The eyes of much of the environmental movement were on Brazil this week as that nation faced an electoral choice with enormous consequences for the Amazon rainforest, and indeed, for the future of the world. President-elect Lula da Silva won by a tiny margin, and faces huge challenges, as we […]
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The nature of the news cycle is such that a disaster last week quickly fades, and one that occurred two months ago might as well not have happened. The Pakistan floods, did happen, however, and even though almost half a million people are back in their flood-ravaged homes, at least […]
Fracking (a technique for increasing the yield of oil and gas wells) has long been controversial. It has been in the news in the UK as a backdrop to their Prime Minister turmoil – banned in 2019, unbanned by Liz Truss, and then re-banned last week by the UK’s latest […]
We received the following plea for prayer from a friend of LWCCN working with the Maasai in Kenya. There are many such stories happening around the world right now; perhaps this short glimpse into one of these tragedies can help us all to focus our prayers and other efforts on […]
The Global Campaign for Creation Care and the Gospel began in November 2012 with the Jamaica Consultation. At that meeting an idea was born to bring the creation care message to the global church as quickly as possible. Ten years later, even with a global pandemic, we can say that […]
BioLogos is always a good source for information from scientists about God’s creation. A couple of articles we have noted recently: If you have struggled with jet lag (many Pollinator readers have!), you might appreciate learning more about the different ways that God has embedded clocks within his creation. Or […]
We have collected the following recent news stories from around the web. Some of them may be of interest to you: In Europe, bus stops are sprouting pollinator gardens… “Earth is our only shareholder” – the CEO of Patagonia gives away the entire company. Australia wants to bring the extinction […]
There are few situations in our modern world more fraught with injustice than climate change. We are pleased to note that The Justice Conference, Brittany Michalski, A Rocha USA’s Project Coordinator for Climate Stewards USA, is inviting us to join The Justice Conference in Denver, CO this weekend. It is […]
One of the more effective strategies for missions outreach over the last several years (decades?) has been the Business as Mission (BAM) movement. Now an Issue Group within the main BAM movement has issued a substantial report that has been several years in the making: One Big Thing: The One […]
The disastrous floods in Pakistan can hardly be captured in pictures or words. As of this writing, about 1300 people have been killed, with perhaps 1/3 of them children. 33 million people affected, more than a million houses destroyed. The entire agricultural crop (fields and animals) wiped out. Disease rampant. […]