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The 'spiritual battle' over the Dakota Access pipeline

September 16, 2016
By Emily McFarlan Miller
Religion News Service

NEAR THE STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION, N.D. (RNS) – It’s being called “the largest, most diverse tribal action in at least a century”: scores of Native American tribes camped among the hills along the Cannonball...

Native Rights and Concerns at Standing Rock: The Important Role of Science

September 14, 2016
By Andrew Rosenberg, director, Center for Science & Democracy
Union of Concerned Scientists

Native American Activist Winona LaDuke at Standing Rock: It's Time to Move On from Fossil Fuels

September 12, 2016
Democracy Now!

Watch the video here:

http://www.democracynow.org/2016/9/12/native_american_activist_winona_laduke_at

IUCN: Where Is The Concern Over Military's Environmental Impact?

September 9, 2016
By Kelsey Amos
Civil Beat

Despite the threats military activities pose to the natural world, surprisingly few panel discussions at IUCN broached the subject.

A week ago, a group of 15-20 activists and students gathered on the University of Hawaii Manoa campus to share the remarkably similar and interconnected stories of nations and peoples from...

To understand the Dakota Access Pipeline protests, you need to understand tribal sovereignty

Policy has to be paired with indigenous people’s experiences.

By Victoria M. Massie
Vox
September 9, 2016

My 48,180-pound trash pile

September 8, 2016
By Jennifer Mertens
National Catholic Reporter

Four years of waste in a single mason jar?

“That’s crazy!”

My reaction was similar to many who discover the story of Lauren Singer, a 25-year-old woman committed to a “zero waste” lifestyle.

Caring for creation - central to Pope Francis' papacy

September 8, 2016
By Tony Magliano
Catholic Online

As the first pope in history to write an encyclical letter on the environment, Pope Francis demonstrated to the Catholic Church and world, the urgent importance of caring for God’s creation.

But Francis’ challenging green encyclical “Laudato Si’ ” (subtitled “On Care for Our Common Home”) was but the first major...

VIDEO: Dakota Access Pipeline Company Attacks Native American Protesters with Dogs and Pepper Spray

September 4, 2016
Democracy Now!

On September 3, the Dakota Access pipeline company attacked Native Americans with dogs and pepper spray as they protested against the $3.8 billion pipeline’s construction. If completed, the pipeline would carry about 500,000 barrels of crude per day from North Dakota’s Bakken oilfield to Illinois. The project has faced months of resistance from the...

Morocco to give 600 mosques a green makeover

Mosques across Morocco will be fitted with solar energy systems in government scheme to boost clean energy awareness

By Arthur Neslen
The Guardian
September 5, 2016

Six hundred “green mosques” are to be created in Morocco by March 2019 in a national consciousness-raising initiative that aims to speed the country’s...

Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Sustainable Development

The Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York, NY, seeks applications from innovative, doctoral candidates or recent Ph.D., M.D., J.D., or Sc.D. recipients interested in a broad range of issues in sustainable development.

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