New Contributor: Pastor Tara VinCross

We are excited to announce a new contributor at the AEA blog–Tara VinCross. Maybe you read about her and her husband in the September ’08 CUC Visitor article, Are We Green Yet? The following excerpt from that article will be her introduction: Pastor Tara VinCross, and her husband, Caleb, who say their green habits “have [...]

Warming Up in the EAD

I had the great privilege to meet Corrado Cozzi at the 180 Symposium this week. While talking about his ministry in the Euro-Africa Division, I learned he was working on an article for Accent magazine on the environmental conference he had just sponsored in Romania. The 4th International Student Congress was held in Romania with [...]

Vote the Environment

What are the most important issues to you in the upcoming presidential election? The War on Terror? Healthcare? The economy? VPs? The environment? While I usually stress the power of the vote we cast with every dollar spent, I do concede that this is the season for the vote that gets more press. The activists [...]

Revolution in Jesusland

Recently, a few SDAs on Facebook have made positive comments about the political/religious blog Revolution in Jesusland (Zack Exley). I have also enjoyed reading his blog for some time, and while not every Adventist will appreciate Exley’s perspective or politics, two of his recent posts on the environment are worth mentioning here: 1. One Solution [...]

Mammals in Decline

Today we’re reminded that there is significant news in the world beyond economics and politics. Researchers who have been studying mammal populations “estimate that one in four species is threatened with extinction and that the population of one in two is declining” (Scientists: 1 in 4 Mammals Faces Extinction, Randolph Schmid, AP/Live Science, 6 Oct [...]