Right Understanding: Knowing the Facts about Climate Change

God be in my head, and in my understanding; God be in mine eyes, and in my looking; God be in my mouth, and in my speaking: god be in mine heart, and in my thinking; God be at my end, and and my departing.   - John Rutter (b. 1945)

This is the first installment in the series the Eightfold Path of Environmental Action. This series offers helpful information and tips related to climate change and the environment. It is a companion to The Seed, a short film that will be launched at the end of the Season of Creation on October 4, 2020.

The SEC's Eightfold Path of Environmental Action

God be in my head, and in my understanding; God be in mine eyes, and in my looking; God be in my mouth, and in my speaking: god be in mine heart, and in my thinking; God be at my end, and and my departing.   - John Rutter (b. 1945)

Faith groups are at the forefront of efforts to address environmental degradation and climate change. Various religious traditions have made the moral case for climate action. Many of us share a common concern for nature and many of us want to protect it. This is why people, governments, NGOs, schools and businesses are all involved in environmental advocacy and climate action. The natural world has a prominent place in Anglicanism, other traditions and in society at large. This makes the environment an interfaith issue and a bridge to the secular world.  Protecting creation appeals to shared values that bind us all together. 

Interfaith Call for Carbon Pricing

An interfaith call for carbon pricing in Massachusetts has garnered the support of more than 150 faith leaders. Many of those that signed on to the Climate XChange project went to the State House to amplify their plea that the commonwealth put a price on carbon.  Such schemes reduce carbon the primary climate change causing greenhouse gas while supporting a low carbon economy. For more information on the benefits of carbon pricing click here.