climate change
Healing Our Planet Earth: Stewardship of the Earth is an address by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori to a conference in Seattle, WA on April 12th. She draws on her experience as an oceanographer to speak about the crisis before us due to the careless way we are treating the natural world.
A wide array of links to resources about climate change and global warming is at this site by the National Council of Churches
“The first step in tackling global climate change is to change our own consciousness” is at the core of a post in Grist by Jonathan F. P. Rose, co-founder of the Garrison Institute. The post inspires us by recalling the “power of truth” for the leadership of Ghandi and Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Discovering Where We Live: Reimagining Environmentalism” is a January 11, 2008 program by NPR’s Speaking of Faith about two people who haven’t “waited for climate change to transform their immediate worlds” – evangelist Calvin DeWitt and South Bronx activist Majora Carter.
“Our Moral Footprint” by Vaclav Havel NYTimes September 27, 2007 – Havel stresses the need for “a consciousness of the commonality of all living beings and an emphasis on shared responsibility.”
“Leading from Within” by Parker Palmer, Center for Courage and Renewal – In this excerpt from his book, Let Your Life Speak, Palmer reflects on leadership and how we need to value “inner work” and build communities. Though we have fear we need to lead from trust, hope and faith.
Transformational Ecology is an initiative of the Garrison Institute. Their site includes a diagram, Theory of Change that maps how witnessing in community is part of transforming society.