How do we respond with hope to the environmental challenges of our time? 

Mardi Tindal, The Moderator of The United Church of Canada, is travelling across Canada on the Spirit Express to engage people in town hall meetings about their responses to the issues of climate and ocean change.' 

My neighborhood is full of people who drive Priuses to haul their Labrador Retrievers to the park for a run. According to two New Zealand researchers, the beloved pet they are hauling has twice the carbon footprint of a Toyota Land Cruiser. The three cats at home? Each of them mucks up the environment about as much as a compact car.