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Global warming is not just a scientific or political issue, it’s a moral one, said Reverend Sally Bingham<\/a> of San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral,<\/a> at the Commonwealth Club<\/a> last week.\u00a0 Bingham, who founded the Interfaith Power and Light <\/a>campaign, an organization dedicated to “mobilizing a religious response to global warming,” joined Rabbi Stephen Pearce<\/a> of Congregation Emanu-El<\/a> in San Francisco at the talk, which was organized by Climate One<\/a>, to discuss the intersection of religion and climate change.<\/p>\n

“I think believe of faith have come to realize that this is a moral issue, how we behave on the planet, ” said Bingham. “God put us here to be the stewards, and over the last few years as more clergy have come to realize that this is a matter of faith. You cannot profess a love of God and destroy creation.”<\/p>\n

Pearce talked about how he first entered the arena of environmental activism in the 1990s, when he went to a rally to save redwoods in northern California.\u00a0 After being moved by the experience he founded the Interfaith Coalition to Save the Headwater Forest, an activist organization dedicated to protect the forest. After a\u00a0long battle<\/a>, during which Pearce earned the nickname “The Redwood Rabbi,” the forest was\u00a0eventually protected<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I was moved by the plight of all of these people who got into their pick up trucks and came all the way down to make their plight known,” said Pearce.<\/p>\n

In this video from the talk, both religious leaders talk about the passages from scriptures have contributed to their beliefs on environmentalism.
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The hour-long program airs on KQED at 2:00pm this Saturday, April 3rd, and after that is available online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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