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Buddhist monks buy 600lbs of lobster to release them back into the ocean

The monks, who live on the Canadian fishing island, said the purpose of the mission was to ‘cultivate compassion’ for all human beings

By Rachael Pells
Independent
July 10, 2016

More than 600 pounds (272kg) of lobsters have been spared the pot thanks to a liberation project arranged by a group of Buddhist monks in Canada.

The monks, from the Great Enlightenment...

Biblical animal prophecy reveals ecology is all about peace

July 11, 2016
By Donna Schaper
National Catholic Reporter

The prophet Isaiah spoke about the promise of universal peace in this way:

Here's A Look At How Catholic Churches Are Taking Pope Francis' Climate Encyclical To Heart

July 11, 2016
By Sydney Pereira
Think Progress

Laudato Si' and Care for Our Common Home: What Does it Mean for the Legal Professional?

By Lucia Ann Silecchia

6 Seattle J. of Envtl. L. 1 (2016); CUA Columbus School of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2016-6.

How Buddhist monks are battling deforestation in Cambodia

July 7, 2016
By Ate Hoekstra, Phnom Penh
Deutsche Welle

Cambodia has one of the world’s highest deforestation rates. But a group of Buddhist monks are stepping up efforts to save forests by publicly revealing wrongdoings and mobilizing local villagers. Ate Hoekstra reports.

Illegal gold mining causing mercury contamination in indigenous groups

July 7, 2016
By Carolina Torres
Mongabay

Research finds high, unsafe levels of mercury contamination in Brazil’s Yanomami and Ye’kuana peoples, almost certainly due to illegal gold mining on indigenous lands in the Amazon.

Voices for Earth Justice Newsletter

July 2016

In this issue, you can read the following story:

FORE visits VEJ

Church to faithful: Take Pope's encyclical seriously

July 6, 2016
By William B. Depasupil
Manila Times

The leader of the Catholic Church in the Philippines, Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Antonio Tagle, has called on the faithful to take an encyclical of Pope Francis on the environment “seriously,” especially the call to “integral ecological conversion.”

Be kind to the environment for a greener Eid al Fitr

July 5, 2016
By Mohamed Abdel Raouf
Albawaba Business

Eid Al-Fitr is an important religious holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, and is celebrated by Muslims all over the world.

On this festive occasion, people usually buy new clothes, cook traditional food,...

Thomas Berry- Great Work Continuing

Carbon Rangers/Ecozoic Times

Vol. 9 No. 6