Micah Global, which is where everything happens having to do with Integral Mission, holds a major consultation every three years. This year the gathering was online, but in Africa, and theme was Kashmiri, a Kiswahili word meaning “to flourish”. All of the conference materials are available on the Micah website […]
Yearly Archives: 2021
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The World Evangelical Alliance Sustainability Center (WEASC) based in Bonn/Germany has recently become part of the WEA Global Advocacy department. Over the past years, WEA’s engagement at the United Nations at key locations such as Bonn/Germany (Sustainability), Geneva (Human Rights) and New York (Peace, general UN liaison) has gained momentum […]
The long-awaited book John Stott on Creation Care is available now, and was officially launched in London on 19 November by co-author/editor Laura Meitzner Yoder of Wheaton College. (FYI, I have my first copy of the book, and several more on order as Christmas gifts). I really can’t overemphasize how […]
We know that The Pollinator is a global newsletter, and we try not to spend too much time on topics having to do with the US. On the other hand, we also know that the US is not only one of the major contributors to global problems like climate change, […]
Prayer Assignment “Do two work together unless they have agreed to do so?” Amos 3:3 So often we imagine we can accomplish much on our own, yet God calls us to walk in unity and friendship. There is a lot of conversation about collaboration in COP26 – because they have found it works so much better to […]
Transportation Day (Catriona Jenkins, Kari Miller and Norman Wirzba) Today is Transportation Day here at COP26. The importance of this theme cannot be emphasized enough; as much as 30% of greenhouse gases are produced by the transportation sector. Most people live within and depend upon a global economy in which […]
1) Travel, tourism, and transportation were the primary focus of Wednesday’s discussions. The shock to the tourism industry presented by COVID-19 may also offer an invitation to reimagine climate friendly norms in the industry. “The travel and tourism sector has a big stake in decarbonization because a destroyed planet serves no […]
Prayer and Progress There is a sense of progress being made with several negotiated agreements having been made already. There is still a long way to go in dozens of different policy areas, with intense activity by advisors and diplomats from every nation now that the heads of state have […]
A Daily Update from the CCOP Program Caroline Pomeroy, Rob Samulack, Michael Jemphrey What makes the Christian Climate Observers’ Program (CCOP) distinctive? Over the two weeks of COP26, 40 people aged between 19 and 79 (median age around 25) from USA, Canada, UK, France, India, Macedonia, New Zealand, Australia, Philippines, […]
This prayer comes from Plant with Purpose and was written by Ashlee Grishaber: Loving God, Heavenly Father, Creator, Thank you for all You have made in the world—for the rich biodiversity and beauty found in the whole community of creation. We lament over degraded ecosystems from wetlands to grasslands to […]