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The 'Greening' of Christianity Is Not Actually Happening

July 08, 2014
By Tom Jacobs
Pacific Standard

Despite two decades of preaching, self-identified Christians are hardly acting as stewards of the Earth.

Competing Narratives on Climate

Carbon Rangers/Ecozoic Times

Vol. 7, No. 6

July-August 2014

http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=5dd06f3cbb86536df56de4a9d&id=7e37f135ae&e=3747af2f7e

WCC announces September Interfaith Summit on Climate Change

July 4, 2014
World Council of Churches

The World Council of Churches (WCC) announced it will hold an Interfaith Summit on Climate Change on September 21-22 in New York City. At the summit, organized together with Religions for Peace, more than 30 religious leaders will take a united stand to encourage international and political leaders to address concretely the causes and...

SAFCEI - South African Faith Communities Institute Newsletter

July 2014

http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=887c3de8b0&id=b6d20d1616&e=a758405790

Journeying Towards The Light

By Laleh
Submitters Perspective
July 2014

http://www.masjidtucson.org/publications/books/sp/2014/jul/page1.html

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
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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...

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