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China: Searching for Sacred Mountain

November 3, 2014
By Gary Marcuse and Shi Lihong
Pulitzer Center

The Tibetan monastery at Baiyu rests in the brilliant Nianbaoyuze mountain range, a sacred and nationally protected park. The Nianbaoyuze mountain range is the epitome of intersections between religion and environment and China—and a key element in Searching for Sacred Mountain, the video documentary by...

Catholics and Climate Divestment: An Update

November 2, 2014
By Nathan Schneider
America – The National Catholic Review

We may be learning to see, and to value, our commons again.

Giving Thanks

By Laleh
Submitters Perspective
November 2014

http://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2014/nov/page1.html

Eco-Congregation Scotland Newsletter

October 2014

http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a37b4ff760ffcc7fd1c3611b4&id=5565a0d4da&e=709fe41ec4

Faith community learning about climate change

October 30, 2014
By Arlene Edmonds
Philadelphia Tribune

Desmond Tutu: Rejoice in opportunities for a cleaner planet

Archbishop leads church service in Copenhagen to mark the release of the UN’s IPCC science report

By Sophie Yeo
Responding to Climate Change (RTCC)
October 29, 2014

The opportunities to tackle climate change are cause for “hope and rejoicing”, says Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

Sacred Sites Research Newsletter (SSIREN)

October 2014

http://sacrednaturalsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/SSIREN-October-2014.pdf

International Worship Service for the Climate

The National Council of Churches in Denmark, Dan Church Aid, and the Cathedral for Copenhagen celebrated an International Worship Service for the Climate on October 28, 2014. The Worship Service took place to mark the release of the report of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The service included greetings and prayers from:

China, Buddhism, and the Environment

October 24, 2014
PBS Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly

China’s massive environmental crisis has its traditionally secular state looking to religion to encourage deeper values, more compassion towards nature, and the creation of what some governmental officials are calling “an ecological civilization.”

 

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Can Chinese Culture Save China's Environment?

October 23, 2014
Pulitzer Center

The Chinese government and people, confronted with colossal environmental challenges, are turning to cultural traditions that under Communism had long been suppressed.

In the midst of a worsening environmental crisis, with constant reports of contaminated soil and water and record levels of air pollution, China’s government...

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