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Indonesia combines Islam with environmental activism

June 14, 2018
By Rizki Nugraha and Ayu Purwaningsih
Deutsche Welle

The Indonesian government and Greenpeace have partnered with Islamic organizations to promote plastic waste reduction. Can including religion make environmental campaigns more effective?

Indonesia’s top Muslim clerical body, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), together with Greenpeace and the Indonesian...

Interfaith gathering celebrates water

June 13, 2018
By Diana Swift
Anglican Journal

The waves of Lake Ontario lapped a light andante to the prayers, chants and drumbeats of a powerful ceremony—Toronto’s second annual Niigaani-gichigami Gratitude Walk and Festival.

Held June 8 just before dusk in a downtown waterfront park, the interfaith spiritual gathering attracted First Nations and non-First...

Church leaders endorse Season of Creation in rare ecumenical joint letter

June 13, 2018
Anglican Communion News Service

Pope urges oil companies to lead clean energy transition in unprecedented Vatican Conference

June 11, 2018
By Olivia Rosane
NationofChange

Religious Leaders' Symposium on Climate Crisis — A Few Takeaways

June 11, 2018
By Jim Antal

When the leader of one of the world’s major faith traditions convenes two hundred leaders who have given their lives to combat climate change, an endless flow of creative ideas, perspectives and projects emerges. I offer the following takeaways in the hope that they will be useful to all who share a commitment to restore God’s great gift of creation....

World Religious Leaders Confront Climate Crisis

June 11, 2018
By Jim Antal

Last week, the religious leaders of a quarter of the world’s population confronted the climate crisis – and I was honored to be part of the conversation.

ISKCON's Govardhan Eco Village, Mumbai and Sacred Ecology Forum Hosts Global Conference

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ISKCON’s Govardhan Eco Village, Mumbai and Sacred Ecology Forum Hosts Global Conference on Sustainability in Manhattan

June 11, 2018
APN News

New Delhi : The Bhakti Centre (TBC), located in the heart of Manhattan, an educational and cultural centre centered on the Vedic values, recently hosted a unique confluence of academicians,...

Pope Tells Oil Executives to Act on Climate: 'There Is No Time to Lose'

June 9, 2018
By Elisabetta Povoledo
New York Times

ROME — Three years ago, Pope Francis issued a sweeping letter that highlighted the global crisis posed by climate change and called for swift action to save the environment and the planet.

On Saturday, the pope gathered money managers and titans of the world’s biggest oil companies during a closed-door conference at the...

Pope Francis tells oil bosses world must reduce fossil fuel use

June 9, 2018
The Guardian

Pope Francis has told oil company chiefs that the world must switch to clean energy because climate change risks destroying humanity.

“Civilisation requires energy, but energy use must not destroy civilisation,” he said at the end of a two-day conference at the...

Ecological crisis caused by 'human interference'

June 8, 2018
By Filipe Domingues
Crux

ROME - One of the greatest allies of Pope Francis in promoting international initiatives that defend the environment is the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I.

The spiritual leader of the Orthodox Church, Bartholomew has been promoting a Christian theology of the environment for decades.

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