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The New Paradigm of Energy Ethics

By Erin Lothes
Global Energy Affairs
December 2014

Global group of Catholic bishops call for end to fossil fuels

December 10, 2014
By Matt McGrath
BBC News

Catholic bishops from around the world are calling for an end to fossil fuel use and increased efforts to secure a global climate treaty.

Catholics, they say, should engage with the process leading to a proposed new deal to be signed in Paris next year.

The statement is the first time that senior church figures from...

New chapter in Daoist ecology

Alliance of Religions and Conservation
December 10, 2014

In a visit to China last month ARC Secretary General Martin Palmer was impressed by recent progress made by Daoism in meeting the country’s environmental challenges.

Pope Francis's Ecology Encyclical — What Can We Expect?

December 10, 2014
By Henry Longbottom, SJ
The Jesuit Post

The word emanating from Vatican corridors is that we can expect to see the long awaited environment-themed encyclical at some point during 2015.

Call for Papers: "An Unexpected Wilderness: Seeking God on a Changing Planet"

Sixty-First Annual Convention of the College Theology Society

May 28-31, 2015

University of Portland, Oregon, USA

Submission Deadline: December 15, 2014

https://www.collegetheology.org/

 

Gods and faith versus Coal in name of climate change

Religious leaders in Australia are taking on coal with polite letters and coal blockades and say they’re in it for the long haul in the name of climate change

By Graham Readfearn
The Guardian
December 5, 2014

It’s probably the closest thing the coal industry will ever get to actually receiving the word of a god – or rather, a note from several gods as well as other...

Bishops in Peru issue call to combat climate change

December 6, 2014
AFP

Catholic bishops from around the world issued an urgent call Saturday for greater action to combat global warming and reduce “climate injustice.”

Religious leaders of all faiths should work together “to work sustainable agreements to promote the care of our planet,” the clergy members said in a statement issued by the Episcopal Conference of Peru in Lima...

Job Opening: Lecturer of Anthropology with Environmental Anthropology as preference

The University of North Texas, Department of Anthropology, invites applications for a lecturer position in anthropology for Fall 2015.  

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in applied anthropology, ecology and the environment, and/or technology and design.

Review of Applications begins November 26, 2014.
Applications will be accepted until the...

Setting Aside a Scholarly Get-Together, for the Planet's Sake

December 5, 2014
By Mark Oppenheimer
New York Times

SAN DIEGO — If the bioethicist Laurie Zoloth, the president of the American Academy of Religion, has her way, she’ll be remembered as the woman who canceled her organization’s conference, which every year attracts a city’s worth of religion scholars.

Church of England challenges BP and Shell over global warming

Planned shareholder resolution is a ‘vital opportunity to influence companies’ climate change strategy’, says investment chief

By Adam Vaughan
The Guardian
December 4, 2014

The Church of England has challenged BP and Shell, two of the world’s biggest oil companies, to take responsibility for their carbon footprints and limit their contribution to global warming.

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