lent devotional exploring how the cross transforms not only our own individual connection with […]
(Editor’s Note: We sincerely apologise for how belatedly you are receiving this news!) We would like to draw your attention to an A Rocha-hosted conversation by Dr Rodel Lasco, A Rocha International Trustee and Director of the Oscar M Lopez Center. Rodel is a member of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel […]
(Editor’s Note: We sincerely apologise for how belatedly you are receiving this news!) This news is hot off the press! The 4th Lausanne Congress and the Global Creation Care Forum (GCCF) were both important for the future of creation care globally. Don’t miss this update from those who were there! Leaders from […]
We bring you this thought-piece by Lausanne Catalyst and A Rocha’s Director of Theology, Dave Bookless. By the time you get this issue of The Pollinator, COP16 in Cali, Colombia will have concluded. But what is ‘the other COP’ and why does it matter to us as Christians … and […]
Following up from the author of Pollinator’s Cover Article this month, here is further detail about WMI: How exciting and impactful would it be if our current generation of church leaders taught and trained from both books of revelation God has given us? The Wilderness Ministry Institute desires to address […]
In 2001 the United Nations established the World Urban Forum (WUF), the world’s premier conference on urban issues. When the 12th WUF opens in Cairo, Egypt, on November 4th, it will include an historic first, a Faith Pavilion. WUF12’s Faith Pavilion is the latest development of a decade-long engagement and trust building between UN-Habitat and […]