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Archbishop of Wales: Fundamental action needed to combat climate change

April 20, 2014
By Aled Blake
Wales Online

In his Easter sermon at Llandaff Cathedral, Dr Barry Morgan called on worshippers to make changes to their way of life to protect the planet

 

Climate change disaster can be combated by people living by the values of Jesus Christ, the Archbishop of Wales has said.

National Energy Efficiency Network event series to launch in Canberra, April 30th

April 17, 2014
Catholic Earthcare Australia

Pope Francis urged to back fossil fuel divestment campaign

Letter from religious groups in Australia and North America says it is ‘immoral’ to profit from fossil fuels

By Graham Readfearn
The Guardian
April 16, 2014

Religious groups have urged Pope Francis to back a campaign to encourage millions of people, organisations...

Celebrate Mother's Day by Honoring Mother Earth: Climate Change Film Debuts in NYC May 11

April 15, 2014
Press Release
Contact: Angela Alston, 718-407-0670, angela at mocamedia.tv

“You can’t talk about it. Mainstream society doesn’t want to hear about our sorrow for life on Earth.” Author Joanna Macy’s soft voice delivers the heartfelt message of The Wisdom to Survive: Climate...

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and the Natural Environment: The Mississippi Symposium

By Reverend Dr John Chryssavgis
EcoJesuit – Ecology and Jesuits in Communication
April 15, 2014

The world is charged with the grandeur of God! Gerard Manley Hopkins

IPCC Presents Assessment on Measures to Mitigate Climate Change

April 13, 2014
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

Berlin, Germany – The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the group of the world’s leading climate change scientists established by the UN General Assembly and working under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organization, has just...

We need an apartheid-style boycott to save the planet

We must stop climate change. And we can, if we use the tactics that worked in South Africa against the worst carbon emitters

By Desmond Tutu
The Guardian
April 10, 2014

Twenty-five years ago people could be excused for not knowing much, or doing much, about climate change. Today we have no excuse. No more can it be dismissed as science fiction; we are already feeling...

Giving up carbon for Lent

Can the Ecumenical Lenten Carbon Fast help reverse climate change and revitalize the church at the same time?

By Joshua Eaton
Faith and Leadership
April 8, 2014

Katharina Wilkins still passes on things like alcohol and Facebook during the season of Lent, but what’s really important to her is giving up needless car rides and investment in fossil fuels. That’s...

Young people seek an earth restored

If the church wants to remain relevant for students and the youth generation, it should increase and amplify its call to action on climate change, says a young Christian leader.

By Emily Wirzba
Faith and Leadership
April 8, 2014

As a 22-year-old politically engaged Christian woman, I want to be a part of a church that takes seriously its mandate to protect God’s...

Call for Proposals: Ecological Resistance Movements

Call for Proposals: Ecological Resistance Movements in the 21st Century: The Continuing Global Struggle for Biocultural Survival and Multispecies Justice

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