Living in a large, crowded city, I'm used to a constant background noise of traffic, voices, car alarms, and street dogs. Apparently, the ocean is becoming a much noisier place as well, as the rapid increase in global trade has led to more, larger, and faster ships on the high seas. Unlike sound waves in …
Category: Environment
A Plea For Green
Tod Bolsinger makes a case for Christian interest and involvement in environmental issues on his It Takes a Church blog. The entry is called A Plea for Green. Some quotes: Whether one takes Al Gore's or Michael Crichton's side in the global warming debate is less the issue than whether there is a long term …
Bears in Germany — Found
Bears are common in some parts of Europe—Romania for example—but had not been seen in Germany since 1835. The news article is Bear Reported in Germany, First for 170 Years. BERLIN (AFP) - A bear has been reported in Germany for the first time since 1835, police at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the Bavarian Alps said, following …
Are You a Global Warming Skeptic? Part III
Back in March, I had a post about Scientific American's blog entries on "Are You a Global Warming Skeptic, parts I and II". Scientific American has updated this with Are You a Global Warming Skeptic? Part III. They posted this on April 24th, but it is still relevant. Rather than bashing opponents of global warming, …
Human Moral Ecology
"Although people are rightly worried about preserving natural habitats, too little effort has been made to safeguard the moral conditions for an authentic human ecology." -- Archbishop Celestino Migliore I got this from The Evangelical Ecologist. Grace and Peace
Ivory-Billed Woodpeckers — Not Found
Another species on the edge of extinction (or perhaps even extinct): birders and ornithologists were excited last year at reports of ivory-billed woodpeckers being spotted in a swamp in Arkansas. There was even a video tape, but of the same quality level as the bigfoot videos that showed up in the 70s. A thorough search …
American Chestnuts — Found
In 1904, ornamental Chinese chestnut trees were imported and planted at the Bronx Zoo. These non-native trees carried a fungus, to which they had a high level of resistance. At this time, American chestnut trees made up a significant part of the eastern forests from New England and southern Canada down to the southeastern U.S. …
Recovering Ozone Layer
News story: Ozone Layer Shows Signs of Recovery As the level of CFCs in the atmosphere decreases, the concentration of ozone in the stratospheric ozone layer appears to be recovering, and this is good news. Remember that the ozone layer protects us from much of the skin cancer-causing ultraviolet radiation that comes from the sun. …
All we are is dust in the wind
According to the English-language newspaper Nine O'Clock, our adopted home city of Bucharest, Romania is one of the dustiest cities in Europe. This not only makes our apartment dusty, it is a health hazard as well. Soils in and around the city have high levels of heavy metals such as lead and mercury. Restoration of …
The Evangelical Ecologist
For my web site of the week: The Evangelical Ecologist, subtitled "A Christian Ecoblog- 'Cause the world isn't ours to mess up. Psalm 24:1." This week there have been excellent posts about the high price of gasoline, and the economics of sustainable development. Grace and Peace
Black Hole Power
The Astronomy Picture of the Day for April 27th is about the tremendous energy that is released when matter falls into a black hole. This situation is incredibly efficient at producing energy; even more so than nuclear reactions. How about a black hole power plant in the future? If I remember right, the science fiction …
Earth Day 2006 #2
A good internet article summarizing a Christian perspective on the environment is Christian Environmentalism by Dr. Ray Bohlin of Probe Ministries. Here are some quotes from the article: What we fail to realize is that Christians have a sacred responsibility to the earth and the creatures within it. The earth is being affected by humans …
Earth Day 2006
Christians often don't know what to make of Earth Day, which is celebrated on April 22nd, or at least on a weekend close to that date. Increasingly, believers in Christ are aware of environmental issues, but something like "Earth Day" is viewed as being for new agers, tree huggers, pro-abortion people, and theological liberals. I've …
The Value of Human Beings
A couple news items have come to my attention lately regarding perspectives on the value of human life: Earlier this year, a street dog in Bucharest, Romania bit a Japanese businessman in the leg. The bite broke an artery, and the man quickly bled to death. The city government has once again begun a program …
Spring Cleaning? What to do with hazardous wastes
With the advent of Spring, it may be time to clean out the garage. Leaves that blew in over the winter are piled in the corner, mud has been tracked in, and the lawnmower is buried beneath the kids sleds. Being highly motivated, you may want to clear the garage of all the old paint …
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Christianity Today Global Warming Poll
Christianity Today has an online poll, surveying its readers with the question "Should evangelicals lobby on global warming?" The results of the survey so far are: I'll just make a few comments: I'm encouraged by signs of a growing awareness among Evangelicals about environmental issues. By far, the most common answer was, "Yes, it is …
Global Warming Posts at Scientific American’s Blog
For those of us who follow the global warming debates, there have been some interesting blogs on the Scientific American web page. The first post was called "Are You a Global Warming Skeptic?" and it has 170 comments that reflect the range of arguments against human-caused global warming. The follow-up post is called "Are You …
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