Posts Tagged: climate change
“The times they are a changin” Climate Post
Dummies Guide to the Paris Climate Agreement
On-the-ground Update from the Global Climate Summit
People’s Demands on Climate Justice
Climate Change and You
Climate Change: Real or Not, Solving It Solves Much!
Today, June 5th, is not only the transit of Venus in front of the sun, but it is also when all these things are happening:
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World Environment Day
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Rio+20 Day of Action
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15 days to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (and the parallel People’s Summit).
Better late than never, right?
On June 18-22, Environmental Ministries staffer, Rebecca Barnes-Davies will attend the People’s Summit with the World Council of Churches delegation. She will be watching the development at the UNCSD, learning from workshops at the People’s Summit, and blogging on Eco-Justice Journey for Presbyterians about her experiences while in Rio. She hopes this will help us gain a better global understanding of our call to care for God’s creation, even as we continue our local efforts in our own places.
So to help celebrate the day, perhaps you might:
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Participate in a World Environment Day activity or a Rio+20 Day of Action.
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Learn more about Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
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Read about various concerns, hopes, and vision for the People’s Summit:
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Use this faith reflection resource on Rio+20 preparations
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Pray for the outcomes of Rio+20
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Explore PCUSA environment and energy policies
And since this is the Food and Faith Blog, learn about the connections between food and climate and climate and food.
Finally, contact me at Andrew.KangBartlett@pcusa.org if you want to be on the next Open Food Justice Call–Thursday, June 14 at 4:00 pm eastern time. The theme is, yup, “Climate Change: Why Food Matters A LOT!”
Read more »“Welcome to the Nightmare, Welcome to the Hope” (Cancún # 2)
Traveling through Cancun has been a profound and empowering experience. It was ironic, as I spent more time in Cancun, the reality of the United States became clearer. Here in the states we’re told that consumption and growth are the keys to progress. In the Global South they are told that you must work for a corporation’s workshop, and your land is no longer yours but a tool for exploitation. The chasm between reckless consumption and consumerism, and social and environmental degradation is vast and creates the actual reality in which we all live: the climate is warming at an alarming rate, world food supplies are dwindling, and the natural world is being eroded beyond the possibility of being healed.
Read more »No meat for you on Monday!
who needs meat? Remember, though, it is not simply enough to eat less meat. You should make sure what you substitute is produced in a sustainable way and doesn’t fly around the world to get to you! See these articles to begin exploring the gray areas! – Tofu can harm environment more than meat, finds WWF study and Eating less meat could cut climate costs and Less meat ‘means a longer life’
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