Hunger Network Supports Brothers and Sisters in Haiti, Other Countries during Disasters
Disaster strikes. Then what? Pray, donate money, help people. Do what you can as you follow the story in the media. Haiti. Chile. Malawi. Name the disaster of the month as we approach hurricane season and are called to respond...
Sustainability Part 3: Book Review
I just got done reading Joel Makower’s book, Strategies for the Green Economy. I have to admit, I was very impressed with how many different perspectives Makower introduces to his readers. For instance, I was challenged to think not just...
Saving the rainforest with cold, hard cash
In Guyana and Suriname, it’s hot. Mosquitos and rain are my constant companions. Right now, I’ve got one eye on the sky, so I can grab the sheets and towels from the line before the rain begins. The longer they...
Food for Thought
It is finally close to the frost-free date here in Chicago – the date that gardeners have been waiting for to get their hands dirty! But what does that have to do with world hunger? “World hunger” sometimes seems too...
Shhh… Don’t talk about that!
Each week I (or one of my colleagues) prepare sermon starters based on the lectionary that have hunger related themes (check them out and/or sign up to receive them here). For those of you who use the Revised Common...
Conflicting values? Or just selfishness?
I”m struggling today with my willingness to contribute to the causes world hunger. I read Peter Sawtell’s “Eco-Justice Notes” from Friday, April 24. In it, he talks about the eruption of Ejyafjallajokull and the ash that disrupted flights around the world....
10 things you may or may not know about hunger and thirst
1. How FAO defines malnutrition: A broad term for a range of conditions that hinder good health, caused by inadequate or unbalanced food intake or from poor absorption of food consumed. It refers to both undernutrition (food deprivation) and overnutrition...
Lutherans Combat Malaria
According to the World Health Organization, in 2008 there were 247 million cases of malaria and nearly one million deaths—mostly among African children. In Africa, a child dies every 45 seconds of malaria, and the disease accounts for 20 percent...
Sustainability Part 2: Paper
The causes of world hunger are complex and inter-related. The single biggest cause of hunger is poverty. People keep themselves out of poverty by earning money. How do you earn money? You get a job. BUT…What if the job you...
Ears…our most appropriate technology
Cellphones are everywhere in Guatemala. You might see one peeking from the skirt of a girl in beautiful, traditional traje, on the dashboard of a bus, or in the shirt pocket of the man collecting quetzales from passengers squeezing out...