With the coming of the new year, we’re seeing some changes in the creation care landscape in the US (besides the monumental shift in Washington DC). While these changes primarily affect our American readers, they will undoubtedly be of interest to the rest of you as well: Changing of the […]
Regions and Countries: Climate Change
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There are good things happening at Houghton College, a small Christian college in New York state that is doing big things with creation care. In 2015 they installed what was then the largest solar system of any college in New York State (3.1 million kilowatt hours). This year they introduced […]
The numbers are starting to come in on how we did environmentally in 2020… On the good news side of the ledger, global carbon emissions appear to have fallen by 7%, which is a record. Let us not, of course, lose sight of the fact that this reduction came at […]
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 […]
The connection between environment and people’s health has never been more evident given the pandemic we are all living through. So we salute the Christian Journal for Global Health for seeking to tackle this issue head-on. The Call for Papers below has a deadline of next April, so there’s plenty […]
“When her faith is challenged by a hurricane, a young evangelical mom must find a new way forward.” Virginia’s Calling is a new documentary film of her story. From the website: A homeschooling mom’s picture-perfect life is shattered when her home floods. Just as she hits rock-bottom, an unlikely spiritual […]
Looking for some stories of ordinary people fighting back against climate change? This podcast from highly regarded Foreign Policy and Climate Investment Funds might be what you’re looking for. The climate change crisis can feel so formidable, so daunting, that instead of mobilizing people to action, it engenders paralysis. What […]
The Lausanne/WEA Creation Care Network is releasing episodes of the Lausanne Global Classroom Creation Care series daily. Here’s Episode 6: Climate Change.
We lost a hero this week. Sir John Houghton, 88 years old, passed away in a Care facility near his home in Wales UK on 15 April. Known to the world as the head of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)’s scientific assessment group and lead editor of the […]
Climate Caretakers, a US-based ministry of Care of Creation, is offering a different sort of spin on the idea of fasting for Lent. If you sign up for their ‘Carbon Fast‘ they will send you an email each week offering ideas and suggestions as to how you can fast in […]