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Fossil free pcusa blog. Using our moral authority to speak in profound terms. Bill McKibben, founder of 350.org. Reminds us that we can use our moral authority to send a message to the fossil fuel industry. The time is now. You've found the blog for www.fossilfreepcusa.org. We're so glad you're here. All posts are the sole opinions of the individual authors. Proudly powered by Weebly.
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Fossil free pcusa blog. A New Way Forward in the Synod of the Northeast. Sue Smith is the Vice-Moderator of Presbyterians for Earth Care, a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson (NJ), and a GreenFaith Fellow. His answer spoke to the dichotomies around this issue. If we don’t do this, what are we saying to all the people around the world who are being harmed by the growing use of fossil fuels? But here the conversation changed. Harold Delhagen, the Synod Leader, first made a statement to t...
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Visiting MRTI - fossil free pcusa blog
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Fossil free pcusa blog. Lisa Gray was a Ruling Elder Commissioner to the 222nd General Assembly and a member of Committee 9, Environment and Immigration. Here she shares her thoughts on her visit to Mission Responsibility Through Investment (MRTI)'s committee meeting at the beginning of October. The body of General Assembly agreed to:. Direct MRTI to pursue its focused engagement process on climate change issues with all corporations, particularly with those in the oil, gas, and coal sectors, and report ...
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Breaking Down Walls: A Collaborative Response to Climate Change - fossil free pcusa blog
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Fossil free pcusa blog. Breaking Down Walls: A Collaborative Response to Climate Change. By the Rev. Dr. Patricia K. Tull. Faithful Alternatives members in the Synod of the Sun recommended economic strategies such as advocacy for global carbon pricing, as well as directives to reduce consumption at all levels and to protect those most affected by climate change and its mitigation. The Presbyterian Foundation created a new fossil free investment option. We heard various reflections, most strikingly from A...
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Discovering a New Way for Peace - fossil free pcusa blog
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Fossil free pcusa blog. Discovering a New Way for Peace. I got excited about fossil fuel divestment at the 2014 General Assembly when I first found out about Fossil Free PCUSA. I supported their message as an advocate for the Presbyterian Peace Fellowship. There was obvious overlap between peacemaking and environmental justice. Abbi and I brought these stories back with us from Colombia. Rdquo; I thought. I needed to say something, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. At the last secon...Our discuss...
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Fossil free pcusa blog. When climate change became personal. Gary Payton is an active member of Fossil Free PCUSA and Presbyterians for Earth Care. He and his wife, Nancy Copeland-Payton, make their home on a mountain side in Sandpoint, Idaho along with moose, deer, black bears, ravens, wild turkeys, and bunnies. I was privileged to be an official “observer” at the 21. But while in Paris, the ongoing climate negotiations became very personal. The abstract became personal in my conversation with. The abst...
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Stop Feeding the Bears - fossil free pcusa blog
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Fossil free pcusa blog. Stop Feeding the Bears. Rev Jacob Bolton is the Associate Pastor of Huguenot Memorial Church in Pelham, New York. Jacob is a Certified Christian Educator and a GreenFaith Senior Fellow. Who was looking at this situation and saying, “This isn’t right. Enough already.”. The time is now. There has to be a better way. It is time to stop feeding the bears. Only with a number of painful literally bear human interactions did the NPS realize the error of their ways.
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Shake Off the Dust - fossil free pcusa blog
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Fossil free pcusa blog. Shake Off the Dust. 8203;Gary Payton has served with Fossil Free PCUSA since its inception in 2013. In mission, he has served as the Coordinator of the Presbyterian Peacemaking Program and a coworker as Regional Liaison for Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine. With dozens of others, he advocated for fossil fuel divestment at GA222 in Portland, Oregon. 8203;This piece was also published in the River Journal here. And the United Methodist Church. My angst from my time at GA222 is framed by...
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A New Way Forward in the Synod of the Northeast - fossil free pcusa blog
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Fossil free pcusa blog. A New Way Forward in the Synod of the Northeast. Sue Smith is the Vice-Moderator of Presbyterians for Earth Care, a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson (NJ), and a GreenFaith Fellow. His answer spoke to the dichotomies around this issue. If we don’t do this, what are we saying to all the people around the world who are being harmed by the growing use of fossil fuels? But here the conversation changed. Harold Delhagen, the Synod Leader, first made a statement to t...
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Advocates Efficacy - fossil free pcusa blog
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Fossil free pcusa blog. I'm proud enough of my heritage to claim ownership of it. By claiming ownership, however, I take responsibility for it's flaws as much as it's perks. Michael Crichton once wrote. Ldquo;When we acknowledge a problem we accept responsibility for it.”. Nobody can say oil and gas companies ruin our environment because they never witness it. Unlike Thomas, however, many of us have seen, but continue to disbelieve. What can we do about an issue as big as our planet? Of unchecked mining,...
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