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W.S. Merwin, prize-winning poet of nature, dies at 91

March 15, 2019
PBS

HONOLULU — W.S. Merwin, a prolific and versatile poetry master who evolved through a wide range of styles as he celebrated nature, condemned war and industrialism and reached for the elusive past, died Friday. He was 91.

YDS climate panel pushes past denial and despair

March 14, 2019
Yale Divinity School

Hope does not come easy or cheap, as YDS Professor Clifton Granby put it, in a time when climate change is advancing and human society seems unable to respond.

But while not flinching from the enormity of the challenge—the greatest humans have ever faced, in the words of panel member Mary Evelyn Tucker—a YDS public forum in Atlanta on...

A Different Kind of Green Book - the Qur'an

March 9, 2019
Spirit in Action
Northern Spirit Radio

Integral Water Ethic (podcast)

Deep Water Initiative Podcast with Elizabeth McAnally and Charlie Forbes

March 10, 2019

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God and the earth: Evangelical take on climate change

March 7, 2019
By Shay Meinecke
Deutsche Welle

Conservative Christians have long opposed climate science, saying human induced warming goes against God’s omnipotence. Opinions divide on whether that thinking might slowly be changing.

Faith community joins Florida congressman in opposing offshore drilling

March 1, 2019
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service Environment
National Catholic Reporter

Washington — Rep. Francis Rooney, a former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, cautioned that offshore drilling for oil in Florida’s coastal waters would endanger the state’s tourism-based economy should a major spill occur.

Remembering Co-Founder Jim Mulligan

March 2019
Earth Ministry

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Earth Ministry co-founder Rev. Jim Mulligan. Jim was a wise and loving person who brought his commitment, experience, and energy to Earth Ministry.  His care for God’s creation and the human and natural communities of our common home set the standard for our mission and programs. 

Exploring the Intersection of Faith and Environmental Justice

February 27, 2019
By Rachel Kirk and Meredith Smith
Earth Institute

Pipeline struggle reveals value of community to religious congregation

February 20, 2019
By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
Global Sisters Report

For the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to hear the order’s religious freedom claims in a legal challenge to a natural gas pipeline through their land in Pennsylvania came as no real surprise.

“But we needed to see it through and that’s what we did,”...

Panama: Catholic sister considers dam a violation of indigenous people's right to religion

February 18, 2019
By Tracy L. Barnett
Global Sisters Report

A set of mysterious petroglyphs lie at the heart of the indigenous Ngäbe-Buglé religion and written language — and those petroglyphs now lie at the bottom of a stagnant, foul-smelling reservoir.

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