Status Updates From Saving Us: A Climate Scient...

“Biochar, crop rotations, and regenerative agriculture aren't new technology. Ancient peoples have been doing these things for centuries to enrich their soils. Many Westernized countries have just neglected them in recent decades, blinded by our fascination with big-box farming and industrialization, cheap pesticides and fertilizers, and the "bigger is better" mentality of the Industrial Revolution.”

“If Christians are truly pro-life from conception to death (rather than from conception to birth, as some people's attitudes seem to suggest), they should be leading the charge to get rid of fossil fuels — not dragging their feet at the back or heading in the other direction.”

“Trying to put a number on exactly how much global temperature change is ‘dangerous’ — and how much carbon we can put into the atmosphere before we hit that level — is like trying to put a number on exactly how many cigarettes we can smoke before we develop lung cancer.“

“Peer pressure is effective when there is a viable alternative. When there is a bin for the recycling; when we see others using reusable water bottles; when there is a train we can take that will get us where we are going in a reasonable amount of time; when the alternative is relatively (or even more) affordable.”

“Failing to care about climate change is a failure to love. What is more Christian than to be good stewards of the planet and love our global neighbor as ourselves?”