This episode’s special guest is no stranger to the show. Reverend Doctor Jessica Moerman is a climate and environmental scientist, pastor, educator, and advocate. She serves as the President and CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network and is a Board Member of the National Association of Evangelicals.
In case she’s new to you, Jessica received her Ph.D. in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences from the Georgia Institute of Technology and has held research positions at John Hopkins University, University of Michigan, and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, where she researched how climate has changed throughout Earth’s history. Prior to joining EEN, Jessica was a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy.
Jessica regularly speaks—and quite passionately so–on issues related to climate change, pollution, children’s health, the clean energy transition, environmental stewardship, and the intersection of science and faith. Lately she’s added issues around affordability and how communities can coalese to make a difference. She’s also one of the subjects of the film The Conservatives, which made its global premier the day before we released this episode. Personally speaking, I was honored to moderate a panel after the film, a feature of the DC Environmental Film Festival, on which Jessica sat. It was clear that the audience resonated with her message that you don’t have to choose between science and faith. And the extent to which her values underpin her actions is so apparent when you talk to and with her. And hopefully when you listen to her in our next segment.
Also featured in this episode, a few clips from a recent event in Indiana that Bob attended and which focused on the intersection between faith and stewardship. [Thanks to Angela for recording this event so those of us who couldn’t be in Indiana could listen!]