Children and Climate Change
by Elliott J Bush The Social Science Research Network has recently published a study raising deep concern about the effect the climate crisis is having on young people. “Young People's…
Upcoming Forum on October 13 at 2:00 PM: Housing & ID – Helping Our Unhoused Neighbors
Affordable housing is an endemic need in Columbus, and we at St. Stephen's know many people who struggle to find housing. Some of our unhoused friends are kept on the…
I Bought an Electric Car
Readers can tell by past articles that I believe that individual efforts for Creation Care can make a difference. Of course, governments need to make the greatest difference with policies…
Climate Change Jargon
Many people don’t understand key terms experts use to talk about climate change, according to a recent study from researchers affiliated with the United Nations Foundation and the University of…
“The climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis”
Last Sunday I was moved by reading the “The Forward to a Report by UNICEF:“The climate Crisis Is a Child Rights Crisis,” written by youth members of Friday For Future,…
It’s Time to Act
We have had a month of heat wave disasters in the United States and Canada and a month of flood disasters in Europe. Scientists are in general agreement that these…
Heat Wave
I'm in Santa Cruz, California, vacationing with my family. At the end of last week, the National Weather Service was posting warnings of a new heat wave for the state,…
It’s Still Plastic Free July
You can still do your part to reduce the world's plastic glut by signing up for the official Plastic Free July newsletters with tips on avoiding single use plastic and…
The July Plastic Free Ecochallenge
The Columbus Zoo, along with other zoos and wildlife conservation organizations, invites us to join the movement to refuse single-use plastics. The month of July, 2021, the zoo and partners…
World Environment Day
"World Environment Day is the United Nations’ principal vehicle for encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment. Over the years it has grown to be a broad, global platform…