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Climate Justice: World Council of Church's Interfaith Summit on Climate Change

September 19, 2014
By Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Huffington Post

I am in New York this week to help in the preparations of the World Council of Church’s (WCC) Interfaith Summit of Climate Change. Having breakfast in a hotel before a meeting is always a rush. This morning, some of the European WCC staff members kept asking me if the Styrofoam plates, plastic utensils and paper cups are “...

Job Opening: Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

University of Alberta
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies

Augustana - Fine Arts and Humanities

This position is located in Camrose, AB.

An Appeal from Science Leaders to Religious Leaders on Environmental Protection

Researchers grounded in empirical searches for truth ask those with authority on matters of morality to join a call to protect the planet

By Robert Monroe
Scripps
September 18, 2014

Church of England Joins World's Leading Institutional Investors to Call For Carbon Pricing

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Church of England Joins World’s Leading Institutional Investors to Call For Carbon Pricing and Ambitious Global Climate Deal

September 18, 2014
Targeted News Service

LONDON – The Church of England issued the following news release:

Q&A: One Baptist Minister's Long, Careful Road to Climate Activism

Progressive Baptists’ Rev. Dr. Baltimore discusses how climate change became a moral issue not a scientific argument; and the power of the clergy.

By Katherine Bagley
InsideClimate News
September 18, 2014

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies

The Department of Philosophy at Queen’s University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellowship in Animal Studies. This is a one-year non-renewable 12-month fellowship. The successful applicant will have a demonstrated expertise in animal ethics, law and public policy, show evidence of teaching potential...

Religious Groups To Demand Action On Environment At People's Climate March

September 16, 2014
By Antonia Blumberg
Huffington Post

A coalition of more than 1,000 organizations will take to the streets in New York City on Sunday, September 21, for the People’s Climate March to demand action at the United Nations Climate...

From Mobile Solar Computer Classrooms to Novel Baobab Products: Green Entrepreneurship

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From Mobile Solar Computer Classrooms to Novel Baobab Products: Green Entrepreneurship is Thriving Across Africa and Beyond

2014 SEED Awards Honour Low Carbon and Women-Led Enterprises.

United Nations Environment Programme
September 10, 2014

Nairobi - Nairobi plays host to one of the largest gatherings of start-...

Ozone Layer on Track to Recovery: Success Story Should Encourage Action on Climate

September 10, 2014
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi/Geneva (UNEP/WMO) - The Earth’s protective ozone layer is well on track to recovery in the next few decades thanks to concerted international action against ozone depleting substances, according to a new assessment by 300 scientists.

Why climate change concerns pro-life Christians

September 8, 2014
By Tom Krattenmaker
USA Today

When the weather goes wild, people die.

This is not a column dedicated to bludgeoning those unmoved by liberals’ warnings about climate change. It is an invitation to people, especially Christians, to think about what’s happening to the water, and what will happen to us if there’s not enough of it to go...

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