By: Autumn Ayers The whole community of creation–from people to habitats to wildlife–are already suffering the effects of a warming climate, stirring more and more people to take a hard look at their own carbon emissions. For many organizations, companies, and individuals striving to make up for …
Climate Change
How Should I Pray for the Climate?
by Liuan Huska (陈柳岸)Reposted with permission from The Christian Century. Original post found here. (Illustration by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash) Two years ago, I was reading an issue of Geez magazine on climate justice in my room at night when the heaviness of the climate crisis flooded …
Want to Take Climate Action? Meet Climate Stewards USA
By Brittany Michalski & Autumn Ayers Introducing Climate Stewards USA, a new program of A Rocha USA! Climate Stewards USA is a program for individuals, communities, and organizations who want to take action on climate change and join us in making the world a healthier, fairer place …
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Logging Doesn’t Solve U.S. Wildfires
by Mark McReynolds, A Rocha USA SoCal Project Director With over 5 million acres (2.25 million hectares) burned in three coastal states and fires dotting the US West, many communities have evacuated, and a few have burnt down - over 1,000 homes are gone. Smoke has created very unhealthy air …
Postcard from St Helena
By Peter Harris, co-founder of A Rocha Miranda and I recently visited our son and his family on the island of St Helena. It lies in the middle of the South Atlantic and so the only way to get there is to sail for six days from Cape Town. It was a massive privilege to undertake such an …
Hopey New Year
By Tom Rowley, A Rocha USA Executive Director As new year resolve fades and resolutions fail, I offer a more hope-filled alternative: keep your eyes on Jesus. In a world where people are dying, the climate is changing and species are going extinct—a world that is in biblical terms utterly …
Climate Change: Who Speaks for Christianity?
By John Elwood The global Christian church is by far the world’s largest religious family. Among its various denominations, it accounts for more than 31 percent of the earth’s population – almost one out of every three people in the world. For the casual observer, it’s hard to know exactly …
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