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Everywhere you look, evidence of environmental change and decay stares you in the face. Mountain slopes and watershed lands have changed. Deserts are expanding. Droughts and unusual weather systems are contributing to a global food and energy crisis. Agricultural practices now require adaptations to new climate regimes. The oceans, on which so much of life depends, are changing. Small island states in the Pacific and the Caribbean are most vulnerable. Populations are at risk from the rise in vector-borne infectious diseases affecting global public health. Informal and unregulated human settlements on fragile environments, as well as big commercial and industrial developments on tenuous ecosystems, threaten national sustainable development. Global climate change is impacting environments everywhere. Can the need for economic development be balanced with environmental care? What is the Christian response?
The conversation on Environment focuses on the effects of Christian evangelism and the role of the Church on the global environmental crisis. The aim of this conversation is to understand the complex issues involved in the global environmental crisis, appreciate the need for effective biblical and theological response, focus on the role of the Church, provide opportunity for Christians to make commitments to the biblical care of creation and make connections for global partnerships and networking.
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Recent Responses
- During the initial years of refining the vision I felt God had laid upon my heart, I always pondered how believers could apply our biblical…
saraHelen - 06.09.2010 - In Response To:
An International Perspective on Creation Care 
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All things means all things, if only we accepted that. Thank you! I’m adding my small voice to yours: "To Be An Earth Keeper is…
Pete_Houston - 01.09.2010 - In Response To:
’All things’ means all things -
Thanks for your strong voice on the Environment. I’m adding my small voice to yours: "To Be An Earth Keeper is to Be My Brother’s…
Pete_Houston - 01.09.2010 - In Response To:
The Challenge Of Environmental Stewardship - Adding my voice to yours: http://conversation.lausanne.org/en/conversations/detail/10830
Pete_Houston - 01.09.2010 - In Response To:
An International Perspective on Creation Care - In South Africa we are finding that there is an increasing economic incentive to being environmentally aware. The cost of our water and electricity is…
Pete_Houston - 25.08.2010 - In Response To:
An International Perspective on Creation Care - Thanks - good article. I went to the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in 2002 and was struck by the low profile of…
Pete_Houston - 24.08.2010 - In Response To:
Cold Water in Jesus’ Name 
- Hi, I very much appreciate the tone of this article. I think you are very right to point out that the ’heart’ of the issue…
Jim_Harries - 24.08.2010 - In Response To:
The Deeper Problem 
- Muchas gracias por esta presentación y desafío. Muy buenos los ejemplos, reflexión y testimonios. Es clave pensar en el tema del Reino de Dios y como…
Carlos Scott - Mision GloCal - 22.08.2010 - In Response To:
Cold Water in Jesus’ Name 
- This is perhaps the best paper I have read on the Christian’s responsibility for maintaining God’s creation. In addition, both Julia responses were undeniably God-spoken. …
Joseph Paul Cadariu - 17.08.2010 - In Response To:
The Challenge Of Environmental Stewardship 
- Thank you for your article - I think for far too long the Western/Global North/developed world Church has been too quiet, and frankly, tacitly endorsing…
Julia L - 12.08.2010 - In Response To:
The Challenge Of Environmental Stewardship
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