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Episode 3259 of the Vietnam Veteran News Podcast will feature Andy Pham interviewing Professor Pamela McElwee about the damage done to the environment of Vietnam during the War and the steps being taken to repair the damage.
The Bible presents stewardship as a sacred duty: humans are caretakers of God’s creation – Earth, called to manage it wisely, protect it, and remain accountable for how they treat it.
“Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful.” 1 Corinthians 4:2 → Reinforces accountability in stewardship.
When the Vietnam War ended on April 30, 1975, it left behind a landscape scarred with environmental damage. Vast stretches of coastal mangroves, once housing rich stocks of fish and birds, lay in ruins. Forests that had boasted hundreds of species were reduced to dried-out fragments, overgrown with invasive grasses. The term “ecocide” had been coined in the late 1960s to describe.
Pamela McElwee is an associate professor in the Department of Human Ecology at Rutgers. She received her Ph.D. in Forestry & Environmental Studies and Anthropology at Yale.
Read her article that appeared in the Conversation:
Andy Pham met Professor McElwee at the recent American Association of Geographers meeting at San Francisco.
Listen to Episode 3259 and discover more about Professor McElwee’s findings about the damage done to the environment of Vietnam during the American Vietnam War.
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