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Climate, Mind and Behavior Newsletter

December 15, 2015

Garrison Institute

https://ginst.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/pub/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9NTIyOTA4Nw==

Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord in Paris

December 12, 2015
By Coral Davenport
New York Times

LE BOURGET, France — With the sudden bang of a gavel Saturday night, representatives of 195 nations reached a landmark accord that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of...

Talking Point Newlsetter

Issue I

Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES)/EcoIslam

December 8, 2015

http://us11.campaign-archive2.com/?u=9e7db8d664e580892adb797bf&id=2869b2629c&e=ec660b7322

Eco-Congregation Scotland Newsletter

December 7, 2015

http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a37b4ff760ffcc7fd1c3611b4&id=e1b53c2dcd&e=709fe41ec4

Scientists enlist the big gun to get climate action: Faith

December 6, 2015
By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press
The Daily Mail

PARIS (AP) — The cold hard numbers of science haven’t spurred the world to curb runaway global warming. So as climate negotiators struggle in Paris, some scientists who appealed to the rational brain are enlisting what many would consider a higher power: the majesty of faith.

It’s not God versus...

Green Church Newsletter

December 2015

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Paris: A Spiritual Response to Climate Change

December 2, 2015
By Llewellyn Vaughan-Lee
Huffington Post

In a city whose soul is bleeding from the acts of terrorists, world leaders are meeting to discuss the fate of an Earth whose soul is also bleeding–bleeding from exploitation, from our civilization’s relentless pursuit of materialism. These leaders will discuss carbon emissions and the global rise of temperature, but I...

What does your faith say about how we treat the environment?

December 1, 2015
By Kelsey Dallas
Deseret News National

More than 150 world leaders gathered in Paris on Monday for the start of an international conference on climate change. Policymakers are expected to reach an agreement within the next few weeks on how to address environmental degradation by reducing greenhouse gas emission and supporting sustainable energy initiatives....

Earth Keeper Newsletter

December 2015

Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=887c3de8b0&id=37ed3186b4&e=d85b57a294

A Unique Moment in History

December 1, 2015
By Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew
Huffington Post

As the world’s expectations rise, our prayer is that political leadership will also rise to the occasion. From November 30 to December 11, 2015, the COP 21 meeting in Paris is a unique historical moment, a critical opportunity to make the right choice. Political leaders may and should broker an agreement; but...

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