Jared Wright, La Sierra University M.Div student and creator of the Adventist Environmental Advocacy blog attended the recent San Diego Adventist Forum conference on Sustainability.
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May 2-4, Pine Springs Ranch -- The San Diego chapter of the Association of Adventists convened to take part in a give and take weekend gathering focusing on the intersections between Adventism and the environment.

Many of you caught the recent news of a growing number of Southern Baptist leaders signing onto a global warming declaration. They say their church's official stance is "too timid" and call for more action on climate change. They write:

The Press-Enterprise writes that "The Fifth International Congress on Vegetarian Nutrition begins [March 4] with a lecture from a UCLA nutrition expert on how eating broccoli can make up for a genetic flaw that leaves half of us at greater risk of colon and lung cancer and ends Thursday with a discussion of research on how cutting out steak dinners can fight global warming."

Please, dear God, let this more than just empty political posturing.

Peter Baker writes in The Washington Post that "Bush's views [on climate change] have evolved. He has found the science increasingly persuasive and believes more needs to be done, especially after a set of secret briefings last winter. . . .

I recently ran across this article by Joseph Farah saying that global warming is theologically impossible because of G-d's promise to Noah. My favorite passage (actually it makes me a little nauseous):

We need more of this in our church communities.