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Access to clean water is a life issue that the church must defend

April 20, 2018
By Christiana Zenner
National Catholic Reporter

Five years ago, few people thought of the Catholic church as ecologically activist or environmentally diplomatic. But Pope Francis’ election to the papacy changed that, especially since the promulgation of his 2015 ecology encyclical, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.” In my analysis, fresh water...

'Laudato Si' universities' commit to forming environmental consciences

April 19, 2018    
By George Rodriguez
National Catholic Reporter

Moravia, Costa Rica — Universities worldwide may be answering a call to become their communities’ environmental consciences if they take an active role in an awareness effort launched by the Catholic University of Costa Rica, based on Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical, Laudato Si’...

Do you believe in God? Then you have a moral duty to fight climate change, writes Jim Antal

April 18, 2018
By Tom Montgomery Fate
Chicago Tribune

Jim Antal recognizes that most Americans are not engaged by the climate change issue. “Two in three Americans think global warming is happening (67%), yet most Americans (65%) rarely or never discuss it,” he writes, citing a Yale study in his new book, “Climate Church, Climate World.”

Turn climate 'words into action' say Faith Leaders

April 17, 2018
Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD)

Devastating flooding across South Asia in 2017 displaced 41 million people and resulting in the deaths of more than 1,000 people 

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Williams and more than 170 faith leaders from across the Commonwealth have issued a call to governments to turn “words into action” on climate...

Activist priest John Dear tours with new book on resisting climate change

April 14, 2018
By Tom Boswell
National Catholic Reporter

Midwest Catholic Workers hold retreat and pipeline protest

April 14, 2018
By Maria Benevento
National Catholic Reporter

Duluth, Minn. — A Catholic Worker retreat culminated in an action at a pipeline storage facility April 9 in Carlton County, Minnesota, where 27 people risked arrest for trespassing when they occupied the yard with banners, signs, jars of blessed water and sacred objects in an effort to “transform”...

Earth Day and Earth Ethics

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April 13, 2018

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The litter-collecting monk of Tibet

April 13, 2018
By Feng Hao
China Dialogue

A Buddhist lama and his local volunteers search for a solution to the growing piles of rubbish on the remote Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau

It’s seven o’clock in the evening Beijing time, but out on the Ganjia grasslands, in Xiahe county, the sun shows no sign of setting....

Syracuse Symposium to Conclude with Visit by Writer & Zen Teacher David R. Loy

Boulder native will consider social, ecological implications of Zen Buddhism

By Rob Enslin
Syracuse University
April 11, 2018

Syracuse Symposium concludes its yearlong look at “Belonging” with a contemplation on the Buddhist concept of nature.

Indigenous knowledge is critical to understanding climate change

April 10, 2018  
By Timothy J. Greene
Seattle Times

As we prepare to join Saturday’s March for Science, please understand that by integrating traditional knowledge with Western science, we can solve some of our biggest challenges, including those brought by our changing climate.

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