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Religious Leaders Confronting Climate Change: Podcast with Mary Evelyn Tucker

February 11, 2015
Yale Climate Connections

Most of the world’s religions — including Christianity, Judaism, Islam and Buddhism — have said that protecting vulnerable people and the earth are moral imperatives. These values are inspiring religious leaders to speak out on climate change.

TUCKER: “Clearly this is already adversely affecting vulnerable people of lower incomes be...

Pope Mass: Protecting Creation a Christian responsibility

February 9, 2015
Vatican Radio

Christians are called to care for God’s creation. That was the Pope’s message at Mass this Monday morning at the Casa Santa Marta. The Holy Father also spoke about the “second creation”, the one performed by Jesus that he “re-created” from what had been ruined by sin.

Pope Francis: It's Christian to protect the environment

February 9, 2015
By David Gibson, Religion News Service
USA Today

VATICAN CITY — If you are a Christian, protecting the environment is part of your identity, not an ideological option, Pope Francis said Monday.

“When we hear that people have meetings about how to preserve creation, we can say: ‘No, they are the greens!’” Francis said in his homily at morning Mass, using...

Rediscovering the moral dimension of climate change

Pope Francis’s forthcoming statement on climate change could just revitalise progress towards significant emissions cuts, writes Jonathon Porritt. But more than that, it will open up the space for a wider spirituality to guide our thinking, and campaigning, on climate and other key global challenges.

February 9, 2015
By Jonathon Porritt
The Ecologist...

The Role of Religious Environmentalism

February 9, 2015
Council on Foreign Relations

 

Speaker: Mary Evelyn Tucker, Codirector, Forum on Religion and Ecology, Yale University


Moderator: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program & Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations

 

Listen to the audio:...

Green Church Newsletter

February 2015

http://egliseverte-greenchurch.ca/green/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=57&key=0adb4156f253d07aa655966554bc601f...

Eco-Congregation Scotland Newsletter

February 2015

http://us9.campaign-archive1.com/?u=a37b4ff760ffcc7fd1c3611b4&id=b5c8080e5b&e=709fe41ec4

Capsules - Creation Justice Ministries Newsletter

Winter 2015

http://www.creationjustice.org/capsules.html

Fully Funded PhD Studentship on topic of "Meat Consumption and the Idea of Animals as Resources"

Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures
University of Sheffield
School of English, UK


Application deadline: February 28, 2015

Interfaith panel tackles global environmental problems at Dallas event

February 3, 2015
By Julie Ryan
Green Source DWF

Faith leaders of Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim traditions shared their views on climate change and responsibility this Martin Luther King Day, in a panel sponsors dubbed “Love, Justice, Care for Creation.” Dallas Interfaith Power and Light, local affiliate of the national faith-based...

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