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A Martyr of 'Laudato Si'? The indigenous spirituality of assassinated activist Berta Cáceres

March 18, 2016
By Betsy Shirley
Sojourners

Less than two weeks after the March 3 murder of acclaimed indigenous Honduran activist Berta Cáceres, Nelson García, another Honduran activist, was murdered outside his home. Both García...

Holiest of times for water worshippers in Sydney

March 17, 2016
By Brendan Trembath
ABC News

Hundreds of followers of an ancient Middle Eastern faith have descended on a river in western Sydney for one of the holiest weeks in their calendar.

Mandaeans perform an elaborate baptism ritual as a central part of their beliefs.

They are also pacifists, and have suffered a long history of persecution in Iran and Iraq...

Religion and Ecology Summit Establishes CIIS as Leader

Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion Program Hosts Critical Dialogue

By Jessica Paden
California Institute of Integral Studies
March 18, 2016

An enthusiastic crowd of 111 people packed Namaste Hall on a rainy Friday for the inaugural Religion and Ecology Summit at CIIS.

From the pope to the people: Emerging religious environmental movement faces challenges

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From the pope to the people: Emerging religious environmental movement faces challenges amid global economic pressures

By Dan Smyer Yü* and Mary Evelyn Tucker*
Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA)
March 14, 2016

The one bus to the village of Sambha in northeastern Qinghai Province in China leaves in the late afternoon. The...

Sisters of Earth seek planet literacy, look to indigenous wisdom at upcoming conference

March 15, 2016
By Sharon Abercrombie
Global Sisters Report

In the summer of 1994, 65 religious women gathered at St. Gabriel Monastery in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania, to share their emerging environmental dreams with one another.

They named their new vision circle the Sisters of Earth.

Survival Under Threat, Canada's Indigenous Unite Against Tar Sands Pipelines

The Grand Chief of the Mohawk Kanesatake First Nation calls the proposed Energy East pipeline ‘risky and dangerous’ to indigenous peoples’ survival

By Nika Knight
Common Dreams
March 14, 2016

Indigenous people in Canada are rising up together in greater numbers than ever before to oppose tar sands pipelines on their traditional territory, forming fierce coalitions to...

Women on the Front Lines Fighting Fracking in the Bakken Oil Shale Formations

In the rolling plains of North Dakota, companies like Halliburton, Hess, Crestwood Energy, Whiting Petroleum Corp. and Enbridge have crowned themselves king and are acting with a level of impunity beyond measure.

By Emily Arasim and Osprey Orielle Lake
Common Dreams
March 14, 2016

There are some crystalline moments in which the challenges we face as a civilization...

A Humanist and a Theologian Reimagine Nature

Professors Jedidiah Purdy and Norman Wirzba begin an ecological conversation they believe we all should have

By Andrew Park
Duke Magazine
March 11, 2016

Call for Papers: Special Section of Oryx Journal

March 10, 2016

Sustainability Central to International Women's Day

March 10, 2016
Environment News Service

NEW YORK, New York, March 9, 2016 (ENS) – International Women’s Day is officially celebrated every year on March 8, but this year, so much is happening that the day has expanded to a week-long series of events throughout the world.

The 2016 theme for International Women’s Day is “Planet 50-50 by 2030: Step It Up for...

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