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Three Tough Truths About Climate?
On October 27, 2025, just ahead of the November 2025 COP30 summit in Brazil, billionaire investor Bill Gates issued a memo: Three Tough Truths About Climate advising world leaders that global warming “will not lead to humanity’s demise” and that efforts to reduce emissions are “diverting resources from the most effective things we should be doing to improve life in a warming world.” Is he right? Climate Scientists Respond With Urgency Covering Climate Now and Sammy Roth, wh
Rick Bonetti
Dec 19, 20252 min read


The Evidence for Climate Change
I am not a scientist, so I asked Google Gemini: "What is the evidence for climate change?" Gemini said: "The scientific evidence for climate change is extensive, with observations from the atmosphere, oceans, and land confirming global changes." "There is an overwhelming scientific consensus that human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, are the primary cause." Key evidence includes: Global Temperature Rise: Earth's average surface temperature has increase
Rick Bonetti
Dec 15, 20258 min read


Fossil Fuel Divestment
. Churches take to the streets: WCC joins massive climate justice march in Brazil at COP30. COP30 in Brazil is in its final days, mid-November, Bloomberg reports : " Dozens of countries are pushing for the COP30 summit to deliver a ' road map away from fossil fuel use ' as its key outcome,.. At the United Nations meeting, representatives from the Marshall Islands, Colombia, the UK, Germany, Kenya, and Sierra Leone led a group of about 20 countries in calling for a path to sh
Rick Bonetti
Nov 18, 20256 min read


EcoCivilization Coalition
"The EcoCiv Institute (EcoCiv) first emerged as a vision of the scholar and activist John B. Cobb, Jr. A professor at the Claremont Graduate University and Claremont School of Theology and a leader in ecological thinking. Prof. Cobb wrote the founding work in eco-theology in 1971, Is It Too Late? A Theology of Ecology . Over the decades that followed, Cobb published over 50 books, inspired two generations of scholars and activists, founded multiple organizations, and org
Rick Bonetti
Nov 8, 20252 min read


Earthbound
Earthbound: God at the Intersection of Climate and Justice is an invitation to live sustainably, rooted in our faith and our shared call...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 24, 20252 min read


Global Sustainability
This Image was generated by ChatGPT and has errors in only showing 6 Ages (missing the Ocean Age 1,500-1,800 BCE and using a wrong image...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 26, 20253 min read


2025 UN Sustainable Development Report
June 24, 2025 - Today the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) released their 10th edition of the Sustainable...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 24, 20253 min read


The Global Superorganism
"In a world grappling with converging crises, we often look outward – for new tech, new markets, new distractions. But the deeper issue...
Rick Bonetti
Jun 3, 20253 min read


Work That Reconnects
Third Act Faith is currently offering an exploration of Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects, "a set of simple but profound practices to build strength and resilience for our work to heal the world.
Rick Bonetti
Apr 28, 20252 min read


Religious Naturalism
Wikipedia defines " religious naturalism " as a "framework for religious orientation in which a naturalist worldview is used to respond...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 25, 20252 min read


America in Search of a Soul
On March 12, 2025 a Creation Justice Webinar: America in Search of a Soul was co-hosted by the Rev. Dr. Brooks Berndt , who serves as...
Rick Bonetti
Mar 12, 20254 min read


2025 Project Drawdown Strategies
In the YouTube video above, Project Drawdown Executive Director Jonathan Foley, Ph.D., discussed the importance of putting our energy...
Rick Bonetti
Feb 3, 20251 min read


Farming Sustainably at SOU
August 27, 2024 , at 6 p.m. PDT - SOCAN's August monthly meeting will be Farming Sustainably at SOU, a field trip to the SOU farm at...
Rick Bonetti
Aug 16, 20241 min read


Church of the Planet and a Theology of Evolution
In her 2020 book Re-Enchanting the Earth: Why AI Needs Religion, Ilia Delio says: "The shift from the individual to the posthuman in the...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 19, 20242 min read


The Story of Stuff
What does it feel like to live near an incinerator that burns trash? On July 18, 2024, Story of Stuff will delve into that question in...
Rick Bonetti
Jul 13, 20241 min read
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[Inside] The Movement
Inside the Movement (ITM) is "a team of climate activists and journalists - the folks at EarthRise, Fossil Free Media, One Earth, The...
Rick Bonetti
May 17, 20242 min read


Methane - Between a Rock and a Charred Place
"The general public thinks Biden isn't doing enough to bring energy prices down. The environmental left thinks Biden has sold out to Big Oil
Rick Bonetti
Apr 21, 20242 min read


A New Story of the Universe
Yale University and Coursera are now offering free Journey of the Universe courses "to understand who we are, where we come from, and where
Rick Bonetti
Apr 16, 20243 min read


Climate Change and U.S. Politics
Cathy McMorris Rodgers has decided to not run for reelection after 20 years in the House, but she supports H.R. 1023 to repeal section...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 10, 20242 min read


Transition to Electric Vehicles
According to Gallup, 39% of Americans say electric vehicles help climate change at least a fair amount, but only 4% currently own...
Rick Bonetti
Apr 9, 20243 min read
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