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Refugia Newsletter

This is my newsletter on Substack (it's free). I'ts "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…

Debra RienstraAugust 9, 2023

Philosophy, Journalism, Science Writing Refugia Faith Resources

Kiss the Ground

Debra RienstraAugust 9, 2023

Ecotheology Refugia Faith Resources

The Great Work: Our Way into the Future

By Thomas Berry. A prophetic work by a Catholic “geologian” that still feels entirely relevant.

Debra RienstraAugust 9, 2023

Refugia Faith Resources Where to Start

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

Katherine Hayhoe is a world-renowned climate scientist, a Christian, and a consummate communicator. This indispensable book covers the facts of climate change, but it focuses on communicating wisely and effectively with others about the climate crisis. (See also Hayhoe’s TED Talk and YouTube channel.)

Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2023

Ecotheology Refugia Faith Resources

The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology

By H. Paul Santmire. An extremely useful, helpfully analytical survey of Christian theological reflection on the earth, emphasizing the mainstream “Western” tradition from Irenaeus to Barth.

Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2023

Recent Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction Refugia Faith Resources

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

By Robert Macfarlane. Splendid and fascinating exploration of the earth’s under-the-surface mysteries. Macfarlane recounts adventures in caves, glacial crevices, underground rivers, underground labs, and more. Poetic and philosophical.

Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2023

Recent Fiction, Poetry, Creative Nonfiction Refugia Faith Resources

Why I Wake Early: New Poems

By Mary Oliver. No one expresses the joy of connecting humbly to the more-than-human world better than Oliver. This is only one of her many volumes.

Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2023

Philosophy, Journalism, Science Writing Refugia Faith Resources

The Story of Plastic

Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2023

Climate Facts and News Refugia Faith Resources

Yale Program on Climate Communication

The YPCC’s mission is to increase public understanding of climate science. They research public opinion and knowledge about climate and provide educational materials. The Six Americas Survey has been an especially useful tool in understanding Americans’ views on climate change.

Debra RienstraAugust 8, 2023

Ecotheology Refugia Faith Resources

Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision

By Randy Woodley. Woodley, a Christian pastor and member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee peoples, finds the fruitful overlap between indigenous ways of living on the earth and what the Bible says about human relationship to the rest of creation.

Debra RienstraAugust 7, 2023

Debra Rienstra

Refugia Newsletter

Kiss the Ground

The Great Work: Our Way into the Future

Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World

The Travail of Nature: The Ambiguous Ecological Promise of Christian Theology

Underland: A Deep Time Journey

Why I Wake Early: New Poems

The Story of Plastic

Yale Program on Climate Communication

Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision

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