Lenten Series-- Good Neighbors, Good Stewards

Joyce Hafner, public policy analyst for the Episcopal Public Policy Network, or EPPN, traveled to Haiti to document the effects of climate change there. She noted:

"Climate change’s impact on the Haitian landscape is palpable. Stronger, more frequent storms wreak havoc on the community infrastructure and farmland of Les Cayes (Haiti’s southernmost tip), and prolonged droughts jeopardize the productivity of Haiti’s Central Plateau. From national parks to rolling farmland, climate change affects every sector of Haiti, and consequentially, the welfare of every Haitian citizen."


You can read the whole thing at the first link below.

Links for more information:
The link to the document is here: http://advocacy.episcopalchurch.org/app/document/20205780?1
From the Earth Institute at Columbia University: http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/02/01/climate-change-in-haiti/
Article from the Guardian online from 2011: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/dec/15/haiti-climate-change-present-fear