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Violent 2015 sees three environmental activists killed each week

June 19, 2016
By Anastasia Moloney
Reuters

BOGOTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Three environmental activists were killed per week last year, murdered defending land rights and the environment from mining, dam projects and logging, a campaign group said on Monday.

In 16 countries surveyed in a report by Global Witness, 185 activists were killed, making 2015 the...

Green Church Newsletter

June 17, 2016

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Laudato Si': Putting faith on the frontline of the climate justice fight

June 16, 2016
By Jennifer Butler and Aaron Mair
National Catholic Reporter

Year-old Laudato Si' has stirred up action for Earth

June 16, 2016
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

Last year’s arrival of Pope Francis’ encyclical “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home” marked a significant moment as the Catholic church substantially entered the realm of environmental concern at a time when global attention toward the Earth’s degradation, in particular by climate change, was nearing a peak...

Laudato Si' Week renews awareness ahead of encyclical anniversary

June 14, 2016
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

Prayer services, social media campaigns, workshops and webinars are set to celebrate the one-year anniversary of Pope Francis’ social encyclical on the environment, “Laudato Si’, on Care for Our Common Home.”

Greening Ramadan

June 9, 2016

Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute

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Indigenous Climate Adaptation Tool May Soon Go Mobile

June 10, 2016
By Ciro Calderon
Ecosystem Marketplace

Brazil’s SOMAI Alerta Indígena platform helps indigenous territories plan for climate change, but so far it’s only been available in places with reliable internet. A new mobile app could spread the access and make it more responsive – but only if funding materializes. Thanks to Google, that may be about to happen....

GreenFaith Newsletter

June 8, 2016

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How Pope Francis inspired a Thailand parish to plant 800 trees

Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for creation, and concerned by environmental threats around them, Catholic parishioners in Thailand are planting hundreds of new trees.

Herald Malaysia Online
June 9, 2016

BANGKOK: Inspired by Pope Francis’ encyclical on caring for creation, and concerned by environmental threats around them, Catholic...

Carbon Rangers/Ecozoic Times Newsletter

Vol. 9  No. 5

June 2016

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