Rachel Mash, indefatigable creation care leader in South Africa and beyond, sent us this report on activities in her area during the recent World Day of Prayer celebrations. The 1st of September is the World Day of Prayer for Creation and we normally plan an ecumenical service. In order to […]
Yearly Archives: 2020
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We didn’t think so. You need to know – these tiny bits of plastic are everywhere, and are causing all kinds of damage. Nurdles have been found in almost every body of water around the world. Now ‘The Great Nurdle Hunt” is seeking to document the problem with the help […]
Science and faith working together is a major theme for us all the time, but seems to be even more prominent this month. The ever-prolific Bob Sluka has coauthored a paper this month that explores yet another aspect of the relationship between scientists and faith communities. According to Bob, This […]
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is an organization you should be familiar with. With the tag line “We use science to make change happen” their website is packed with useful information. And… they are hosting an online (aren’t they all?) conversation with a number of prominent faith leaders next […]
A Rocha International (ARI) has installed a new senior leader as of 1 December. Dr. Simon Stuart, whose appointment was announced in August, comes with a wealth of international experience and recognition. He begins his service just over a year after the tragic loss of A Rocha International’s Executive Director […]
Next week (Tuesday-Thursday, 10-12 November) we will be holding A unique partnership event hosted jointly by the Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network and the Loka Initiative of the University of Wisconsin-Madison was held last month (10-12 November). The 3 day Zoom consultation was the result of a year long effort by […]
Ed Brown recently spent an hour and a half with Lawrence Ko of the Singapore Centre for Global Mission discussing creation care in the context of Christians who live in the great cities of Asia. Here’s the video:
Urbanism, or New Urbanism should be of much greater concern for those of us in the creation care movement than it often is. More of us live in cities now around the world. How do we bring the message of creation care to city dwellers, and how can we redesign […]
Business As Mission (BAM) has been an effective tool for spreading the gospel of Jesus and building the church around the world, particularly in places where traditional mission outreach is diffcult or impossible. We salute our brothers and sisters working in this space, though at times we have wished creation […]
YECA is an outreach program of the Evangelical Environmental Network in the US. They have been active for several years with a very effective “Climate Fellows” program that this year includes 28 young people across the US. We recently noted considerable media attention given to this group in the weeks […]