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Politics, culture or theology? Why evangelicals back Trump on global warming

June 9, 2017
By David Gibson
Religion News Service

President Trump’s decision to pull out of the landmark Paris agreement sparked a global outcry and provided yet another flashpoint to illuminate the nation’s stark political divide on climate change: The U.S. right largely rallied to his side while those on the left gnashed their teeth over what seemed like a planet-...

Guardians of Creation

June 9, 2017
BBC
Heart and Soul

Faith communities say these are critical times for the environment. Their driving force comes from the belief that they are guardians of creation - protectors of the earth. While people of faith the world over are working for change, Ritula Shah asks what special dynamic they bring to the environmental movement and whether they can harness...

Deep Time Walk

June 9, 2017

The kinetic Deep Time Walk, now available for iOS and Android, enables anyone, anywhere in the world to experience a history of the living Earth. The transformative walk combines science with humanities to help people gain a somatic perspective of the immense age of Earth, learn about the key evolutionary events that occurred across deep time, experience our interconnected...

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Receives Prestigious Award + $1 Million Investment

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Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Receives Prestigious Award + $1 Million Investment to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels

By Wallace Global Fund
EcoWatch
June 8, 2017

'Cancer Alley' residents say industry is hurting town: 'We're collateral damage'

June 6, 2017
By Lauren Zanolli
The Guardian

Sisters join chorus denouncing Trump's climate move

June 5, 2017
By Dawn Araujo-Hawkins and Chris Herlinger
Global Sisters Report

Women religious added their voices to the chorus of sharp disapproval and disappointment following President Donald Trump’s announcement June 1, that he was pulling the United States from the historic Paris Agreement on climate change.

Sacred Sites Research Newsletter

June 2017

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Church leaders express regret over US climate change decision

June 2, 2017
Anglican Communion News Service

Church leaders have expressed their regret over the decision by US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change. The agreement, reached after years of negotiations culminating in the...

Greed biggest issue of the environment, Tibet's Karmapa Lama says

May 30, 2017
By Martin Regg Cohn, Ontario Politics Columnist
Toronto Star

It is not his destiny to be the next Dalai Lama. For he is already reincarnated as the 17th Karmapa Lama.

Yet he may one day succeed his 81-year-old teacher and protector.

Revered since age 7 as spiritual leader of a 1,000-year-old branch of Tibetan Buddhism, Ogyen Trinley Dorje is making...

Sisters in Ontario blend ecology and spirituality in retreat center ministry

May 29, 2017
By Dana Wachter
Global Sisters Report

With master’s degrees and doctorates in eco-theology and eco-ethics, St. Joseph Srs. Linda Gregg and Mary Rowell run the Villa St. Joseph Ecology and Spirituality Centre in Cobourg, Ontario. The two teach university eco-theology courses from the center, which also houses a large...

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