Description
Welcome to Lesson One of Changing by Choice, where we ask ourselves why taking action on climate change is a matter of faith.
In this lesson we will hear from diplomats, scientists, and others offering their thoughts on climate change; why it matters if we limit warming to 1.5C; and how climate affects people around the world.
In this week’s video, you will hear about the existential threat climate change creates for his country from the Honorable Ralph Regenvanu, Minister for Climate Change in Vanuatu. Trigg Talley, former lead climate negotiator for the United States State Department talks about how our failure to address climate change is a failure of imagination. Theologian Rev. Dr. Barbara Rossing offers her thoughts on the connection between the geologic cycle and the Creation story found in
Genesis 1.
After the video, we will discuss the fundamental question of this study: If we know about the harm climate change causes people all over the world, why do we fail to act?
Check out the additional resources available in the lesson materials and on the website for more details on the scientific side of climate change and other opportunities for reading and understanding this important justice issue.