Care of Creation in collaboration with the Loka Initiative at the University of Wisconsin Madison is preparing to invite a small number of pastors in the US to a four-day consultation November 15-18, 2022. This will be the third iteration of the Creation at the Crossroads program which is described […]
Yearly Archives: 2022
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The registration deadline for the Creation Care and the Gospel Conference for MENA (Middle East/North Africa region) has just passed, but you still may be able to get in if you contact the organizers NOW! The conference will now run from 28 September to 1 October, which is one day […]
Last month we announced the launch of Oikos, a program designed to provide facilitated peer-group learning, support and encouragement for creation care leaders around the world. Here at The Pollinator we’re encouraged (dare we say proud?) that more than 40 of our readers responded to that announcement. Good to know you […]
In scouring the internet for news items, we stumbled across two indications of progress: It appears that jaguars have been successfully reintroduced to Ibera Park, an Argentine wetland. 70 years after they went extinct in that area. In a joint statement obtained by Zenger News on Thursday, Tompkins Conservation and […]
An outside observer might be forgiven for thinking that our biggest, and maybe even our only environmental problem is climate change. While we agree that human caused climate change is indeed a huge problem looming on the horizon (and for many, far closer even than that), we dare not ignore […]
Doubtless you were as dismayed as we were to learn a few days ago that the beautiful, magnificent, harmless monarch butterfly has joined thousands of other insect species on the endangered species list: WASHINGTON (AP) — The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the […]
If you are not yet familiar with the work of Climate Intercessors, we encourage you to check them out. They are “a global network of people whose prayers are as real and urgent as the climate crisis,” and they hold online prayer events on the 2nd Tuesday of every month, […]
Heads up, people! Season of Creation 2022 is coming soon – beginning 1 September, likely before you receive your next issue of The Pollinator. So now is the time to review this year’s website, download the 2022 Celebration Guide, and make plans to involve your church, home fellowship group, and […]
It’s hard to keep up with the climate news these days. A quick search of flooding in Google News gives the following headlines in just the last week: Sidney, Australia Bangla Desh Pakistan Nicaragua Brazil Philippines Ghana China And a summary story on the connections between flooding and climate change […]
It shouldn’t surprise us that the human tendency to trash our surroundings follows us – and sometimes even seems to precede our arrival – where ever we go. Thus this news item from NASA: Human Trash Discovered on Mars No human being has yet set foot on Mars, but something […]