Press release from MountainTrue:
Asheville, NC — MountainTrue, the Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina and Krull & Company – socially and environmentally responsible investment management and financial planning – are pleased to present climate scientist and evangelical Christian Katharine Hayhoe for four special events, April 5-6. Katharine Hayhoe is featured in the Showtime documentary, “Years of Living Dangerously” and is on Time magazine’s 2014 list of 100 most influential people in the world.
Schedule of Events:
Day of Prayer for Climate, offered by Young Evangelicals For Climate Action
April 5, 2:30 PM
Location TBACollaborative Communities Reception with Katharine Hayhoe
April 5, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Lenoir Rhyne Graduate Studies Center
36 Montford Avenue, Asheville NC, 28801Faith, Science and our Changing Climate, An Evening with Katharine Hayhoe
April 5, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
First Baptist Church
5 Oak Street, Asheville, NC 28801Spiritual Leadership Breakfast: Communicating Change: A faithful approach to our Changing Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
April 6, 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church
789 Merrimon Ave, Asheville, NC 28804For more information and to RSVP, visit: http://mountaintrue.org/hayhoe/
About Katharine Hayhoe:
Katharine Hayhoe is an atmospheric scientist whose research focuses on developing and applying high-resolution climate projections to understand what climate change means for people and the natural environment. She is an associate professor and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University. She has a B.Sc. in Physics from the University of Toronto and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from the University of Illinois.
Katharine has served as a lead author for the Second and Third U.S. National Climate Assessments, and has conducted climate impact assessments for a broad cross-section of organizations, cities and regions, from Boston Logan Airport to the state of California. Her work has resulted in over 100 peer-reviewed publications that evaluate global climate model performance, develop and compare downscaling approaches, and quantify the impacts of climate change on cities, states, ecosystems, and sectors over the coming century. In 2014, her outreach work was featured in the Emmy award-winning documentary “The Years of Living Dangerously,” awarded the American Geophysical Union’s Climate Communication Prize, and led to Katharine being named one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People and the Foreign Policy’s 100 Leading Global Thinkers.
About MountainTrue:
MountainTrue fosters and empowers communities throughout the region and engages in policy and project advocacy, outreach and education, and on the ground projects. To achieve our goals, MountainTrue focuses on a core set of issues across 23 counties of Western North Carolina: sensible land use, restoring public forests, protecting water quality and promoting clean energy – all of which have a high impact on the environmental health and long-term prosperity of our residents. MountainTrue is the home of the Watauga Riverkeeper, the primary watchdog and spokesperson for the Elk and Watauga Rivers; the French Broad Riverkeeper, the primary protector and defender of the French Broad River watershed; and Broad River Alliance, a Waterkeeper Affiliate working to promote fishable, swimmable, drinkable waters in the Broad River Basin. For more information: mountaintrue.org
About The Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina:
The Creation Care Alliance of Western North Carolina (CCAWNC) is a network of people of faith and congregations who have united around a moral and spiritual call to preserve the integrity, beauty and health of God’s creation. We work to bring practical and hopeful solutions to our congregations and broader secular communities by engaging hearts and minds through inspiration, education, service and advocacy. Our work is an expression of our love of God and God’s love for the earth and all life.
About Krull & Company:
Krull & Company, www.investwithyourvalues.com, is Asheville’s only financial services firm dedicated to socially and environmentally responsible investment management and financial planning. Since 2004, they have been helping clients align their investments with their values. The firm has recently teamed up with Creation Care Alliance and GA & NC Interfaith Power and Light to introduce ReVest – A service for people and institutions of faith to divest from fossil fuels and Reinvest in sustainable and responsible opportunities. www.divest-revest.com
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