Today is the Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. Unlike many countries, I don't think Kiwi's have ever lost our connection with Nature, but the root cause of climate change and all our major problems currently, for the entire world, is a moral crisis of values! One solution I read was, 'Christ threw the money-changers out of the Temple of God. We must throw the profiteers out of Nature’s Temple.' They have a point, but the loss of moral values comes from a loss of religious values - we have a lost generation - what are you doing to reach them?

However it is not all doom and gloom for the planet. Many journalists have become aware of climate anxiety, climate doom, and even what environmental existential dread feel like. So there is a website in Europe dovoted to reporting all the good news that they can during the year regarding the fight to save the planet! They show there is HOPE!

They report that a ban on fossil fuel adverts in The Hague has been upheld by a Dutch court, in an “historic ruling” that campaigners hope will embolden other cities to take action. In a decision last September, The Hague became the first city in the world to write into law a ban on ads that promote fossil fuels. Also they report that the world generated more than 40% of its electricity from low-carbon sources last year, a record not broken since the 1940's. My greatest hope right now, is still Israel. In 1948, when Israel was reborn as a nation, the land they received was 'a desolate barren wasteland'. Now it is a thriving Democracy filled with lush forests, trees and flowers, producing the most food and especially fruit in the Middle East. It took much hard work and God blessing them as he promised. But they turned back the clock restoring the land, we must follow their lead and do that with the rest of the world. They proved it can be done!