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Pope receives electric car, as studies for an all-renewables Vatican underway

March 10, 2017
By Brian Roewe  
National Catholic Reporter

El Papa’s got a brand new car. And it’s electric.

In December, Pope Francis received a Nissan Leaf electric car as a birthday present from Jochen Wermuth of Wermuth Asset Management, a German investment firm focused on sustainability. The gift was made public in late February.

Later this year, the firm...

Asia-Oceania Meeting of Religious inspires eco-citizens

March 9, 2017
By Gail DeGeorge
Global Sisters Report

As the Asia-Oceania Meeting of Religious XVII wrapped up March 3 in Yangon, Myanmar, participants said they would carry with them a renewed commitment to their responsibility as eco-citizens, the message of environmental care to their congregations and beyond, and an affirmation of the meeting’s importance in strengthening...

Pope goes electric, sets example for world leaders

March 3, 2017
By Julia Travers
NationofChange

“Humanity is called to recognize the need for changes of lifestyle, production and consumption, in order to combat this warming or at least the human causes which produce or aggravate it.”

'Great world war for water' may be looming, Pope Francis says

February 25, 2017
RT

Water scarcity may cause conflict and the whole globe may be on its way to a great world war over water, Pope Francis has warned, adding that the situation is very “urgent.”

The Indigenous Environment Network Responds to Forced Evacuation of DAPL Resistance Camps

February 23, 2017
By Jade Begay and Nina Smith
Common Dreams

Pope says indigenous people must have final say about their land

February 20, 2017
By David Hill
The Guardian

In the 15th century papal bulls promoted and provided legal justification for the conquest and theft of indigenous peoples’ lands and resources worldwide - the consequences of which are still being felt today. The right to conquest in one such bull, the Romanus Pontifex, issued in the 1450s when Nicholas V was the Pope, was...

Pope Francis to activists: Stand with migrants, do not deny climate science...

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Pope Francis to activists: Stand with migrants, do not deny climate science, there is no such thing as ‘Islamic terrorism’

February 17, 2017
By Michael J. O’Loughlin
America: The Jesuit Review

Mapting: New photo-sharing app to popularize Sustainable Development Goals - Earth Charter

February 16, 2017
By Dino De Francesco and Sarah Dobson
Earth Charter Initiative

Discovering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Earth Charter Principles while spreading a positive message about the future of our planet through picture and video sharing —this is the idea behind Mapting, a new mobile app developed...

Native Americans opposing Dakota Access get a boost from Pope Francis

February 15, 2017
By Steven Mufson
Washington Post

Two Native American tribes are fighting the Dakota Access oil pipeline in a federal court, but on Wednesday they appeared to get support from a higher authority — Pope Francis.

Pope Francis, a longtime defender of indigenous rights, said that the need to reconcile development with those rights was “especially clear...

Wasting water: Waiting for true wake-up call

February 14, 2017
By Kari Pohl
Global Sisters Report

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