Adv Review: Interview with Sigve Tonstad

What Are We Really Doing to God’s Creatures? (Sandra Blackmer, Adv Review) Christians in North America who are concerned about responsible stewardship of the earth note that Adventists appear to be relative latecomers to the conversation. Awareness, though, is growing within the church of the escalating problem of bacteria resistance to antibiotics because of their [...]

The Story of Stuff

The Story of Stuff chronicles the journey of our stuff – our everyday purchases – from extraction, production, distribution, consumption, and finally, to disposal.  It answers some of the questions of how we got to the point we are now as a society. When I first saw this about a year ago, the biggest revelation [...]

The Time is Now — By Raintree

A long-time friend recently wrote a passionate, poetic and prophetic essay. Here is a portion of it republished with permission. Below the article is a link to her complete essay at myspace.com. Links have been added to key words without input from the author. We’re at a time in our history that we need to [...]

Motivation for Creation Care is More Than Heat

Avoiding global warming should not be our primary motivation for caring for the planet. Creation care is much bigger than temperature, as significant as it may be. At AEA we are united in our purpose to respect our Father’s world and to care for it as responsible stewards. This is true regardless of whether or [...]

Unintended Consequences – Corn & the Zone of Death

A few years ago, corn was the poster child for sustainable energy; now it makes headlines that sound like lousy movies. The basic argument said that filling our cars and trucks with corn-based ethanol would reduce our dependence on foreign oil by providing a domestic source of renewable energy. But new technologies often have unintended [...]

Speaking out against mindless consumerism

The holiday rush is well underway, and with it a sharp spike in consumer spending. Watch Reverend Billy (America’s favorite fake preacher) and his gospel choir do street ministry on Black Friday, 2007, speaking the truth about the Shopocalypse, and preaching the good news of freedom from consumption.