ISCAST Victoria Symposium: Exploring Theological Approaches to Wicked Problems
ISCAST Vic Symposium: 7 September 2019
ISCAST Victoria Symposium: Exploring Theological Approaches to Wicked Problems
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UN says 1m species face extinction: Mike Clarke comments at Eternity News The UN announced this week that 1 million species face extinction in the foreseeable future if we do not act. Eternity News covers the report here, with comments from ISCAST fellow Professor Mike Clarke, professor of Zoology and head of the School of Life Sciences at La Trobe University.
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Review of "Going 'Green'—Forests, Fire and a Flawed Conservation Culture," by Mark Poynter This review, by ISCAST fellow Ian Hore-Lacy, affirms Mark Poynter's view about Australian forest management that "culpable high-level ignorance threatens not just forestry but the forests themselves." According to Ian, this "begs for fuller attention by those concerned with stewardship of God’s creation in its providential aspects for human beings." |
Christ, the Cross, and Creation Care: A conference by A Rocha Christ, the Cross and Creation Care, a conference in Sydney organised by our friends at A Rocha is rapidly approaching. Involving bible talks, panel discussion, workshops, and stories from Christians across Australia, this is sure to be an interesting event! |
Human Activity in China and India Dominates the Greening of Earth, NASA Study Shows NASA has published an article concerning a recent study about the recent increase in global leaf area – and humanity's involvement therein. |
Call for science and theology papers for NZ July conference Our friends in New Zealand have advised us of the Science and Theology track at the upcoming ANZATS conference in New Zealand from July 1 to 3. Nicola Hoggard Creegan (who some ISCASTians will have met at COSAC 2018) is coordinating the stream and would love to have submissions.
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Caring for Creation on the Coast "It’s been a scorching summer and you may have found yourself down at the beach a few times. But how much do you know about the wildlife that lives on our beaches and in our seas? Last year I was introduced to Sea Watch: a programme that encourages the public to help those who work in the field learn more about the species that use our seas. Exmoor National Park were running a Sea Watch Training Day for anyone interested and had asked Lee Abbey to host it. As a member of the Lee Abbey community, and soon to be their Environmental Coordinator, I got the opportunity to join in." |
The priest and climate change ... "that's not how science works" says ISCAST ED in The Conversation According to ISCAST Executive Director, Chris Mulherin, "sceptics should stop demanding proof of climate change, because that’s not how science works." |
ISCAST Board devotional, October 16 2018: ISCAST and the Kingdom of God ISCAST Board Devotional, 16 October 2018, by ISCAST Secretary, Richard Gijsbers |
Australia's energy insanity is an issue for Christians ... So says ISCAST fellow Ian Hore-Lacy in an article arguing that nuclear energy is the only sensible and moral option to supply base-load power in Australia. It's a provocative position in a country where nuclear is too hot to handle. |