Friday Potpourri

1. Global Warming — Somehow I hadn’t heard much about global warming for a stretch, but this week a new headline caught my attention–Ice melting across globe at accelerating rate, NASA says (Emanuella Grinberg, CNN.com, 16 Dec ’08). Between 1.5 trillion and 2 trillion tons of ice in Greenland, Antarctica and Alaska have melted at [...]

A Path Toward Awareness

I have written previously about the first scientific article that made a significant impact on my environmental awareness–Easter’s End (Jared Diamond, Discover, 1 Aug 1995). This past week I was reminded of what I believe was my first encounter with Christian enviro stewardship. It was 10 years later when Rob Bell’s Velvet Elvis was published [...]

Enviro Justice

We worship a God of justice. We partner with Him in this ministry. And the EPA helps out by letting us know who needs to be nabbed. Naturally. Environmental fugitives get own most-wanted list (Dina Cappiello, AP, 10 Dec ’08) “The government is starting a different kind of most-wanted list — for environmental fugitives accused [...]

Books for Ordinary Radicals (Part 2)

At \books for ordinary radicals\, we just finished reading the environmental section of Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call for Justice. This week: Wonder and Restraint: A Rabbinical Call to Environmental Action (COEJL) Toxic Waste and the Talmud (Jeremy Benstein) Judaism, Oil, and Renewable Energy (Shana Starobin) Last week: Rereading Genesis (Ellen Bernstein) Jewish Textual Practice [...]

A Conversation with Pastor Tara VinCross

As you know, Pastor Tara VinCross recently joined the AEA team. Her first post highlighted the film The Story of Stuff (Nov 24). As a way to welcome her to the team and to introduce her to our readers, I thoutht a little interview would be in order. Here is our email exchange: Jeff: Greetings, [...]