This is Earth Week, which for some denominations began with Earth Sunday and culminates with Earth Day on Friday, April 22nd.
When I served a Halifax congregation the United Church Women (UCW) group asked if I would speak on a particular environmental issue, which I did. I began our time together reading a children's classic, The Lorax, by Dr. Seuss. I could tell by faces that some of the women were delighted, others -- not so much. The Lorax "speaks for the trees" which seemed fitting because Halifax has a "Tree Cities of the World" designation.
The CBC is recognizing Earth Week with programming each day and on Monday The Current's Matt Galloway revisited an interview with Meg Lowman, the intrepid treetop researcher and scientist who has been called the "real life Lorax." Now in her sixties, Lowman's career has been remarkable with exceptional discoveries despite working in a male-dominated field.
Meg Lowman with Ethiopian priests
I've written about Lowman's work with priests in Ethiopian who are guardians of biodiversity in their forest church sanctuaries. Here are links to my previous blog about Lowman, The Current interview, and the CBC schedule.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/earth-week-april18-12-2022-cbc-programming-1.6416891
https://lionlamb-bowmanville.blogspot.com/2021/11/saving-forests-one-church-at-time.html
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