Climate Resources 2021
Thanks to everyone who made Environmental Awareness Month at Mission Hills so meaningful. It’s a season we look forward to as a community in which we get to dive a bit deeper into one of our core values as a community in caring for our planet and God’s creation. Here are some links to resources that were used and/or can be helpful for you to explore further!
Articles
5 takeaways from the major new U.N. climate report
What does the IPCC’s latest report mean?
The U.N.’s Terrifying Climate Report
Podcasts
Elizabeth Kolbert - Under A White Sky
Elizabeth Kolbert is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction. Her latest book is called Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future. On this episode of Reversing Climate Change, Elizabeth joins Ross and Christophe to explain how a reporting trip to see a super coral project inspired Under a White Sky and describe how the book is structured on a continuum—from small, regional interventions to more controversial, global strategies for solving the problems we’ve caused.
Naomi Klein - This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Canadian author Naomi Klein says right-wing conservatives who deny the reality of global warming are correct about the revolutionary implications of climate change. In her new book, This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate, Klein quotes Thomas J. Donohue, President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce who says that the steps being proposed to radically reduce carbon emissions would change the American way of life and put large segments of the economy out of business.
In the mental health community, there’s a new term: “Eco-Anxiety.” Jay Michaelson has been thinking hard about climate change for many years. Michaelson is a meditation teacher, rabbi, lawyer, activist, and journalist. He’s covered climate change extensively and has taught environmental ethics at Boston University Law School and Chicago Theological Seminary.
NYTimes The Daily: ‘Code Red for Humanity’
Books
Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess We're in without Going Crazy
Climate Change Solutions Beyond Capitalism
Films
Ice on Fire - Amazon
David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet - Netflix
Seaspiracy - Netflix
I Am Greta - BBC
5 Things We Can Do About Climate Change
Eat less meat & dairy or none at all! 🐮
Meat and dairy account for around 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization. If the world is to meet its target of limiting warming to “well below” 2C, diet shift will be necessary, scientists say.Travel less by walking, biking, or carpooling! Calculate your carbon footprint to carbon offset your necessary travel and energy!
Take political action by starting climate conversations, attending events, divesting your money from fossil fuels, voting, or organizing! Meeting your neighbors and learning how climate change impacts your community, state, and beyond are great ways to build solidarity and awareness for important environmental causes.
Start a home garden or find a community garden! Growing a garden of any size can help us connect our bodies to the earth that sustains us and doing this with a community is even better!
Buy less stuff/use less plastic! Our culture is consumer-driven and ads are all around us to purchase things we don’t need to live happy lives. When possible, borrow or buy second-hand items and opt for items that do not use plastic. Eating more whole fruits and vegetables (or growing some) can help reduce our plastic usage!
BONUS
Be creative! You have the opportunity to use your talents, skills, and passions for creating a better world for yourself and others!
