Refugia Newsletter

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August 9, 2023

This is my newsletter on Substack (it’s free). It’s “A fortnightly newsletter for people of faith who care about the climate crisis and want to go deeper.” All the climate news can be hard to keep track of, so I choose a couple top stories to summarize for you, providing links to go deeper. As I do this, I look for the ways that people of faith, especially Christians, are working in the climate movement. I also keep you updated on refugia news and offer links to good reading, listening, and watching.

#32 It All Started with Styrofoam Cups: Judy Hinck and Mount Olive Lutheran

It All Started with Styrofoam Cups: Judy Hinck and Mount Olive Lutheran

The Enemy Within

The wan plea Why can’t we all just get along? seems trivial and stupid, but it’s actually a good question, one humans have been asking since forever. Maybe the rock-bottom answer is always the same: the primordial sin plaguing us since Cain and Abel. Kin-conflict, kin-hatred, kin-violence.

Third Act/ Third Act Faith

For people over 60 (or close to it–no one checks!). Fantastic leaders with loads of organizing experience, savvy, creativity, and joy. The group focuses on

On Cicadas, Parasites, and Creepy, Slimy Things

I noticed that the way we spoke about nature almost always celebrated beautiful aspects, typically in general terms: mountains, clouds, wildflowers, sunsets, that sort of thing. We did not discuss parasitic wasps at all, or STI-infected cicadas.

Refugia Newsletter

#32 It All Started with Styrofoam Cups: Judy Hinck and Mount Olive Lutheran

The Enemy Within

Third Act/ Third Act Faith

On Cicadas, Parasites, and Creepy, Slimy Things

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