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Lutherans Call for Repeal of "Fracking Loopholes"

June 26, 2014
By Chad Hershberger
Upper Susquehanna Synod Blog

When Faith Meets Disaster Management

June 25, 2014
By Kalinga Seneviratne
Inter Press Service

BANGKOK (IPS) - A consortium of faith-based organisations (FBOs) made a declaration at a side event Wednesday at the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference On Disaster Risk Reduction (AMCDRR), to let the United Nations know that they stand ready to commit themselves to building resilient communities across Asia in...

Faith Based Organisations Statement on Disaster Risk Reduction

On 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

June 25, 2014

To read this statement, visit:
http://fore.research.yale.edu/files/2014629_FBO_Statement.pdf

For more, read the following Inter Press Service article:

When Faith Meets Disaster Management
By Kalinga Seneviratne
...

University of Dayton Divests

June 23, 2014
Press Release

The University of Dayton, a Catholic, Marianist university, announced today it will begin divesting coal and fossil fuels from its $670 million investment pool. It is believed to be the first Catholic university in the nation to take this step.

The board of trustees unanimously approved the new investment policy, which reflects the University’s...

Plastic Waste Causes Financial Damage of $13 Billion to Marine Ecosystems Each Year

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Plastic Waste Causes Financial Damage of US$13 Billion to Marine Ecosystems Each Year as Concern Grows over Microplastics

June 23, 2014
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi - Concern is growing over the threat that widespread plastic waste poses to marine life, with conservative estimates of the overall financial damage of...

Renewing our Relationship with the Earth

May / June 2014

Spirituality & Health

Interview with John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker

Interview by Sam Mowe

Read this article at:
http://www.journeyoftheuniverse.org/storage/Tucker_Grim_Interview.pdf

Fate of Iconic Species in the Balance as Key Wildlife Conservation Conference Countdown Commences

June 11, 2014
United Nations Environment Programme

Green Yatra Action Network Newsletter

June 2014

http://us4.campaign-archive1.com/?u=7464c18007d8b27795cb0e8ed&id=d441d839aa&e=aa01df4122

United Nations Environment Assembly Newsletter

June 9, 2014

http://unep.org//unea/newsletter/newsletter-issue-02.html

From the Mountains to the Sea: investing in Haiti's environmental resources - a cause for optimism

Executive Director visited Haiti at the invitation of President Martelly to celebrate World Environment Day and to profile the country’s ecological potential as key elements for future growth and resilience.

United Nations Environment Programme
June 8, 2014

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