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Christians pray and march together to urge that it is time to act on climate change

Operation Noah
March 2, 2015

The Sacrament of Creation: What Can We Expect from Pope Francis's Ecological Encyclical?

March 3, 2015
By Clive Hamilton
ABC Religion and Ethics

Pope Francis has made no secret of his conviction that human-induced climate change, along with other forms of environmental degradation, represents a grave threat to humanity’s future.

At times he even speaks in...

We Need to Relearn That We're a Part of Nature, Not Separate From It

March 2, 2015
By Richard Schiffman
Bill Moyers & Company

This post first appeared at YES! Magazine.

Faced with human aggressions, the Earth responds with flowers

By Leonardo Boff
Opinion Sur
N. 139
March 1, 2015

More than being in the center of a crisis of planetary proportions, today, we face a nonreversible process. The Earth will never be the same again. It has been transformed in its physical-chemical-biological base in such a profound way that it ended up losing its internal equilibrium. It entered a process of chaos...

Call for Papers: How to think the Anthropocene?

Conference announcement & call for papers 

How to think the Anthropocene?

Anthropologists, philosophers and sociologists facing climate change.

The conference, coordinated by Catherine Larrère and under the auspices of Philippe Descola, will be jointly organized by:

...

Job Opening: Director of Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center

Prairiewoods Franciscan Spirituality Center located in Hiawatha, Iowa, provides a sacred space where people of all faiths and cultures are invited to explore and nurture their relationships with the Source of all Being, Earth, Self and Others.  (See www.prairiewoods.org).  The Center is a ministry of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration, La...

Sacred Water, Klamath People and the Struggle for Cultural Survival

February 25, 2015
Press Release

(Upper Klamath Basin, Oregon)

Entangled in the heart of an arduous century long battle over water rights in the Upper Klamath Basin, is the struggle of the Klamath, Modoc, Yahooskin Peoples for cultural survivance.

Our elders have always told us that water is life, water is priceless. Our water is so sacred it should never be quantified...

Teens Sue Government for Failing to Address Climate Change for Future Generations

Many young climate activists are taking climate change matters into their own hands rather than waiting for political leaders to get their act together. Young plaintiffs, who filed a lawsuit against legislatures, are demanding that political leaders “govern as if our future matters.”

By Cole Mellino | EcoWatch | News Report
Nation of Change
February 25, 2015

Religious leaders urge action to combat climate change

February 23, 2015
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) – Religious leaders from across the faith spectrum gathered Feb. 20 at the Capitol to seek action to combat climate change and to mitigate its effects, whether it be at the federal level or in local communities.

The ongoing buzz about the forthcoming encyclical from Pope Francis on the...

Solar energy's new best friend is … the Christian Coalition

February 20, 2015
By Chris Mooney
Washington Post

The politics of solar power keeps getting more and more interesting.

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