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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.

Deeming Pollution of Earth Sinful, Pope Proposes Climate Action as Sacred Duty

Humans are turning the planet into a ‘polluted wasteland full of debris, desolation, and filth,’ says Pope Francis

By Nika Knight, staff writer
Common Dreams
September 1, 2016

Pope Francis on Thursday put forth an urgent call for people to actively work to save the environment, proposing that the Catholic Church add such a duty to the list of “seven mercies,” which...

Catholics are obligated to care for the planet, just like care for the sick, Pope Francis says

September 1, 2016
By Julie Zauzmer
Washington Post

Pope Francis, who has made the environment a clear focus of his papacy over the past three years, deepened his vision Thursday of a green church in which caring for the planet is as important a Catholic commitment as caring for the sick and the hungry.

Season of Creation marks month of eco-contemplation for Christians

September 1, 2016
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

Christians across the globe Thursday joined in celebrating the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, but for many the day only marks the beginning of a longer contemplation on the planet the pope regularly refers to as our common home.

Why is Canada denying its indigenous peoples clean water?

August 30, 2016
By Amanda Klasing
The Globe and Mail

“She likes to take a bath, but [the water] irritates her skin,” Susan said of her active two-year-old daughter. When the little girl was 18 months old, Susan started to notice rashes all over her daughter’s legs. “I thought it was something from the grass,” she said. Instead, a doctor informed her...

Integrating Ecology and Justice: The Papal Encyclical

By Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim

The Quarterly Review of Biology. Vol. 91, No. 3, September 2016: 261-270.

Download the article here:
http://fore.yale.edu/files/Integrating_Ecology_and_Justice.pdf

Download the proem here:
http://fore.yale.edu/files/...

Card Turkson gives keynote address at World Water Week 2016

August 29, 2016
Vatican Radio

Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, gave a keynote address for World Water Week on Monday, in which he examined the links between faith and development in the search to make drinkable water accessible to all people.

His words came at the conference taking place in Stockholm, Sweden on 28 August - 2...

Disputed Dakota pipeline was approved by Army Corps over major objections by three federal agencies

Sioux tribe’s concerns were echoed in official reports by the EPA and two other agencies, but Army Corps of Engineers brushed them aside.

By Phil McKenna
Inside Climate News
August 30, 2016

Rewrite: The Protests At Standing Rock (Video)

With Lawrence O’Donnell
MSNBC  
August 26, 2016

In the Rewrite, Lawrence explains why a protest by Native Americans in North Dakota reminds us of the history American always tries to forget.

Watch the video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwsCuG1kSRk

Dakota Access Pipeline Protests Recall America's Historical Shame

August 24, 2016
By Sonali Kolhatkar
TruthDig

Until a few years ago, the word “occupation” was synonymous with power, imperialism and foreign invasion. Today, in the post-Occupy Wall Street era, more and more activists are using their physical presence to make demands. From Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to Tahrir Square in Cairo, occupation has become a powerful method of...

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