Evangelical/Climate
Scientist Honored by TIME magazine
TIME, in its "100 Most Influential People" issue of May
5 and 12, raised up evangelical Christian and Texas Tech University
climatologist Katharine Hayhoe as a "pioneer."
The book by Hayhoe, "A Climate for Change: Global Warming
Facts for Faith-Based Decisions", co-authored by her husband, a
pastor, makes an effort to correct the disinformation (misguided views) on
climate science some religious people have.
She advocates a transition to cleaner renewable energy sources.
"Because climate change disproportionately affects the poor
and vulnerable, the very people Christians are called to care for and
love," she has said, responding to "climate change is not
inconsistent with Christian values."
"When I look at the information we get from the planet,"
she has said, "I look at it as God's creation...telling us that it is
running a fever." And as her husband might add, thermometers are
neither Republican nor Democrat.
Hayhoe is also featured in the recently-released series
"Years of Living Dangerously," on the Showtime network.
"It's hard to be a good steward of the planet if you don't
accept the hard science behind what's harming it, and it can be just as hard to
take action to protect our world if you don't love it as the rare gift it
is. For many people that implies a creator," said TIME profiler and
Showtime interviewer of Hayhoe, Don Cheadle.
"It's Our World: World Environment Day, June 5"
The World Environment Day is the principal way that the United
Nations uses yearly to encourage worldwide awareness and action for the
environment.
This year the theme for the June 5th event is "Raise Your
Voice, Not the Sea Level" in an effort to mark the survival threat of
rising sea levels, due to climate change, to Small Island Developing States
(SIDS).
The
web site http://www.unep.org/wed provides A-Z steps one can take; related links;
blogs; articles; supporters and messages; activities; regional features; youth
voices; multi-media (posters, banners, videos, music, podcasts, logos); past
yearly themes, etc.
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