Rev. Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll, Sr., is the founder and CEO of Green The Church, a catalyst for environmentalism and sustainability built for and by the Black Church. Pastor Carroll serves on the National Environmental Justice Action Committee for the United States Environmental Protection Agency. He’s also been a fellow with the Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity. He earned his B.A. in psychology from Florida Memorial University in Miami, FL, a Master of Divinity from Morehouse School of Religion in Atlanta, GA, a Master of Business Administration from Golden Gate University in San Francisco, CA, and a Doctor of Divinity from United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. 

Resources from this episode:

• Learn more about Green the Church.
• Read Rev. Dr. Ambrose F. Carroll’s bio.
• Watch Pastor Carroll give a sermon about climate change.
• The Van Jones book that inspired Carroll so much, “The Green Collar Economy.”
• Learn more about the Catholic Climate Covenant and Dan Misleh.
• Read the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops 2001 plea for dialogue and action on climate change.
• Learn more about Colorado Jewish Climate Action and Moshe Kornfeld.
• Learn more about Green Ramadan and Kori Majeed.
• Read Prof. Atul K. Shah’s bio.
• From Inside Climate News: “Religious Leaders May Be Key to Breaking Climate Action Gridlock, Poll Suggests”
• From The Tennessean: “Uneven Ground: Exceptional Black farmer and their fight to flourish in the South”

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• Hollywood screenwriter and producer Scott Z. Burns on making climate change central to storytelling
• From mud cakes to high stakes with Youth Climate Collaborative’s Pooja Tilvawala
• Eco-anxiety is fueling a new green career: climate psychology
• Why environmental justice is crucial for today’s climate careers

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Degrees: Real talk about planet-saving careers is presented by Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). Yesh Pavlik Slenk is our host.  Amy Morse is EDF’s producer. Podcast Allies is our production company. Stephanie Wolf produced this episode. Mia Lobel is our story editor. Ayo Oti is our researcher and Audrey Nelson provided fact checking. Engineering by Matthew Simonson. Our music is Shame, Shame, Shame from Yesh’s favorite band, Lake Street Dive.