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Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI)

September 2013 Newsletter

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=887c3de8b0&id=963dea319a&e=d85b57a294

2013-2014 Grassroots Communities Mining Mini-Grant Program

 

Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN)

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Western Mining Action Network (WMAN)

 2013-2014 Grassroots Communities Mining Mini-Grant Program

 

The goal of the Mining Mini-grants Program is to support and enhance the capacity building efforts of mining-impacted...

African Faith Leaders Statement on Priorities for a Post-2015 Development Agenda

September 23, 2013

Read the statement (PDF):

http://www.cidse.org/index.php?option=com_k2&Itemid=194&id=344_f491e9881b691e7bf5752764e8893403&lang=en&task=download&view=item

Q&A: Faith Groups as Partners in Development

September 20, 2013
By Thalif Deen
Inter Press Service News Agency

UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The United Nations is considered one of the world’s most secular institutions, with 193 member states representing peoples of different faiths and cultures and professing religious and agnostic beliefs.

Still, faith-based organisations (FBOs) continue to play a vital role in a wide...

Bright Now: towards fossil free Churches in the UK

September 20, 2013
By Nicolò Wojewoda
Go Fossil Free

Today was an exciting one – the launch of campaign ‘Bright Now: towards fossil free Churches’ calling for Churches in the UK to disinvest from fossil fuels. So, we invited Bright Now campaigner Mark Letcher, vice-chair of...

Eco Trailblazers Awarded Top UN Prize for Pioneering and Inspirational Environmental Action

Full title:

From Tackling Deforestation in the Amazon and Resource Inefficiencies in Europe, to Championing Community Conservation in Mexico, Atmospheric Research in Asia and Revolutionizing Technology for a ‘Green Economy’ Worldwide  

Eco Trailblazers Awarded Top UN Prize for Pioneering and Inspirational Environmental Action

Brian McClendon, co-founder and VP of Google...

Green Church Newsletter

September 2013

http://egliseverte-greenchurch.ca/green/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=40&key=2992e41ac9fec9cd1fbd76e9ab1feaa0...

Chancellor Assesses Campus Environment During 2013 Convocation

September 13, 2013
By Colleen Locke
UMass Boston News

Chancellor Highlights Programs, Faculty, Staff, Enhancing UMass Boston Campus

As UMass Boston Chancellor J. Keith Motley took stock of the university’s physical, academic, and cultural environment on Thursday, one of the winners of the university’s first Joint and Common Future Award identified UMass...

Christianity and climate change: the relationship between God and green

A new survey suggests that evangelical Christians in the US are more likely to be climate sceptics. Adam Corner investigates

By Adam Corner
The Guardian
September 11, 2013

Food waste harms climate, water, land and biodiversity - new FAO report

September 11, 2013
United Nations Environment Programme

Direct Economic Costs of $750 billion Annually  

Better Policies Required, and “Success Stories” Need to be Scaled Up and Replicated

Rome – The waste of a staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food per year is not only causing major economic losses but also wreaking...

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