Civilization is waking up to the reality that the environment is the Number One issue facing us today. Bring some ecological consciousness into your congregation this Lent. Lutherans Restoring Creation has gathered together a number of great resources for study and exploration. (Photo: NASA, public domain)
The Environmental Protection Agency has updated its free 78-page “Energy Star Action Workbook for Congregations” that is chock full of ideas for environmental stewardship. You can save energy and money, and in the process provide valuable learning experiences for your congregants. (Photo: Sun Dazed, Creative Commons)
Every hour, 1600 acres of dry land becomes a desert. We need to remember that environmental stewardship is an urgent calling, not just embracing and/or teaching sustainable practices. If the Church were to fully recognize environmental stewardship as co-participation in God’s love for the world, imagine the impact that would have on the planet! (Photo: […]
Wildfires incinerating Australia are part of a worsening cycle of weather gone haywire due to climate change, and scientists say the pattern is likely only to increase across the world. Time magazine reports on how the devastation “down under” is part of a wider trend. (Photo: US Forest Service, Creative Commons)
Dr. Katherine Hayhoe is a professor and co-director the Climate Center at Texas Tech University. She is also an evangelical Christian. In this OpEd piece recently printed in The New York Times, she explains why her faith compels her when it comes to climate change, who will bear the brunt of the change, and why […]
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. […]
