CLIMATE CHANGE - Our faith calls us to action!

Hi all, long time no see.

I've started a thread on How can we mitigate global warming -- http://forums.catholic.com/showthrea...67#post9086867

Hope you can contributes

http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/w...0511_final.pdf the link to the report

FROM THE VATICAN

VATICAN ISSUES MAJOR REPORT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Last Thursday, May 5, a working group of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, one of the oldest scientific institutes in the world, issued a sobering report on the impacts for humankind as a result of the global retreat of mountain glaciers as a result of human activity leading to climate change.

In an interview with Coalition director Dan Misleh this week, Working Group co-chair, Veerabhadran Ramanathan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego and a member of the Pontifical Academy since 2004) said that it is vitally important that members of the faith community take the information about climate change from scientists like himself and use it to not only better understand climate change but to renew their commitment to care for Creation and those most impacted by climate change.*

Dr. Ramanathan also offered some insights into the workings of the Pontifical Academy of Science noting that it is perhaps the most prestigious academy of science in the world and one in which prominent scientists both serve and strongly wish to serve.*

An audio recording and a transcript of the interview will be posted soon on the Catholic Climate Covenant website.* In the meantime, here is a SUMMARY of the report.** Read the story from Catholic News Service about the Working Group Report.

http://www.alternet.org/story/74605/?page=entire -- Here is a connection many (including me) have made - about climate change and our diet - it certainly feels like the every day choice I can make personally that can make a big difference.

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/be...ce_en.html#top

Thank you Pope Benedict for this!

Anyone have anything that they would like to reflect on related to how this season of Advent - a time of preparing for Christ to come into our lives - gives us ways to awaken to ways we can care for creation?

As fall comes here to the northern hemisphere ... Once again some people think this is a short term issue... Time to take the long view

JasonSB (new to CAF) has created a thread Catholicism and Climate Change http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=462730 - he has done an excellent job addressing the persistent voices on CAF re the science of climate change - VERY, very impressive! And what is more - he continues to do so with charity and clarity - Congratulations Jason - we award you for the wonderful job you are doing there:

HOW COOL IS THIS.... the USCCB has gathered all their documents about climate change and created one page for them with links.... http://www.usccb.org/sdwp/ejp/climat...rsalerts.shtml

10-10-10 - 350.org is planning action opportunities around the WORLD - go to their web site and you will find something near you!