By Pastor Dean Simpson, for the Chippewa Valley Post The Paris climate conference (COP21) this past December has been hailed by those who attended as a great success and an historic achievement. The 195 nations in attendance agreed on the goal: keep global temperature rise to “well under” 2⁰C, and push hard for a limit […]
REPORT FROM PARIS (IV): a summary of activities at the UN Climate Change Conference
By Pastor Dean Simpson, for the Chippewa Valley Post Editor’s Note: Rev. Dean Simpson is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church and chairs a newly formed Eco-spirituality Working Group whose membership includes several other clergy, UW-Eau Claire science faculty members, JONAH members working on “environmental justice” issues and other community members. The group is working […]
REPORT FROM PARIS (I): a summary of activities at the UN Climate Change Conference
By Pastor Dean Simpson, for the Chippewa Valley Post Editor’s Note: Rev. Dean Simpson is the pastor at Grace Lutheran Church and chairs a newly formed Eco-spirituality Working Group whose membership includes several other clergy, UW-Eau Claire science faculty members, JONAH members working on “environmental justice” issues and other community members. The group is working […]