The choice to start a family is always a great act of faith, hope and courage. In these unprecedented days of biodiversity collapse, climate change and societal upheaval, all the more so. Doro is a marine biologist from Germany, whose love of the ocean goes back to her earliest memories. She is all too familiar with the state of the planet and yet she has recently become a mother. In this honest and raw conversation, she brings us into the adventure of motherhood and marine biology and her hope in the God who holds all things together.

Doro lives in Bremen, Germany, where she works in the Marine Protection Office of BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany). She has a scientific background in coastal ecology. In 2022 she co founded “Hope for People and Nature” with the goal of building up an A Rocha presence in Germany.

Is carbon offsetting just something to make us feel a bit better about our climate-harming behaviours? How does it actually work and is there good science behind the numbers? Caroline leads Climate Stewards, one of the organizations in the A Rocha family. She talks us through the principle of the downward spiral underlying their measure, reduce, offset process and tells some captivating stories which bring to life the wholistic benefits of offsetting to habitats, species and human communities.

Raised in Southern Chile in a family of farmers, teachers and pastors, Cristina never realized how all those areas could be linked with God's purposes to bring redemption to all his creatures. For most of her life, she worked as a staff member in a church in the big city, leaving her love for nature for holidays.

In this delightful conversation, she shares the story of how some unexpected friendships and an internship with A Rocha Canada gave her a new purpose and a community. She co-founded the organization Fundación Retoño, where people can meet around a table and share their struggles and hopes, cook delicious local foods, work the land and walk the woods, figuring out how to protect and care for the piece of land they’ve been given.