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The Moral and Political Dimensions of Climate Change

November 23, 2015
Council on Foreign Relations (CFR)

Hindu Religious and Civil Society Leaders Urge Climate Change Action

November 23, 2015
Hindu Declaration on Climate Change Press Release

Over 60 Hindu leaders and organisations have signed the Hindu Declaration on Climate Change issued to-day, calling for action from both the world´s 900 million Hindus as well as by the 196  governments meeting in Paris from 30 November to 11 December at the 21st Conference of Contracting Parties to the UN Framework...

Catholics waking up to perils of climate change

November 22, 2015
By  Michael Swan
The Catholic Register

Pope Francis has been getting ready for Paris for more than a year. In May of 2014 the Patriarch of Rome sat down in Jerusalem with Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople and issued a joint declaration as a challenge to the world’s Christians.

A 'New Deal' of sorts for religion

Science alone can’t force behavior change. Religion needs to step up.

By Douglas Fischer
The Daily Climate
November 19, 2015

RIETI, Italy – Religion needs a revolutionary shift, taking responsibility for our “common home” and rejecting fundamentalism, to point humanity to better, wiser solutions for problems like climate change. 

Reason alone can’t handle the job...

Taking Pope Francis to the classroom

November 19, 2015
By Cathal Barry
Irish Catholic

A number of students from one of Ireland’s leading teacher training colleges have taken a unique approach to teaching children about the environment. 

Papal documents aren’t usually the top choice resource for teachers, especially at primary school level, but Pope Francis’ recent encyclical on the environment has proven...

Catholic Multicultural Center puts pope's encyclical into action

November 19, 2015
By Laura Green
Catholic Herald 

MADISON – Pope Francis’ recent encyclical Laudato Si’ makes a firm and urgent case for taking care of God’s creation in order to care for the poor and vulnerable among us.

He asserts that environmental stewardship must always be tied to social justice and vice versa. For the Catholic Multicultural...

Job Opening: Philosophy and Religion Department Chair

The University of North Texas Department of Philosophy and Religion invites applications for Department Chair. The department chair position is a 12-month appointment, beginning fall 2016. It is anticipated that the new chair will build upon the department’s existing strengths, while...

Promoting Environmental Awareness Among Practicing Hindus

November 17, 2015
By Kirk Semple
New York Times

On an overcast morning this month, a dozen or so people, most of them Hindus, gathered in a circle on the shore of Jamaica Bay and bowed their heads as a priest invoked the deities.

Indigenous Stories: Enduring Memories of Ancient Sea Rise

November 17, 2015
By John Upton via Climate Central
Kosmos

To most of us, the rush of the oceans that followed the last ice age seems like a prehistoric epoch. But the historic occasion was dutifully recorded — coast to coast — by the original inhabitants of the land Down Under.

Conservancy renames Tallgrass Prairie Preserve to honor Joseph H. Williams

November 2015
By Kelly Bostian
Tulsa World

It is now the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve.

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