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Tribal, Grassroots, & Treaty Leaders Respond to President Obama Rejecting Keystone XL Pipeline

November 6, 2015
Indigenous Environmental Network

President Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline

November 6, 2015
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

President Barack Obama rejected Friday the construction of the Keystone XL transnational pipeline, in part on grounds that approving the politically contentious project would have undercut U.S. leadership on the world stage in addressing climate change.

The Francis Effect

November 2015
Yale Project on Climate Change Communication
http://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/the-francis-effect/

Concern for Earth must be priority, cardinal from Ghana tells central Ohioans

November 3, 2015
By JoAnne Viviano
The Columbus Dispatch

A Roman Catholic cardinal who helped Pope Francis write a wide-ranging environmental document said on Monday that humankind must experience an ecological conversion to save not only the Earth, but also its poorest and most vulnerable inhabitants.

Science alone cannot save the planet, insists spiritual leader of Orthodox Church

Archbishop of Canterbury and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople urge millions of followers around the world to back action on carbon emissions

By John Bingham, Religious Affairs Editor
The Telegraph
November 3, 2015

Science alone cannot save the planet the spiritual leader of an estimated 300 million Orthodox Christians has insisted, as he joined forces with the...

Green Church Newsletter

November 2015

http://egliseverte-greenchurch.ca/green/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=68&key=65f2bef1e5794e4773ce99fa868ed2a0...

Spiritual Ecology Youth Fellowship

We are looking for individuals who have the potential to be catalysts for change and recognize the need to create a future that is not driven by materialism and greed, but rooted in the spiritual values of interconnectedness, service, stewardship, and reverence for nature. The Spiritual Ecology Fellowship encourages emerging young leaders, ages 22-30, based in the United States to apply. The...

Buddhist Climate Change Statement to World Leaders 2015

October 31, 2015
Plum Village

Thay, Sister Chan Khong and over 40 Plum Village Dharma Teachers from all over the world signed the Buddhist Climate Statement to World Leaders yesterday, October 29th, 2015.

Getting to the Next System: Guideposts on the Way to a New Political Economy

By James Gustave Speth
The Next System Project (NSP) Report 2
October 2015
http://thenextsystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/GettingToTheNextSystem.pdf

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15 Buddhist leaders pen climate change statement to world leaders

October 30, 2015
Lion’s Roar

On Thursday, 15 Buddhist leaders, including the Dalai Lama, Thich Nhat Hanh, the Karmapa, and the King of Bhutan issued a Buddhist Climate Change Statement, calling on world leaders to completely phase out fossil fuels.

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