Katharine Wilkinson of Project Drawdown at 2019 United Methodist Creation Care Summit (Speech Only)United Methodist Creation Care Summit, Friday, July 12, 2019, at Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville Tennessee (Full evening with audience questions is coming soon)
Heather McTeer-Toney (Speech Only) at The United Methodist Creation Care Summit, July 13, 2019The speech portion of Heather McTeer Toney from Saturday morning, July 13th. I am posting only the speech portion for now, as the full two camera with audience question portions and room sound system will take additional editing. Watch for the next update when it is ready.
Panel 1- Building a Movement: Lessons from past and present movementsUnited Methodist Creation Care Summit, Thursday , July 11, 2019 at Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN
Panel 3- Boards and Agencies PerspectivesUnited Methodist Creation Care Summit, Thursday , July 11, 2019 at Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN
Pat Watkins: Do Something Outrageous- Transform the World with a Creation Care Ministry TeamA Breakout Workshop Session of the United Methodist Creation Care Summit, Saturday , July 13, 2019 at Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN
Timothy Eberhart: New Birth for a New Earth: Ecological Theology for Planetary RenewalA Breakout Workshop Session of the United Methodist Creation Care Summit, Saturday , July 13, 2019 at Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN
Beth Norcross - Spirituality in Nature: A Foundation for AdvocacyA Breakout Workshop Session of the United Methodist Creation Care Summit, Saturday , July 13, 2019 at Scarritt-Bennett Center, Nashville, TN
I’ve been using these kinds of medical analogies for a while, and a lot of the response I get is “that’s a horrible analogy”. When I ask why, they can’t answer. They “just don’t like it” because it pulls the rug out from under their decision to diss Climate Science, while inherently and naturally placing trust in medical science by going to doctors, taking medicine, and such. The main thing in operation there is that it is their very life at stake, as well as that of their families. And yet they cannot (will not) recognize that the Ecological Crisis has been caused because they don’t care about the effects of thier lifestyle upon others (or don’t WANT to know). And so they reject the notion that they accept science that would endanger them to reject, and reject science that they don’t see (or don’t WANT to see) is hurting everyone (especially those “whom we cannot see”; out of sight, out of mind, and “that’s the way I like it. Don’t try to tell me any different.” )