00:14:11 Dave Brauer-Rieke: Dave Brauer-Rieke, Welches OR (up in the mountains trying to escape the heat ) Ancestral home of the Multnomah and others. 00:15:24 Sheryl Mehrhoff: Columbia, MO 00:15:48 Kristina: Kristina from Melrose Ma, Massachusett, It was great having less humidity and birds at the bird bath in my yard. 00:18:17 Sharon Samoska: Sharon Samoska from Waterbury CT. It is a privilege to have the opportunity to join this program. I live close to a major river in CT and t his weather certainly brings to the front the need to care for creation today... 00:23:48 Phoebe Morad (she/her) - Lutherans Restoring Creation: If you think of Questions we will have at least 10 minutes at the end for those for each of our guests - the questions submitted previously will be shared first. 00:25:06 Sue Lyback: Sue Lyback from Wahkon, MN beside Lake Mille Lacs (aka Bde Wakan). My husband (Doug) and I are owners/stewards of a precious 55 acres of woods and wetlands with several hundred feet of bayline. We call our home Fjordhaven and have it protected via a conservation easement with Minnesota Land Trust. Thank you, Phoebe, for acknowledging that caring for the land is not a NEW idea for everyone.... :) 00:39:59 Phoebe Morad (she/her) - Lutherans Restoring Creation: that resources is listed here - https://lutheransrestoringcreation.org/season-of-creation/ 00:40:42 Sharon Samoska: We need both our speakers tonight to teach us to reach out to our urban/city congregations to waken incentive and enthusiasm to protect the few resources that remain in our cities. We have a major river in this city polluted over time and each time it is improved, it seems a tragedy occurs again and it is not an acceptable excuse for someone at a waste water plant to say it is accepted that they will dump into the river and they will have odors--the opposite of what we view as creation care... 00:42:20 Sharon Samoska: Is one of the major stumbling blocks for creation care that people seem to feel humans are dominant in creation rather than an integral part of it? 00:46:52 Mark Carlson: Q. Lisa, you list Theology, Ethics, Culture. Sort of conspicuous by its absence is Economy. Thoughts on that? and do you participate in conservation-oriented public and privately funded incentive programs? Including newer carbon offset or sequestration incentive programs? Thanks - Mark Carlson, CA, absentee owner of KS family remnant farm ground. Good wheat harvest, high commodity prices, and the downside - impacts on food affordability and availability globally. 00:49:00 Thor Olson: US Drought map https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/ 00:49:30 Sue Lyback: Hi, Mark Carlson: The chat won't let me reply with a direct message to you. Sorry I don't know much about other land trust resources. There is a national org called Trust for Public Land and that might be a starting point.??? I will contact folks at MN Land Trust and see if they have any suggestions. How might I reach you to follow up? 00:49:54 Sheryl Mehrhoff: Fabulous! Been looking for a resource like this. 00:50:36 Magge Ericson: Part of US mindset goes way back to the first explorers, told by religious leaders to go and take over. after teaching environmental education to field trip kids, they want to care for creation. small congregations ,many are hesitant to embrace it's change. we are seeing. I'm a lay in my congregation, we are trying to do caring for creation with small projects so the congregation will be receptive. Lots of resources are out there, and thanks for providing these 00:51:49 Phoebe Morad (she/her) - Lutherans Restoring Creation: https://lutheransrestoringcreation.org/n-il-synods-season-of-creation-resources/ 00:52:09 Thor Olson: Global weather analysis. Select "Today's Weather Maps" https://climatereanalyzer.org/ 00:53:49 Mark Carlson: Dominion - The CNN Sunday special on TX oil billionaires, “Christian dominionists” was a term used, and their political puppeteering, was quite disturbing. 00:55:40 John Skoug: What's the difference between SEason of Creation A, B and C? 00:56:24 John Skoug: Do you raise the topic of "climate change" in your rural congregation? 00:56:36 Phoebe Morad (she/her) - Lutherans Restoring Creation: 3 different lectionary seasons 00:57:13 Sharon Samoska: Question if there is an opportunity: I am the daughter of a farmer and never realized the value of my growing up on farms until our world changed with industry and mechanization replacing the jobs of farm hands. In cities especially industry and business and money have replaced the importance of creation care and appreciation. How do we get this back into our cities? 00:57:23 Thor Olson: Increasingly it is do you witness the climate change happening right outside your door? 00:58:05 Magge Ericson: Good read, Environmental Ethics, An Introduction to Environmental Philosophy, Joseph R. Desjardins, College of St Benedict , was used in my masters program at DU, Environmental Policy and Administration 00:58:37 Libby Christian: Our congregation has started a monthly Farm Church service. We gather at a local farm, work, sing prey eat together . We are finding our way into this new practice. Thank you for giving shape and words to our journey toether! 01:03:31 Magge Ericson: in the Environmental Ethics, a chapter is Religious Environmental Ethics, very helpful 01:04:17 Sharon Samoska: Please develop a resource guide and submit articles to our Lutheran magazine for how to reach our to City folks who often today simply know nothing of about farms and creation care 01:04:43 Mark Carlson: www.ppic.org - The Public Policy Institute of California, had a fascinating online discussion today That video report are available online, “Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley.” The Valley is looking at fallowing or repurposing as much as 500,000 acres of previously irrigated farmland, much in perennial tree crops. Panelists were asked at the end, what gives them hope. One stressed the maturity of conversations in a very stressful time (in a state where whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting over). 01:04:56 Sue Lyback: And saving money is essential for helping people STAY in the country... 01:05:16 John Skoug: My experience is that people accept Creation Care and Environmental stewardship ... they care about the environment. But bringing “Climate Change" raises defense mechanisms. So while I am a climate change advocate and believe we absolutely need to address it, those two words are so polarizing that I've settled on meeting people where they're at -- being a good environmental steward will help with addressing climate change! 01:09:56 Magge Ericson: I'm a caring for creation ambassador in No Wisc, magge.e@charter.net. 01:10:19 Sharon Samoska: My Email address is sam.tea.time@sbcglobal.net. My question of resources for working in cities where farms are unknown and creation care often seems as I look at them so unreal to them. 01:10:19 Doug Jacobson: One cannot change another. One can only assert influence with another. That influence is most strongly found within relationship. 01:11:31 Dave Brauer-Rieke: Thank you, all!