There are all kinds of technologies, from carbon capture and sequestration to artificial trees, being proposed to deal with the climate crisis. But this raises an important question: is more technology the best way to tackle a problem that has been created by technology? Our friends at A Rocha have […]
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There is going to be a lot of climate news over the next two weeks as COP26 gets under way. The conference opened in Glasgow a few hours ago, and in the next couple of days will move from ceremonial speeches to hard-core negotiating. No one knows how this one […]
Our friends at CCOP (Christian Climate Observers Program) recently told us about this effort to get people praying before and during the upcoming COP26 meetings in Glasgow, Scotland: Recently, several creation care organizations launched a campaign called #ClimateVigil. Together, they are calling millions of Christians around the world to pray […]
There is a theory that the apartheid system in South Africa finally collapsed because of a concerted global effort to divest (remove investment funds) from businesses and other entities that had any connections to that country or the apartheid system. The same thing may be happening with fossil fuels and […]
Last May 22 the Nyriagongo volcano in the Goma region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo erupted suddenly. A local organization, the Center for Intercultural Missions and Research led by LWCCN member Eraston Kighoma was on the scene. They have sent us a detailed report of their response. The full […]
Long anticipated, Katharine’s Saving Us has finally been released along with a tidal wave of publicity. The best we’ve seen? Katharine and Jimmy Kimmel. Enjoy! If the video doesn’t play, try this link: Jimmy Kimmel Live
The Blue Whale, largest of God’s creatures on earth today, has returned to the waters off the coast of Spain after an absence of more than 40 years. From EcoWatch: Since 2017, there have been four sightings of three different whales off the coast of Galicia in northwest Spain. The […]
Climate change driven disasters seem to be global this year. In the US and Canada summer wildfires are a regular occurrence: we’re now seeing reports of similar disasters almost everywhere. This report out of Turkey is typical: ISTANBUL, Aug 1 (Reuters) – The death toll from wildfires on Turkey’s southern […]
From the we-bet-you-didn’t-know-this department: A report from NASA (here; in laymen’s language here) reminds us that there are irregularities in the moon’s orbit (“wobbles” to the common person) on an 18.6 year cycle that affect earth’s tides, with half of the cycle producing lower-than-normal tides, and the other half resulting […]
This event would be a leading news story around the world if it had happened in the US or Europe: a cargo ship carrying a veritable witches’ brew of toxic chemicals catches fire and eventually sinks, dumping fuel oil and cargo onto some of the world’s most beautiful beaches, endangering […]