Indoor storm in Copenhagen?
And so big were its whipping, curving gusts that it toppled both the UNFCCC head and the Danish PM’s office right out of their beds.
And so big were its whipping, curving gusts that it toppled both the UNFCCC head and the Danish PM’s office right out of their beds.
Kofi Annand, Desmond Tutu and other African leaders are organizing a campaign to raise awareness in Africa about climate change and be sure that the
There is a moral dimension to the energy choices we make, and, as conscientious individuals, we cannot ignore the impact our energy use has on the planet. Countless members of faith communities all over the world have begun to recognize their religious duty to care for God’s creation. We recognize that human civilization is polluting our environment, which is not ours but God’s creation.
“I believe that clergy talking about environmental stewardship from the pulpit will have more influence than will scientists or a politician.”
The World Council of Churches on Thursday called on churches around the world to ring their bells 350 times during the Copenhagen climate change summit on December 13 as a call to action on global warming.
“We view with alarm the dangerous consequences of disregard for the survival of God’s creation”
Philosophical and scientific convention pull toward a conservative account of morality: Morality is a capacity unique to human beings. But the more we study the behavior of animals, the more we find that different groups of animals have their own moral codes. That raises both scientific and philosophic questions.
Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance…
We look to the Copenhagen conference with hope but also with realism . . . there must be a desire on the part of every nation to do what they know they must, not because they are legally bound, but because they share a vision for a more just and sustainable future.
Our friend Andrew Linzey reminds us that there are excellent resources regarding the theological significance of animals and how we treat them.