by Joseph Morris You may remember that I’m President of the Board of New York InterfaithPower and Light, the New York affiliate of a national non-profit dedicated tobringing together faith and climate science to safeguard the Earth. OurExecutive Director is…
Technology and Fighting Global Warming
by Joe Morris Many years ago, I suggested to my boss that we hire some graduate students to go through our company’s technical library to scour old projects and technologies from the 1960’s that may have been abandoned because they were ahead of…
On Coral Reef Restoration and Great Lakes Flooding
One of the weapons we have in our arsenal to combat climate change is technology. To expect technology to magically make things better is not in the cards and would be a false expectation. However, we can expect new tools…
Katherine Hayhoe
“If we believe that God created this incredible universe we live in, then what is science other than trying to figure out what God was thinking when he put it all together?” – Katherine Hayhoe I’ve written before about the…
Small Things Can Grow into Bigger Things
by Joseph Morris It’s gratifying to see results to our efforts, even if they’re not earthshaking in their size or impact. A lot of little things can become a big thing. Recently, Janeen and I were out to dinner with…
The Green New Deal, Airplanes and Hamburgers.
by Joe Morris The Green New Deal. For some people these are fighting words. For others, they represent inspirational, literal goals that must be achieved for the world to survive. In my view, the GND lies somewhere closer to the…
Taking Responsibility to Fight Climate Change
by Joe Morris I am often asked what can be done about climate change in light of the current administration in Washington’s denial of climate change? There is much state governments can do. For example, California has mandated solar panels…
Taking Responsibility to Fight Climate Change
by Joseph Morris I am often asked what can be done about climate change in light of the current administration in Washington’s denial of climate change? There is much state governments can do. For example, California has mandated solar panels…
First Steps
I’ve been in a long distance debate with a former colleague debating the validity of global warming. He, like our new president, is a denier, resorting to old, disproven arguments. The reason I bring this up is that with a climate…
Tikkun Olam and Global Warming
While researching the Jewish perspective on global warming, I learned that tikkun olam, a term that I’ve invoked in relation to our Jewish response to global warming, is not without its critics. Tikkun olam is a term that’s been adopted…