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SAFCEI - South African Faith Communities Institute Newsletter

June 2014

http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=887c3de8b0&id=55b4104381&e=d85b57a294

Green Church Newsletter

June - July 2014

http://egliseverte-greenchurch.ca/green/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=50&key=062330fdbe1782907c6da323be91f9e1...

176% Rise in Metal Prices, 260% Rise in Energy Prices Marks Era of Soaring Costs

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176% Rise in Metal Prices, 260% Rise in Energy Prices Marks Era of Soaring Costs as Resources Decline

New Resource Productivity Opportunities Can Save World up to US$3.7 Trillion Annually and Protect Future Economic Growth – Study by International Resource Panel

United Nations Environment Programme
June 7, 2014

Join us in celebrating World Environment Day and raise your voice to encourage action

Message by UN Under-Secretary-General and UNEP Executive Director Achim Steiner on the occasion of World Environment Day

United Nations Environment Programme
June 5, 2014

Sea-Level Rise in Small Island Nations: Shift to Green Policies and Investment Critical

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Sea-Level Rise in Small Island Nations - Up to Four Times the Global Average - to Cost US$ Trillions in Annual Economic Loss and Impede Future Development: Shift to Green Policies and Investment Critical

United Nations Environment Programme
June 5, 2014

Global Net Loss of Coral Reef Cover - Worth US$11.9 Trillion - to Severely...

When Global Warming Kills Your God

Twenty-three Alaskan tribesmen broke the law when they overfished king salmon, but they claim their faith gave them no other choice.

By Adam Weymouth
The Atlantic
June 3, 2014

“So there is a black fish swimming up the river, looking for a fish trap to swim into. Cycle of life, right?”

Catholic Climate Covenant Encouraged by EPA Action, Much More Needed

June 1, 2014
Catholic Climate Covenant

On May 29, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, wrote to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy urging that the new carbon pollution rules on existing power plants should “protect the health and welfare of all people, especially children, the...

Creation Justice Ministries Newsletter

Summer 2014

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

U.S. Bishops Urge Action on Carbon Pollution To Stem Climate Change

May 29, 2014
United States Conference of Bishops

Reduce carbon pollution to mitigate climate change
Consider effects of pollution on poor, vulnerable people nationally, globally
Act now to protect human life and dignity in the future

Come Into the Madang: World Council of Churches and Climate Justice

May 27, 2014
By Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Huffington Post

I remember visiting my grandmother’s house when I was a young girl living in Korea. I have fond memories of playing in the madang (a Korean term that describes a courtyard within a traditional Korean home). Most Korean homes are protected by a large metal fence around the house with a front gate that leads into the ...

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