Young evangelicals from across the nation share how we came to care about the climate crisis, and how we hope the church will step up to this great challenge. For information on sharing your climate testimony, contact us at contact@YECAction.org.
Climate Testimonies
Video: Allison Engel
March 15, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Allison (originally from Wheaton, IL) is a Masters of Environmental Science student at Taylor University in Upland, IN. As an undergrad environmental studies major at Wheaton College, Allison honed her passion on conserving biodiversity and protecting habitats for certain species. Although she knew climate change was important, it was through re-reading a textbook on … [Read more...]
Video: Armica, Katharine, Jessi
March 6, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Armica, Katharine and Jessi are not only roommates, but they also are all graduate students in Taylor University's Environmental Science program, along with being active members of the Stewards of Creation campus organization. "We have this mentality that the physical world is somehow less significant than the spiritual world, when really these things are all tied up … [Read more...]
Video: Caleb Sprong
February 27, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Caleb Sprong (originally from Warsaw, IN) is a senior studying Business Administration and Management at Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, IN). He serves as the vice president of the campus Creation Care Alliance. A major part of his involvement with creation care has been a campus organic garden which he helps manage. Partnering with a farm nearby, Caleb and other … [Read more...]
Video: Braelyn Snow
February 18, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Braelyn Snow (originally from Mt. Gilead, OH), is an illustration major at Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, IN) and serves as Treasurer of the school's Creation Care Alliance. She sees that "the earth is here for a reason...it is definitely an act of creativity, it is our home, and it is the only home God has given us." "As an artist, I take great joy in what I do … [Read more...]
Video: Kaley Necessary
February 11, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Kaley (Bloomington, IL), a junior biology/pre-med major at Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion, IN), gives her climate testimony to Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. "I care about climate change as a Christian specifically because I see how environmental degradation is associated with poverty," Kaley says. The specific actions she has taken in her life range from … [Read more...]
Video: Josh and Emily
January 22, 2013 by · Leave a Comment
Josh and Emily, both students from Geneva College (Beaver Falls, PA), share their climate testimony. Josh testifies, "I know I always just loved being in the woods and it was always just a huge part of my life." It was not until going to Geneva where he started to appreciate Scripture's call on us to care for creation. He continues, "when I heard about that and the … [Read more...]
Video: Kelsey Piepkorn
September 20, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Kelsey Piepkorn, an environmental science major at Bethel University (St. Paul, MN), says that in high school, her statistics class watched a movie on the carbon footprint. "It blew me away that one person could emit so much carbon." Kelsey testifies that, "Genesis 2:15 says that 'then God took man and placed in the garden and told him to tend it and take care of it.' … [Read more...]
Video: Curtis Witek
September 5, 2012 by · 1 Comment
Curtis Witek (Wheaton College, Class of 2012), shares his climate testimony from the Au Sable Institute. Curtis testifies, "My entrée into climate change was like, a doom and gloom vision about peak oil and kind of being scared into it. It was not until college that I realized [there] is a biblical mandate to be stewards of creation, and to care for it, and to protect … [Read more...]
Video: Grant Lawrence
September 5, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
Grant Lawrence (Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX) is an environmental science and wildlife management major. "The big Al Gore push for global warming and everything," Grant testifies, "I thought that was kind of a hoax at first...now that more studies have come out, we are acknowledging it could be a real factor." Grant has adopted lifestyle changes. For … [Read more...]
Awakening to the Climate Crisis
July 3, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
By Brittany Bennett: Climate used to seem like an unchangeable thing to me. My perspective was somewhat limited growing up, which is typical of course. I was homeschooled and my family moved many times. I consider myself to have been incredibly blessed through those experiences. Though we didn’t live in one place long enough to notice transitioning, we did gravitate to … [Read more...]
