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Religion and Conservation Do Mix

March 16, 2014
By Bradnee Chambers  
Inter Press Service News Agency

Bradnee Chambers, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Convention on Migratory Species of Wild Animals, believes wildlife conservation is a goal that religions must take on.

BONN - They say religion doesn’t mix well with certain subjects, but...

SAFCEI - South African Faith Communities Institute Newsletter

March 2014

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Green Church Newsletter

March 2014

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Indonesian Muslim Council Issued a Fatwa to Protect Endangered Species

March 12, 2014
WWF

Jakarta – The Indonesian Council of Ulema (MUI), signed a fatwa or edict, on January 22, 2014 requiring the country’s 200 million Muslims to take an active role in protecting threatened species including tigers, rhinos, elephants and orangutans. The fatwa is the first of its kind in the world and it is accompanied by plans for education awareness...

A Day of Action and Contemplation for Monarchs and Other Imperiled Pollinators

In Remembrance of Rachel Carson on the 50th Anniversary Her Death

We welcome America’s rural and urban communities, faith-based communities, college and university campuses, community gardens and botanical gardens, as well as non-profits of all kinds to join us in a day of action  and contemplation for imperiled pollinators from dusk on April...

First Ever Fatwa Issued Against Wildlife Trafficking

Invoking the Koran, Indonesia’s top clerical body declares wildlife trafficking to be forbidden.

By Bryan Christy
National Geographic
March 4, 2014

Indonesia’s top Muslim clerical body has issued a fatwa, or edict, against illegal wildlife trafficking.

Lent a reflection pool for diving into water usage issues

March 4, 2014
By Sharon Abercrombie
National Catholic Reporter

Diving deeply into prayer and making sacrifices are the primal stuff of Lent.

For many U.S. Catholics, participating in weekly parish faith sharing gatherings around Scriptural themes, foregoing those luscious squares of 72 percent dark chocolate, eating simple, meatless meals, donating the resulting grocery...

Field course in mountains of Usambara led Stephen Awoyemi to make conservation his life's purpose

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Member Spotlight: A field course in the mountains of Usambara led Stephen Awoyemi to make conservation his purpose in life

Society for Conservation Biology
February 2014

Stephen Awoyemi’s passion for conservation was ignited in the Usambara Mountains in Tanzania in 2002 where he was participating in a field course sponsored by the...

'The fragile world': Church teaching on ecology before and by Pope Francis

February 26, 2014
By Donal Dorr
Thinking Faith
    
It is reported that Pope Francis is preparing a text on the environment, and Donal Dorr expects that the resulting document will develop the links that Francis has already and repeatedly made between ‘concern for the exploited earth and concern for marginalised and exploited people’. How does Pope Francis’ thinking about...

Faith and reason: Scientists are not as secular as people think

February 22, 2014
The Economist

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