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Young woman sees mapping Catholic lands as an environmental blessing

May 6, 2016
By Tom Condon
The CT Mirror

 

Though she considered herself a “conservative Catholic,” the great activist Dorothy Day would chide her church on occasion. More than once, from her Catholic Worker mission in Manhattan’s Bowery, she urged the church to use its landholdings in the Hudson Valley to grow food and provide housing...

Leaders of different faiths release declaration on 'Swachhta Kranti'

May 4, 2016
By FPJ Bureau
The Free Press Journal

Ujjain:  A grand assembly of prominent religious leaders representing many faiths came together for a historic first time at the Simhastha Mahakumbh-2016, to appeal for a Swachhta Kranti (Clean Revolution) for Mother India through Sadbhavana Sankalp.

Climate scientist-turned-psychologist seeks paths toward more compassion for the earth

May 3, 2016
By Sharon Abercrombie
National Catholic Reporter

A recent furniture commercial on TV features a frustrated woman who has too much stuff and no place to stash it. At first, she briefly considers downsizing, but quickly dismisses the notion when she encounters a brand-new bed frame complete with seemingly bottomless storage drawers. The bonus take-away, of course,...

Green Ribbon Political Awards

Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
May 3, 2016

The Green Ribbon Political Awards are the only awards to celebrate the achievements of politicians, businesses and charities judged by experts of the highest international calibre.

Global Responsibility and the Enhancement of Life

By William Schweiker

De Ethica. A Journal of Philosophical, Theological and Applied Ethics, Vol. 3:1 (2016)

http://www.de-ethica.com/archive/articles/v3/i1/a05/de_ethica_16v3i1a05.pdf
 

Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute Newsletter

May 2016

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=887c3de8b0&id=19a325b944&e=a758405790

Eco-Congregation Scotland Newsletter

May 2016

http://us9.campaign-archive2.com/?u=a37b4ff760ffcc7fd1c3611b4&id=ef58e56a98&e=709fe41ec4

Unfriendly Climate

Texas Tech’s Katharine Hayhoe is one of the most respected experts on global warming in the country. She’s also an evangelical Christian who is trying to connect with the very people who most doubt her research. Too bad the temperature keeps rising.

By Sonia Smith
Texas Monthly
May 2016

Religious Ethics and Environmental Challenges: New Series in Religion

Lexington Books

Series Editors: Sarah E. Fredericks and Kevin J. O’Brien  

Proposal Guidelines:
http://fore.yale.edu/files/Religious_Ethics_and_Environmental_Challenges.pdf

Rediscovery of Early Twentieth-Century Ecotheology

By Panu Pihkala

Open Theology. Volume 2, Issue 1, Pages 268–285, ISSN (Online) 2300-6579, DOI: 10.1515/opth-2016-0023, April 2016

https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/opth.2016.2.issue-1/opth-2016-0023/opth-2016-0023.xml

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