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Vatican conference unites science and religion's search for truth

May 9, 2017
By Junno Arocho Esteves
Catholic News Service

Vatican City - Science and religion are not at odds but are united in the continuing search for truth in unlocking the mysteries of the cosmos.

The scientific conference titled “Black Holes, Gravitational Waves and Space-Time Singularities” is an...

A morning in Chile, after the forest fires

May 9, 2017
By María de Lourdes López Munguía
Global Sisters Report

This morning I look and enjoy the sunrise from the mountain … but also I can smell the smoke from the forest fire.

I am sitting next to Eleuterio, a man who knows the heart of the trees, a man who has heard in his 80 years the sound of the wind embracing the hills and reaching the sea.

Earth Charter Affiliate speaks in UN General Assembly Dialogue on Harmony with Nature

May 5, 2017
Earth Charter Initiative

The Seventh Interactive Dialogue of the United Nations General Assembly on Harmony with Nature took place on Friday, 21 April 2017 under the Theme: Earth Jurisprudence.

The event counted with the participation of Professor Klaus Bosselmann, ECI Affiliate from New Zealand and Director, New Zealand Centre for Environmental...

Could making climate change a 'pro-life' issue bring conservatives on board?

May 2, 2017
By Ben Rosen
The Christian Science Monitor

The terms “pro-life” and “pro-environment” are not normally linked, but a growing number of Christian leaders insist they should be.

Catholics bring Pope Francis' call to protect creation to climate march

May 1, 2017  
By Dennis Sadowski
National Catholic Reporter

Washington - Carrying banners and signs with quotes from Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’,” hundreds of Catholics joined the People’s Climate March to call for moral and prayerful action to protect creation.

Indigenous Youth Took Center Stage at People's Climate March

May 1, 2017
By Cherri Foytlin
AlterNet

Washington D.C.—On Saturday, over 200,000 people marched through the streets of Washington, D.C. in response to the Trump administration’s recent environmental policies and their possible effects upon climate change. That number included hundreds of indigenous youth who felt it was their responsibility to be present and heard.

Flipping the Default from Fossil Fuels to Renewables and Energy Efficiency at the Local Level

Capstone Seminar for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Ethics
Marquette University
May 2017

Collected by Alyx Birmingham, Eleni Eisenhart, Heidi Golembiewski, Lydia Melland, Tony Peacock, Wyatt Meyer

Contact Jame Schaefer, Ph.D., INEE Director, schaeferj@marquette.edu

The Minister of Environment and Climate Change recognizes Canadian churches as earth-care partners

April 28, 2017
Press Release

Science and faith a natural fit for climate change marchers

April 27, 2017
By Elizabeth Eisenstadt Evans
Global Sisters Report

When you think about women religious, the word “science” may not be the first to spring to mind. After all, faith and science are often portrayed as opposites, allegiance to one suggesting a betrayal of the other.

A Guatemalan indigenous land rights activist wins the Goldman Environmental Prize

Rodrigo Tot, born in central Guatemala during the mining boom of the 1960s, spent much of his 59 years in a tenacious battle against the mining industry in the Lake Izabal region.

Al Dia News
April 25, 2017

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