Dec 11, 2015
The Last Day of COP21: Waiting, Watching, Praying
Posted by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
All is quiet here in the blue zone today as negotiations that went all through last night continue behind closed doors. Everyone is waiting to hear news of progress and a new agreement text–this time, the final version that will be adopted by all the nations of the world. As we wait, here is the latest news and analysis:
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Dec 07, 2015
Evangelicals Gather In Paris: A COP21 Reflection
Posted by Luke Overstreet
As national delegations and countless global NGOs have descended upon Paris to observe and influence the outcome of the Paris climate talks, a community of evangelical Christians has also come to add its voice. Under the umbrella of the Lausanne Creation Care Network and A Rocha International, over 100 evangelical Christians from all around the world gathered today for an all day conference in the city called A Christian Response to Climate Change. Theology, personal stories, science and moral philosophy combined for a day of deep learning and conviction.
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Dec 03, 2015
Waiting in Advent Hope: A COP21 Reflection
Posted by Kyle Meyaard-Schaap
It was the first Sunday in Advent, and I was waiting. Waiting for my plane from Budapest to Beauvais, France. Waiting for my bus to take me from Beauvais to Paris. Waiting for the metros and the shuttles to the COP 21 venue. Waiting for my train to the village north of Paris where I could finally drop off my luggage and unpack. It was the first Sunday in Advent, and I spent the whole day waiting.
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Oct 22, 2015
Y.E.C.A.’s Support for the NAE’s Resolution on Climate and Creation Care
Posted by Rachel Lamb
We at Y.E.C.A. congratulate the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) for the passage at their latest Board meeting of their Resolution, Caring for God's Creation, A Call to Action . As the nation’s largest association of evangelical Christian denominations, organizations, and churches, the NAE’s resolution is an authoritative step forward in the evangelical community’s efforts to faithfully take on the great challenge of climate change.
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Sep 10, 2015
Announcing New Y.E.C.A. Leadership
Posted by Benjamin Lowe
In the early days of 2012, a small group of young evangelicals met together at the home of an NAE Board member in Washington, DC, to prayerfully discern a faithful collective response to the growing climate crisis. We left that weekend retreat with the beginnings of a new national initiative called Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, and it’s been a remarkable and hope-filled journey ever since.
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Apr 14, 2015
Gathering for Climate Action in Ohio & Pennsylvania - Reflection on our 2015 Regional Summit at Malone University
Posted by Riley Balikian
Late last month, several of us in the YECA family gathered for the 2015 Ohio/Pennsylvania Regional Summit at Malone University in Canton, Ohio. It was fitting that YECA’s first regional summit for cultivating young climate activists should take place a stone’s throw from the iconic Cuyahoga River, which - when it caught on fire in the summer of 1969 - helped spur a historic wave of ecological awareness and a generation of environmental activists in the United States.
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Sep 24, 2014
YECA Prays For & Participates In the People’s Climate March
Posted by Anthony Waldrop
NEW YORK CITY — YECA Steering Committee members and young evangelicals from across the country gathered together on Sunday, September 21st to take part in the People’s Climate March. The march, which started on the west side of Central Park and wove itself through Manhattan, was attended by nearly 400,000 people, making it the largest climate march in history. The gathering was scheduled to coincide with the UN Climate Summit held in New York City later that week, a convening of world leaders to pave the way for a climate agreement to emerge from the crucial COP meetings scheduled to take place in Peru this year and Paris next year.
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May 31, 2014
Live Updates: Congo-Kenya Trip 2014
Posted by Benjamin Lowe
YECA National Spokesperson Ben Lowe and YECA Steering Committee chair Rachel Lamb have been invited to join with partners in the Democratic Republic of Congo and in Kenya. Their trip will be taking place from May 16 to May 30.
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May 29, 2013
Collin Whitsett
Posted by Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
Collin Whitsett, who currently is traveling the world but is based out of Hastings, Nebraska, is an alum of the environmental studies program at Southern Nazarene University in Bethany, Oklahoma.
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May 01, 2013
Katie Todd
Posted by Young Evangelicals for Climate Action
Katie Todd is a senior student of Environmental Science and English at Messiah College in Pennsylvania, though she is originally from Connecticut.
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