Obama on the Environment

<<This is an adaptation and update on a previous post on Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama>>
In the spring of 2008, there was an interfaith forum called the “Compassion Forum” run by Oxfam, Faith in Public Life, Messiah College, and the One campaign on religion in which Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton were asked questions on [...]

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Helping Africa: Hybrid rather than Genetically Modified Seeds

A friend passed along an interesting article that unfortunately is not available for free sharing entitled “Agriculture’s Last Frontier: African Farmers, US Companies Try to Create Another Breadbasket with Hybrids” by Roger Thurow from the Wall Street Journal.  As I’m sure all of you know, agriculture in Africa has been largely hard-hit due to political [...]

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Isaiah 22 and Environmental Ethics

In Isaiah 22, Isaiah prophesies about Jerusalem.  Verses 9-11 have particular pertinence to civilizations today.
“you saw that the City of David
had many breaches in its defenses;
you stored up water
in the Lower Pool.
You counted the buildings in Jerusalem
and tore down houses to strengthen the wall.
You built a reservoir between the two walls
for the water of the [...]

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350ppm and the Bible

350 parts per million is what James Hansen, NASA’s chief climate scientist, has put forth as the carbon dioxide  load number to reach in our atmosphere. (link to Bill McKibben’s article on this here and 350.org)  Right now, we’re at 385 ppm and growing fast.  It’s time to talk about cutting back on our consumption [...]

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