Creation Corner Column for December 2012
Notable Quotations, Environmental Actions, COVID-19 books, Announcements
Quotations Worth Noting
In 1989 TIME magazine chose the endangered earth as "Planet of the Year" in lieu of the usual "Person of the Year."
In 2021 TIME entitled their Nov. 8-15 issue primary contents as "Climate is Everything."
The climate battle is "a fight for our lives, an existential battle and we need to behave like it...and for some people in the world it already is absolutely existential: they're losing their lives." John Kerry, United States climate envoy to the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP 26), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, quoted in TIME magazine of Nov. 8-15, 2022.
Among the COP26 goals are (according to the same issue of TIME):
1. Restore and protect the ecosystems that make human life possible.
2. Ensure a rapid and equitable transition away from coal.
3. Make climate solutions profitable.
4. Shift the global vehicle fleet from gas-powered to electric.
5. Finalize the Paris rule book to guarantee the integrity of carbon trading.
6. Persuade the world to invest in renewable energy.
7. Help vulnerable cities become more resilient.
8. Urge the developed world to share the burden.
"Human beings (said Steve Jobs, 1955-2011) have a responsibility to be guardians of the earth for future generations, to pay attention to problems and do something about them."
Action for the Environment
If you seek to help your church, temple or mosque to express care for the creation, consider "googling" these helpful web sites:
10 steps to greening your church
10 tips to help your church go green
7 simple steps to green your church
Greening your church: 9 stewardship strategies that won't break the budget
Greening your church: Getting started and doing the basics
20 ways to get your church thinking green, going green
10 eco-friendly practices you can make at church to help the planet
All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis. Edited by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson & Katharine K. Wilkinson.
Our Changing Menu: Climate Change and the Foods We Love and Need. Carrie Koplinka-Loehr, Danielle L. Eiseman, and Michael P. Hoffman.
Sustainability Made Simple: Small Changes for Big Impact (updated edition). Rosaly Byrd and Lauren DeMates.
New Titles re: COVID-19 Pandemic
After Lockdown: A Metamorphosis. Bruno Latour.
Coronavirus Criminals and Pandemic Profiteers: Accountability for Those Who Caused the Crisis. John Nichols.
Democracy in the Time of Coronavirus. Danielle Allen.
The First Shot: The Epic Rivalries and Heroic Science Behind the Race to the Coronavirus Vaccine. Brendan Borrell.
The Long Year: A 2020 Reader. Edited by Thomas J. Sugrue and Caitlin Zaloom.
World War C: Lessons From the Covid-19 Pandemic and How to Prepare for the Next One. Sanjay Gupta, M.D.
Announcements
Evangelical Christian and atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe has been appointed as the new chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy. See her article, "A Climate For All Of Us" in the winter 2021 issue of "Nature Conservancy" magazine, nature.org/magazine .
The 2022 Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture Conference is Feb. 10-12, 2022. pasafarming.org/conference .Virtual pre-conference January 4-28, 2022.
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