Climate change

Paying Attention to Climate Change

Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 10-15-2009

Unlike the health-care debate, which touches each and every person in our country on the basic premise of their own, personal health, the issue of climate change can seem easy to dismiss as too scientific, too technical, or too boring for the average person to spend much time thinking about.

A Theology of Ecology

Justin Fung 10-15-2009

Today

is Blog Action Day 2009, an annual event that unites the world's bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day.

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Put Poor People on the Climate Change Agenda

Jim Wallis 10-15-2009

Last week, a group of senators, many in the leadership of the majority Democratic Party, asked for a meeting with a small group of interfaith religious leaders. Their topic: climate change. The Senate now has a bill that will soon be up for a vote and the 10 senators wanted our feedback -- and also our support. I was asked to say a few words.

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Running the Green Race

Sheldon Good 10-09-2009

For the past week, I've been inspired as I've watched (online) houses being erected along the National Mall. The U.S.

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We've Crashed Our Cars into the Living Room of the World's Poor

Peter Illyn 9-28-2009

Proverbs 31:8 says "Speak out for those who cannot speak [for themselves]."

The Yes Men: Corporate Pranksters on a Mission

Becky Garrison 9-28-2009

Fans of gonzo political activism may remember the Yes Men's infamous stunt in which Andy Bichlbaum posed as a Dow Chemical spokesperson named Jude (patron saint of the impossible) Finisterra (earth's end).

Obama, the UN, and the Bomb: Six Takeaway Points

Tyler Wigg-Stevenson 9-25-2009

In the nuclear security business, it's a good day when nothing goes wrong. It's a great day when something goes right.

Global Warming's Six Americas

Rusty Pritchard 9-24-2009

Climate Week is upon us, and as world leaders gather at the UN and the G-20 to nibble away at the problem of international cooperation to address the issue, popular American responses seem to veer

Video: Fake Newspaper Prints Real News on Climate Change

Sheldon Good 9-23-2009

090923-new-york-post-were-screwed On Monday, millions of people received a "special edition" of The New York Post that told the truth: "We're Screwed." I guess only fake newspapers can print real news.

More than 2,000 volunteers of The Yes Men, a "culture jamming" group, distributed a fake edition of The Post in New York City....

Seven Steps for Creation Caretaking

Brian McLaren 9-23-2009

What could be more joyful than rediscovering our God-given role as caretakers, stewards, and lovers of creation?

A Choice for Catholic Bishops: Confrontation or Engagement?

John Gehring 9-21-2009

Catholic progressives are not the only faithful people worried about the dangers posed by some U.S.

Four Years after Katrina: Hope and Challenge on the Gulf Coast

Jeffrey Buchanan 9-02-2009

This will be the first year congressional leaders and President Obama won't travel to the Gulf Coast to honor the anniversary of our nation's largest disaster.

Health-Care Debate Requires the Wisdom of Solomon

Brian McLaren 8-24-2009

Thomas Friedman, learning from an experience on safari in Botswana, gets it right in his <

Video: Bill McKibben on The Colbert Report

Bill McKibben 8-21-2009

Earlier this week, environmental activist (and Sojourners columnist<

The Vanishing Scenery of Glacier National Park

Wesley Granberg-Michaelson 8-06-2009

If anyone still doesn't believe in global warming, come to Glacier National Park. My wife Karin and I just spent two days of our vacation here.

Global Warming Will Mean Migrant Crises

Robert Bolognese 7-31-2009

The planet is warming at an unprecedented rate, and this will have enormous impact: By the middle of this century, an estimated 150 to 200 million people may become permanently displaced due to ris

The Pope and the President: Unlikely Allies Seeking Common Ground for the Common Good

John Gehring 7-10-2009

When Pope Benedict XVI meets with President Obama in Rome today, a shy German theologian and a charismatic leader known for his international rock star appeal will find plenty to agree on despite s

Pope Benedict Gets It Right

Brian McLaren 7-10-2009

Jim Wallis has provided a helpful summary of the Pope's encyclical Caritas in

Clean Energy and Security Act: If Everyone's Unhappy, It Must Be a Good Compromise

Elizabeth Denlinger Reaves 6-30-2009

I rode my bike to work today. Despite the summer heat, it is not a bad trip

A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis 6-25-2009

I just returned to the United States from a clergy conference I was invited to address by Rev. James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool.