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Catholics in the West are responding to his call. Will Congress?

October 12, 2015
By Elizabeth Shogren
High Country News

October 8, 2015
By Andrea Simmonds (MDiv ’18) and C. Mark Batten, Office of Communications
Wake Forest University

Southern African Faith Communities’ Environment Institute

October 7, 2015

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Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law
6441 East Colonial Drive
Orlando, FL, USA

Barry University Dwayne O. Andreas School of Law is seeking to fill the Associate Director of the Center for Earth Jurisprudence (CEJ) position.  The Associate Director will assist the Director in design, implementation and management of multiple aspects of the Center: research and...

Report of a workshop on Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Hosted by the World Faiths Development Dialogue and the United Nations Foundation
At the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs
Georgetown University, Washington, DC

September 25, 2015
By Mark Stoll
Huffington Post

Just about every person who led and shaped the American conservation and early environmental movements grew up Protestant. What irony, then, that the one person who has done more to get people talking about the environment than anyone in decades is the supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis.

September 24, 2015
By Roger S. Gottlieb
Huffington Post

For the many of us–clergy and laypeople, academics and plain citizens, in the U.S. and throughout the world–who for decades have been saying that the environmental crisis calls for a religious perspective and an activist religious response Pope Francis’ bold words are a wonderfully welcome addition.

September 24, 2015
By Tom Steyer and Sister Simone Campbell
The Hill

Earth Charter International
September 22, 2015

Earth Charter International and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh are joining forces to co-organize a hybrid live/virtual event during UW Oshkosh’s annual Earth Charter Week to celebrate Earth Charter +15.

September 22, 2015
By Terri MacKenzie, SHCJ
Ecospirituality Resources

I am very happy to announce the availability of my 5-session resource: Laudato Si’ Reflection Resource: On Care for Our Common Home. Many people contributed to its completion, and I am grateful to each and all!