Christians Caring for Creation

Pulitzer Prize nominee, Justin Catanoso, joins us to discuss his memoir, My Cousin the Saint. 

What begins as a journalistic quest to understand his Italian cousin’s canonization by the Catholic Church becomes a deeply personal journey into faith, family, grief, and spiritual growth. Together, we explore the sacred hidden in ordinary life and the enduring power of a humble servant's devotion to God and his people.

You can hear Justin's October 20, 2005 commentary on NPR's Morning Edition here.

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What really shapes environmental policy—science, public will, or money and power? 

In this episode, Bill Holman, longtime North Carolina environmental advocate and lobbyist, shares decades of experience as often the lone environmental voice in high-stakes political rooms. We explore how influence works, what it takes to make change, and the role Christians can play in caring for creation through faithful, persistent witness.

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Immokalee is a town in southwest Florida that feeds much of America during the winter.  The population is heavily populated by immigrant labor from Central America and Haiti.  These are the people that harvest our food, yet they lack sufficient healthy food for themselves.  Rick Burnette of Cultivate Abundance works with the Immokalee community to address their food insecurities.  In this podcast he tells us about his challenges and victories in helping put food on the table for those who bring food to our tables.  This podcast is about naming and confronting the injustices in our world.

Learn more about Cultivate Abundance at cultivateabundance.org.

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What do clean energy and affordable housing have to do with each other?

More than many people realize.

In this episode of the C3 – Christians Caring for Creation podcast, Don Gordon talks with Rebekah Whilden, Executive Director of Carolina Forward, about how policy decisions today are shaping the future of energy, housing, and environmental sustainability in North Carolina.

North Carolina has quietly become one of the nation’s leading solar states. At the same time, communities across the state face growing challenges around housing affordability.

Rebekah explains how if we want to care for both people and the planet, the intersection of clean energy and affordable housing may be one of the most important places to start.

You can learn more about her work at carolinaforward.org

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Don Gordon welcomes Sam Harrell of Africa Exchange for a compelling conversation on faith, climate justice, and the call to care for all creation. 

With insights shaped by Sam’s life and work in Kenya, this episode challenges Western assumptions about growth, invites a deeper theology of the land, and offers hopeful signs of faithful partnership across cultures. 

Learn more about Africa Exchange at africaexchange.org

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Justin Catanoso, Pulitzer Prize nominee and professor of journalism at Wake Forest University, tells stories most of us don’t know that we need to know. In this podcast he talks about the miracle of the Yurok tribe in northern California reclaiming ancient lands and restoring a path for the salmon runs in the northwest Pacific coast.  He also talks about the fraudulent claims of the biomass industry as they de-forest much of North Carolina and the southeastern U.S. 

Learn more about Justin Catanoso at justincatanoso.com. 

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On July 28, 2022, the United Nations adopted a resolution that a "clean, healthy and sustainable environment is a universal human right."  John Knox, Professor of International Law at Wake Forest University, served as the special legal advocate for the U.S. during this process.  In this podcast, John tells about his 25 years of international advocacy to bring about this historic event of creating the universal human right of a clean environment.

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Nearly 40% of the food produced in the United States is never eaten. For Christians called to feed the hungry and care for God’s creation, this is a sobering reality. 

In this episode, Dr. Pelin Pekgün — global leader and Chair of the Department of Analytics and Information Systems at Wake Forest University — examines why food waste persists and what it costs. She explores its impact on the environment, energy and water resources, and the poor, showing how faith, data, and practical action can address one of today’s most pressing moral challenges.

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What if you could track where rain forests are being cut down or plastic is being thrown into the ocean or the migration patterns of endangered species?  Amy Rosenthal and her team at Planet are doing just that, using 100s of drone-like satellites circling the earth, 24 hours a day, capturing these images.  In this podcast you will hear directly from Amy and learn how this cutting-edge technology is providing new tools for caring for God’s creation. 

To learn more go to Planet.com

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Award-winning Harvard scholar, Sandra Richter, has combined her love for the Hebrew Bible and the earth in a just published children’s book.   

In this podcast Richter tells how she came to write Abigail and the Waterfall, a sweet story about a family’s hike into the forest.  Along the way we learn about Scripture, animals in the Appalachian Mountains, and earthkeeping habits of an ordinary family.

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