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Water Resilience
online United Kingdom, LondonJoin Professor Robert Mace of Texas State University for a discussion on freshwater scarcity. Growing populations, the ever-present threat of drought, aquifer over-pumping, reservoir sedimentation, and climate change are creating a perfect storm to challenge the resiliency of our water supplies. Since water is needed for human health, agriculture, industry, energy, recreation, and the environment …
Green Jobs
online United Kingdom, London“Green Jobs” are all over the internet. What is the true intention of the term? Clearly, installing solar panels is a green job, but are green jobs limited to renewable energy positions? Join Steve Stelzer, Program Director of Houston’s Green Building Resource Center, who has researched this subject, for a multi-faceted presentation to help people …
Creation Care 101 Class & Weekly Discussion Group
online United Kingdom, LondonInterested to connect your Christian faith to care for the earth? Want to learn how your church can live the faith through caring for creation? Or, want to improve your own stewardship? Join a free online course this summer, Creation Care 101, and participate in a weekly online discussion group the week following the class …
Plastic Free EcoChallenge
online United Kingdom, LondonPlastic pollution now contaminates the deepest trenches in the ocean, high mountain peaks, and even the air we breathe – plus recently being found in our blood. Plastic has entered the food chain, killing wildlife, and causing the average person to eat one credit card’s worth of plastic each week. To learn more about this …
Is There an Association Between Air Pollution and COVID-19 Mortality?
online United Kingdom, LondonThe air quality in Harris County is influenced by multiple sources of pollution, including extensive road traffic, concrete batch plants, proximity to the largest petrochemical industrial complex in the United States, and port activities in the Houston Ship Channel. It is also important to note that environmental risks are not always uniformly distributed in urban …
How Long Will Our Aquifers Last?
online United Kingdom, LondonGroundwater is, as famously quoted by the Texas Supreme Court in 1904, “secret, occult, and concealed.” Sometimes referred to as “hidden water,” it is out of sight and, therefore, unfortunately, out of mind. However, groundwater comprises 98.7 percent of all the fresh, unfrozen water on Earth. About 40 percent of all surface-water flows in the …
Living the Change Weekly Discussion Group
online United Kingdom, LondonScientists tell us that we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030. That may seem like a very high hurdle. But, it translates to only a 5%/year reduction. Participants in this course will leave with a plan for at least their first 5% reduction, and knowledge of how to find the other …
Living the Change Weekly Discussion Group
online United Kingdom, LondonScientists tell us that we must reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 45% by 2030. That may seem like a very high hurdle. But, it translates to only a 5%/year reduction. Participants in this course will leave with a plan for at least their first 5% reduction, and knowledge of how to find the other …
The Path of Hope: A Study on Climate Action for Faith Communities
online United Kingdom, LondonYou are invited to join an online discussion series built around 15-minute videos featuring interviews with US faith leaders, representatives of climate-impacted communities from the global South, and presentations by UN officials and other experts. The videos walk viewers through four key climate policy issues that intersect with universal faith concerns for vulnerable and marginalized …
Carbon Fee & Dividend: What’s Justice Got to Do with It?
online United Kingdom, LondonMembers of Citizen's Climate Lobby explain the ins and outs of carbon fee & dividend as an economic policy tool to address climate change. Learn about the positive impact not only on the environment, but also on jobs, the economy, and human health. And, carbon fee & dividend has been deemed by economists as the …
Collective Visioning for Our Region’s Water
online United Kingdom, LondonIn a generation, much of the U.S. will resemble the lower Galveston Bay Watershed, a 10-county region surrounding Houston which Bayou City Waterkeeper (BCWK) serves. Home to the most diverse population, and also one of the most ecologically diverse major urban areas, our waterways — consisting of 2,500 miles of bayous, as well as creeks, …
Creation-Focused Worship for Earth Day
online United Kingdom, LondonJoin other Christians to celebrate Earth Day by participating in a streamed pre-recorded creation-focused worship service. Listen to the wisdom, song, and stories from our fellow Creatures, human and non-human. The Rev. Dr. Carmelo Santos will share the message of the day. This 45-minute worship service is in English with full Spanish translation, and does …
Earth Month EcoChallenge
online United Kingdom, LondonThe Interfaith Environmental Network of Houston invites you to celebrate Earth Day/Month by joining our team for the online Earth Month EcoChallenge. This EcoChallenge focuses on the sustainable development goals of the United Nations, with categories of: basic needs & security, health & equity, education & livelihood, economy & communities and climate & ecosystems. You …
10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference
online United Kingdom, LondonDear colleagues and guests welcome to the 10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference. On behalf of the organizing committee and UCG Conferences, it gives us a great pleasure to welcome you to the 10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference on March 30-31, 2022. The idea of hosting the 10BreastPath2022 Conference is …
10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference
online United Kingdom, LondonDear colleagues and guests welcome to the 10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference. On behalf of the organizing committee and UCG Conferences, it gives us a great pleasure to welcome you to the 10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference on March 30-31, 2022. The idea of hosting the 10BreastPath2022 Conference is …
10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference
online United Kingdom, LondonDear colleagues and guests welcome to the 10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference. On behalf of the organizing committee and UCG Conferences, it gives us a great pleasure to welcome you to the 10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference on March 30-31, 2022. The idea of hosting the 10BreastPath2022 Conference is …
Eight Crucial Years for Our Civilization
online United Kingdom, LondonMost people don’t realize quite how pivotal the next eight years are for the future of our climate, our planet, and our civilization. Join Phoebe Barnard, lead author of the global climate action blueprint, “World Scientists’ Warnings Into Action: Local to Global,” with 15 top global scientists, economists and governance specialists, as she outlines the …
10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference
online United Kingdom, LondonDear colleagues and guests welcome to the 10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference. On behalf of the organizing committee and UCG Conferences, it gives us a great pleasure to welcome you to the 10th World Breast Pathology and Breast Cancer Conference on March 19-20, 2022. The idea of hosting the 10BreastPath2022 Conference is …
Houston’s Climate Action and Resilience Strategies
online United Kingdom, LondonJoin Priya Zachariah, Chief Resilience and Sustainability Officer for the City of Houston, as she discusses the City of Houston’s Climate Action Plan and the Resilient Houston plan. Priya will explain how the City of Houston’s Climate Action Plan aims to address reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the Resilient Houston plan addresses community resilience, …
The Face of God
online United Kingdom, LondonFrom the melting permafrost that threatens churches in Alaska to the wildfires that ravaged California this past year, to the U.S. South where hurricanes are becoming stronger and more deadly, communities around the globe are already feeling the rising impacts of global climate change. The Face of God is a film about God and nature, …
Earth Church
online United Kingdom, LondonJoin Jim Blackburn, Professor in the Practice in Environmental Law at Rice University, who will discuss his new book, Earth Church, which he co-authored with artist Isabelle Scurry Chapman. Earth Church is a book about Earth-based spirituality, a subject that will become much more prominent in a future defined by a changing climate and the …
10th UCG Edition on Diabetes and Endocrinology Conference
online United Kingdom, LondonWe cordially invite you to the 10th UCG Edition on Diabetes and Endocrinology Conference set up in Dubai, UAEduring January 17-18, 2022. The theme of the conference is “Connecting and Interacting with the latest findings in Diabetes and Endocrinology”. Diabetes conferences includes Keynote lectures and workshops. Meet the experts from all over the world to …
All Creation Waits Weekly Book Discussion Group for Advent
online United Kingdom, LondonAvoid the consumer hype of the “holiday season” with daily readings of intimate, beautifully-written portraits of wild animals and their adaptations to the cold and dark of winter. The author sees in these creatures lessons for adapting to the “winters” in our own lives. The book, although intended as a devotional for the Christian season …
A Climate Action Plan for Faith Communities & People of Faith
online United Kingdom, LondonJoin Lisa Brenskelle, Houston Climate Communication Coordinator for the Texas chapter of Interfaith Power & Light, for a discussion on developing a Climate Action Plan for your faith community and for yourself. The City of Houston has a Climate Action Plan, but how do you translate that to your faith community, or to your household? …
Why Insects Matter
online United Kingdom, LondonIn October, join Scott Solomon, Associate Teaching Professor in Biosciences at Rice University, for a discussion on the complex relationships we have with insects and the reasons why they have been-- and continue to be-- among Earth's most essential species. Insects are also the most diverse group of organisms on the planet and life as …