New Zealand Christian association recommends less meat to halt climate change.

The Interchurch Bioethics Council (ICBC) has just published a new pamphlet titled “Real Urgent and Personal: A Christian Approach to Global Climate Change.” The pamphlet, which can be freely downloaded from the website justice.anglican.org.nz, describes climate change in easy-to-understand language and outlines simple counteracting steps that can be taken by anyone, such as alternative transportation, home insulation, and reducing meat intake. Dr Audrey Jarvis, ICBC chairperson, stated, “We need to act on climate change right now; the need is real and urgent.”

Our accolades and thankfulness, Dr. Jarvis and ICBC, for your forward-thinking approach in providing accessible information and eco-friendly suggestions. With leadership such as yours, we can surely succeed in protecting our divinely bestowed planetary abode. 

Global warming creates growing ‘Ocean Deserts.’

Research by Dr. Lothar Stramma of the University of Kiel in Germany along with other scientists has found that the amount of oxygen in certain sea waters is decreasing, causing the formation of areas known as ‘ocean deserts.’ In the eastern Atlantic and Pacific Oceans especially, these regions of reduced oxygen are expanding, with the problem being compounded by oxygen absorption also becoming less in warmer waters. In a report published in the journal Science, the scientists state, “Reduced oxygen levels may have dramatic consequences for ecosystems and coastal economies.”
We are appreciative, Dr. Stramma and colleagues, for your findings whose impact is already being felt by marine inhabitants. May we all come together in concerted action to preserve the precious life of our land and seas.
Drought in southern Australia correlated with climate change.

Recent research by the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organization (CSIRO) suggests that the south of the country is at risk of increasingly severe water shortages as a sub-tropical high pressure air system is strengthened by global warming. Dr. Wendy Craik, Murray Darling Basin Commission’s chief executive, stated, “The research shows there are firm signals in the current drought that correlate with future projections of reduced rainfall in southern Australia.”
Our gratitude, esteemed scientists, for this informative research regarding the wide-reaching effects of global warming. We pray that all world citizens will quickly adopt sustainable lifestyle changes to halt worldwide climate change.


Global food crisis affects developed nations like Japan and US. 

Britain’s Telegraph newspaper has reported that due to price increases, more than 80% of Japanese household have been buying bulk or less expensive brands. In the United States, retailers Sam’s Club and Costco applied restrictions on bulk purchases of rice. Local food banks have reported a 20-25% increase in the numbers of people seeking help, even those who currently hold jobs. Atlanta Community Food Bank Executive Director Bill Bolling said, “People are literally having to decide whether to pay the doctor bill or to buy food, to pay for heating bill or to buy food.”


We pray for Heaven’s blessing in providing plentiful food and health security for all Earth’s inhabitants as we strive to curb climate change and re-balance our fragile biosphere.