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Saugeen Ojibway Nation confronts effects of climate change on whitefish fishery

January 20, 2019
By Rhiannon Johnson
CBC News

The fishing communities of Saugeen First Nation and Chippewas of Nawash are finding higher winds and warmer temperatures are affecting populations of lake whitefish in Lake Huron and Georgian Bay, which many rely on for their livelihoods.

The fishing communities of Saugeen First Nation and Chippewas of Nawash are finding ...

Ethiopia's 'church forests' are incredible oases of green

January 18, 2019
By Alejandra Borunda
National Geographic

View the photos with this story here.

The women fighting a pipeline that could destroy precious wildlife

January 16, 2019
By Joe Whittle
The Guardian

Deep within the humid green heart of the largest river swamp in North America, a battle is being waged over the future of the most precious resource of all: water.

On one side of the conflict is a small band of rugged and ragtag activists led by Indigenous matriarchs. On the other side is the relentless machinery of the...

To work toward a just society, we need a Green New Deal

January 11, 2019
By Alex Mikulich  
National Catholic Reporter

Among the many initiatives that offer real hope for the future as the new Congress begins its work in 2019, a Green New Deal is the most timely and hopeful. A Green New Deal is a critical way to practice ecological solidarity in the spirit and word of “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” and create...

One synagogue divests from a Carbon Pharaoh Bank

January 9, 2019
The Shalom Center

A chronology of divestment

The process by which one Jewish congregation divested its holdings in fossil fuels

By Members of Kolot Chayyeinu

[This essay begins a series of Shalom Reports on how individual congregations can act to heal their neighborhoods from the Carbon-...

First-Ever Indigenous Peoples March Will Fight Against Injustices Faced Across the Globe

January 9, 2019
By Jessica Corbett
Common Dreams

“Many Indigenous people are victims of voter suppression, divided families by walls and borders, an environmental holocaust, sex and human trafficking, and police/military brutality.”

Raising alarm about human rights violations and the global climate crisis, activists from around the world are traveling to...

Indonesian archbishop urges Catholics to ditch use of plastic bags

January 8, 2019
By Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter

Jakarta, Indonesia — Months after Indonesia’s military was summoned to unclog Jakarta Bay, Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo has joined a chorus of disapproval of the nation’s growing plastic waste problem by calling parishioners to action.

Brazil's indigenous people fight back against Bolsonaro's attacks on Amazon

January 6, 2019
By Astrid Prange
Deutsche Welle

Germany and Brazil have a long history of partnering on environmental protection. But President Jair Bolsonaro’s stances on Brazil’s indigenous people and their lands threaten the progress that has been made.

'The Revolutionary Genius of Plants' Review: Thinking Like a Flower

January 4, 2019
By Gerard Helferich
Wall Street Journal

From wildfires come acts of kindness for those trying to recover

January 3, 2019
By Christina Gray, Catholic News Service
National Catholic Reporter

Deacon Ray Helgeson left his home in Paradise on the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, with his wife, Donna, for daily Mass at the close-knit Butte County town’s only Catholic church. They never arrived.

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