There is reason for HOPE and LOVE prevailing in the global challenge of Caring for Creation!
The joint Workshop of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences has just ended in Rome. The conference topic was Sustainable Humanity, Sustainable Nature: Our Responsibility.
Scientists who participated in the joint workshop met with Pope Francis.
Andrew Revkin's DotEarth blog provides a summary of his impressions of the meeting. Revkin's closing
thoughts say MUCH to those of us who are taking on the challenge of addressing
these issues within the context of our FAITH:
It says much that even some
of the most accomplished scientists at this meeting articulated that progress
on climate, energy, equity, education and conservation of living resources will
be driven by values and faith more than data and predictive models.
In a discussion over dinner, Walter Munk, at 96 one of great oceanographers of modern times, spoke not of gigatons of carbon or megawatts of electricity:
“This requires a miracle of love and unselfishness,” he said.In a discussion over dinner, Walter Munk, at 96 one of great oceanographers of modern times, spoke not of gigatons of carbon or megawatts of electricity:
