YOUTUBE VIDEOS
These two YouTube videos, each about seven minutes, prepared by the Sisters
of Saint Joseph of Peace, explain the basic science of global warming, what a carbon foot
print is and how to reduce it.
Carbon Foot Print 101 Part 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipNsdv23aac
Carbon Foot Print 101 Part 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roLMqtbg_1w
Global Warming 101
This video produced by National Geographic explains the science of global warming and
focuses on the effects global warming will have on the displacement of peoples.
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/101-videos/global-warming-101#globalwarming-101?source=relatedvideo&_suid=14301490934390010797052473818125
Climate Change 101 with Bill Nye “The Science Guy”. This 4 minute video
address the science of Climate Change and the objections of climate change deniers.
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/3play_1/climate-change-101-with-billnye-the-science/?no-ist
ONLINE RESOURCES
Catholic Climate Covenant; Care for Creation, Care for the Poor
The website of the Catholic Climate Covenant, sponsored by the USCCB, offers
reflection materials on climate issues from the perspective of Catholic Social Teaching.
http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/
Website of the Global Catholic Climate Movement
http://catholicclimatemovement.global/
101 Top Web Resources on Climate Change
http://www.environmentalsciencedegree.com/climate-change/
Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center: A Matter of Spirit; Climate Change
http://www.ipjc.org/journal/AMOSSummer14.pdf
Sisters of the Holy Cross, Climate Change: Peril and Promise
http://www.cscsisters.org/aboutus/media/publications/Justice%20Publications/cschcijo_c
cEf.pdf
The Website of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
give a complete account of the latest science on climate change and its anticipated
consequences. http://www.ipcc.ch/
How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic: Responses to the most common skeptical
arguments on global warming. Follow this link for a complete listing of the articles in
“How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic,” a series by Coby Beck containing responses to the
most common skeptical arguments on global warming.
http://grist.org/series/skeptics/
Global Climate Change – a summary of the science from NASA
http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/
American Chemical Society Climate Science Tool Kit
http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/climatescience/about.html
The New Climate Economy – how to transition to a non- fossil fuel based
economy
http://newclimateeconomy.report/
Global Climate Change: A Plea for Dialogue, Prudence, and the Common Good
originated from the Domestic and International Policy Committees and was prepared in
consultation with the bishops' Committee on Doctrine and the Committee on Science and
Human Values. The document was approved for publication by the full body of United
States Catholic bishops at their June 2001 General Meeting.
http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/human-life-and-dignity/environment/globalclimate-change-a-plea-for-dialogue-prudence-and-the-common-good.cfm
Resources from the Intercommunity Center on Corporate Responsibility on
climate change, especially regarding the question of divestment from fossil fuel industries
as a tactic. http://www.iccr.org/our-issues/environment/global-warming
These print and media resources can be borrowed from the Office of Peace, Justice and
Ecological Integrity – Call 973-290-5404 or email [email protected]
BOOKS
-Paula Clifford, Angels With Trumpets – The Church in a Time of Global Warming,
Darton, Longman, and Todd, 2009.
-Edward Echlin, Climate and Christ – A Prophetic Alternative, The Columba Press,
2010.
-Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth: The Planetary Emergency of Global Warming and
What We Can Do About It
-Naomi Klein, This Changes Everything – Capitalism vs the Climate, Simon & Schuster,
2014.
-Intercommunity Peace and Justice Center, Climate Change: Our Call to Conversion: A
Four-Session Process for Faith Communities.
http://www.ipjc.org/publications/climate.html
-Bill McKibben, Eaarth – Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, Times Books, 2010.
http://www.billmckibben.com/eaarth/eaarthbook.html
Oil and Honey – The Education of an Unlikely Activist, Macmillan, 2013
http://www.billmckibben.com/oilandhoney.html
DVDS
-An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning
-Global Climate Change and the Praxis Cycle: A Production of the Earth Council of the
Dominican Sisters in Committed Collaboration
-The Wisdom to Survive: Climate Change, Capitalism and Community