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There is a justice issue at the heart of these hurricanes

September 25, 2017
By Michael Sean Winters
National Catholic Reporter

Puerto Rico, Dominica, the Virgin Islands, St. Maarten. Most Americans think of these small island nations when we get the weekly emails from Expedia offering special fares or hotel rates, the pictures of idyllic beaches with palm trees waving in the breeze enticing with the promise of a relaxing getaway, a...

Faculty members reflect on their experiences with digital teaching

September 25, 2017
By Patrick C. O’Brien
Yale News

“Just as the composition of our faculty and the diversity of our student body have changed, our approach to teaching must continue to evolve as well,” said President Peter Salovey during his 2013 inaugural address.

Hainan to boost ecological civilization

September 24, 2017
Global Times

The Communist Party of China (CPC) branch in South China’s Hainan Province passed on Friday an environmental protection regulation that aims to enhance ecological civilization.

The regulation, passed by delegated officials at the 2nd Plenary Session of the 7th CPC Hainan Provincial Committee Meeting, guides how to improve the provincial...

Protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil exploration

Newsletter of Subhankar Banerjee
September 21, 2017

Green Belt Movement Founder Professor Wangari Maathai Honored in Song-Cycle by Japanese Composer

September 20, 2017
Green Belt Movement - U.S. Office

New reports detail how to limit global warming, warn of 'existential' risk from not acting soon

September 19, 2017
By Andy Murdock
UC Newsroom
University of California News

Two new studies released during the United Nations’ Climate Week find that global temperature increases can be limited to the Paris Agreement goal of 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but cutting back carbon dioxide emissions alone will not be sufficient – and the stakes...

'Holy chow' teaches us to behave politically about food

September 19, 2017
By Donna Schaper
National Catholic Reporter

Whether the issue is city councils and trans fats, fast food jobs for inner-city teens, obesity, diabetes, heart attacks or the fear many have that they (and America) are permanently fat, what we eat matters.

What we put into our body has an impact on our bodies and much, much more. 

Religious communities are taking on climate change (Greening the gospel)

September 18, 2017
By Sarah Tory
High Country News

Churches that have long played a role in social justice are stepping up. 

Indigenous Activists to Receive Awards for Protecting the Environment

September 16, 2017
Telesur

Indigenous activists from across the globe will receive the Equator Prize at a ceremony in New York on Sunday.

The international award recognizes exceptional local solutions for people, nature and resilient communities.

The Prize focuses “on local and indigenous groups in rural areas that have developed innovative solutions to protecting,...

World Confucian Conference to open in Qufu

September 15, 2017
China Daily

The Eighth World Confucian Conference will be held in Qufu, the hometown of Confucius, from Sept 20 to 21, themed “Confucianism and a community of shared future for mankind”, according to a press conference that convened on Sept 11 in Jinan.

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