The A Rocha BC Centre “is one of the jewels in the crown of A Rocha.” Ed Walker, who took on the role of Executive Director of A Rocha International in the fall of 2023, said he had heard a…
The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released an alarming study November 20, just days before COP 28, the UN Climate Change Conference scheduled to run November 30 – December 12 in Dubai. The Emissions Gap report “finds that the world is heading…
What is one thing you can you do to make our world a better place for everyone? Eco-anxiety is plaguing the minds of so many. A recent secular survey said that 39 percent of students won’t be having children because…
Five local groups sponsored a talk by well known climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe. (The May 21 visit was to have been in person, but ended up on Zoom for health reasons.) Hayhoe, Chief Scientist for The Nature Conservancy (called Nature…
“Young Christians urgently want to stand with the church on climate change.” That was the theme of a survey unveiled during a presentation at Tenth Church April 19. (The full 24-page report can be accessed here.) Representatives of Tearfund Canada…
Samuel Chiu took part in the two major worldwide gatherings focused on climate change late last year – COP27 (UN Framework for the Convention on Climate Change) in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt and COP15 (UN Convention on Biological Diversity’s 15th COP…
The Lord is saying gather, yes gather my people. “For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it?” – Isaiah 43:19 24-7 Prayer Canada is hosting a National Prayer & Worship…
I will be giving you all a break from my weekly Church for Vancouver updates through the summer, so I thought I’d just point out a few highlights on the horizon. Open houses Two communities in south Surrey will be…
February 25 note: The regional government in Metro Vancouver voted 69 – 65 today to approve the City of Surrey’s plan to turn rural lands into an industrial park. The Little Campbell River Watershed Society is urging people to sign…
Lobbying by Semiahmoo First Nation, conservation groups and the general public has put the brakes on Surrey’s plan to turn rural lands in the south part of the city into an industrial zone. Metro Vancouver directors narrowly voted January 28…