Officials in the Florida Keys announced what many coastal governments nationwide have long feared, but few have been willing to admit: As seas rise and flooding gets worse, not everyone’s property can be saved. The costs of staying ahead of rising water is too high. The New York Times reports. (Photo: Katrina Montivagrant, Creative Commons)
in 2018 more than 17 million climate migrants — those displaced by the effects of climate change (i.e. crop failure, water stress, sea level rise), left their homes permanently. As California’s wildfires led a writer and his family to escape their smoke-filled neighborhood, he reflects on what the Bible says about these refugees. From Sojourners. […]
“If I knew the world was to end tomorrow, I would still plant an apple tree today.” Although there is no record of Martin Luther actually saying these words long attributed to him, a new study finds that forest restoration is the most effective response to climate change. In fact, planting 500 billion trees could remove 25% […]
Last month’s Global Climate Strike brought out millions of people to raise their voices as witnesses to the critical moral issue of our time and accompany a generation of youth who are calling for the end of “business as usual.” If you missed the strike, it’s never to late to do something good. Global Climate […]
Climate change is destroying the world’s oceans, according to a U.N. report that says unless governments take action there will be dire consequences for the sea life and people who live in coastal areas. A drop in fish harvests, coastal flooding and increasingly violent storms are just some of the consequences. From the L.A. Times. […]
Living in Africa for an extended period afforded an American Christian the opportunity to look at climate change from a much different perspective than we typically see in the United States. Brian Konkol’s observations are challenging to us, who live in a nation that has contributed greatly to the problem. (Photo: Roberto Rizzato, Creative Commons)
Many of the world’s watersheds are under stress from pollution, development and overuse, but God’s people can take a role in keeping them healthy and productive. Vermont Interfaith Power and Light has produced a free 40-page “Congregational Watershed Discipleship Manual” to get help you do your part in your own context. (Photo: D-Stanley, Creative Commons)
Want to help scientists understand climate change? Here’s a simple way to involve your faith community as citizen scientists in this Smithsonian Institution crowd-sourcing project studying Ginkgo trees to map climate over time. Might be a good project for your congregation’s youth! (Photo: Skyseeker, Creative Commons)
Instead of hanging back, Christians should be leading the environmental agenda, says Cambridge University scientist Bob White, in this thoughtful essay from the U.K.’s Jubilee Centre. White lays out a biblical, theological and moral foundation for getting involved. What are you waiting for? (Photo: U.S. Forest Service, Creative Commons)
Check out the Evangelical Environmental Network’s archived webinar with scientist Katherine Hayhoe detailing the alarming findings of the U.S. government’s latest National Climate Assessment. Get the facts to help God’s people know the truth. (NASA Photo from Apollo 11)
