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A Virginia parish switched to 100% solar power — and paid nothing

July 1, 2019

By Brian Roewe

National Catholic Reporter

https://www.ncronline.org/news/environment/virginia-parish-switched-100-solar-power-and-paid-nothing

The Ecological Citizen: A peer-reviewed ecocentric journal

July 1, 2019

Vol 3, No 1

Issue with partial focus on religion

Read the issue here.

Indigenous Rights Approach a Solution to Climate Change Crisis

By Friday Phiri

Inter Press Service

June 29, 2019

http://www.ipsnews.net/2019/06/indigenous-rights-approach-solution-climate-change-crisis/

When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez met Greta Thunberg: 'Hope is contagious'

By Emma Brockes

The Guardian

June 29, 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/29/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-met-greta-thunberg-hope-contagious-climate

One is America’s youngest-ever congresswoman, the other a...

How do you teach a 'teaching document'? Arizona high school shows how

By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service

Global Sisters Report

June 27, 2019

https://www.globalsistersreport.org/news/environment/how-do-you-teach-teaching-document-arizona-high-school-shows-how-56292

Plan to pump desalinated water to Sea of Galilee may open diplomatic floodgates

By Melanie Lidman

The Times of Israel

June 27, 2019

https://www.timesofisrael.com/plan-to-pump-desalinated-water-to-sea-of-galilee-may-open-diplomatic-floodgates/

Kairos for Creation: Confessing Hope for the Earth - The Wuppertal Call

World Council of Churches

June 25, 2019

https://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/kairos-for-creation-confessing-hope-for-the-earth-the-wuppertal-call

California's bishops call for ecological conversion on 'Laudato si' milestone

June 18, 2019
By Christopher White
Crux

A man carries a sign during the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Interfaith Peace Walk Jan. 18 in the Upper West Side neighborhood of New York City. The theme of this year’s event was “Hear the cry of the earth and the cry of the poor,” from Pope Francis’s encyclical “Laudato Si’.” Organizers aimed to draw attention to peace and justice...

In pastoral statement, California bishops outline Laudato Si' action plan

June 18, 2019
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

Marking the fourth anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark social encyclical on the environment, the Catholic bishops of California issued their own sweeping pastoral statement on threats to the state’s many ecosystems, inviting the church community and all Californians “to contribute to the ecological well-being of our...

California bishops call Catholics to 'ecological spirituality'

Catholic News Agency

June 19, 2019

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/california-bishops-call-catholics-to-ecological-spirituality-25773

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