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In India, The World's First Vegetarian City

October 5, 2014
Worldcruch

After monks went on a hunger strike to push for a citywide ban on animal slaughter, the local government declared Palitana a meat-free zone. But the city’s Muslims are not happy.

PALITANA — Jainism is one of the oldest religions in the world and preaches a path of non-violence towards all living...

Eco-Congregation Scotland Newsletter

October 1, 2014

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Investing in Our Children's Future: Divestment, Sustainability and Climate Justice

October 1, 2014
By Grace Ji-Sun Kim
Huffington Post

Mary Evelyn Tucker: the flourishing of people and planet

October 1, 2014
By Ray Waddle
Yale University - Notes from the Quad

For decades Mary Evelyn Tucker has been trying to draw the world’s religions into engagement with the moral dimensions of ecological issues. She has also been birthing with others a story of science and religion for the future of a flourishing Earth community – both people and planet.

Our current...

Religious communities are concerned about the climate

September 30, 2014
DW

Religious leaders met at the Interfaith Climate Summit to discuss how to tackle climate challenges from a faith-based perspective. After all, there is no such thing as believing in climate change, says Guillermo Kerber.

DW: What was the purpose of the Interfaith Climate Summit in New York ?

Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Sustainable Development

 

The Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York, NY, seeks applications from innovative, doctoral candidates or recent Ph.D., M.D., J.D., or Sc.D. recipients interested in a broad range of issues in sustainable development.

'Good Energy and Hope All Around': Reflections on the People's Climate March

By Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim
Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
September 30, 2014

The watershed People’s Climate March, held in New York on Sept. 21, demonstrated that people and planet are one force, and that climate justice and ecosystems preservation are part of a holistic way forward. 

The People’s Climate March on September 21 in...

Call for Papers: Second Oxford Summer School on Animal Ethics

The Ethics of Using Animals in Research
 
July 26-29, 2015

Church of Sweden ditches assets in fossil fuel companies

September 24, 2014
Operation Noah

As hundreds of thousands of people marched in New York, London, and cities across the globe this weekend to call for a global deal on climate change, the Church of Sweden has become the latest national Church to eliminate fossil fuels from its investment portfolio. The Church announced this week that it has removed gas companies from its portfolio...

Job Opening: Cultural Anthropology/Environment and Sustainability Professor

University of Colorado Boulder

Review of applications will begin on November 1, 2014 and will continue until finalists are identified.
 
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/6479870/university-of-colorado-boulder-cultural-anthropology-...

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