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Sacred Sites Research Newsletter (SSIREN)

April 2014

http://sacrednaturalsites.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/SSIREN_April_2014.pdf

Green Church Newsletter

April 2014

http://egliseverte-greenchurch.ca/green/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&mailid=48&key=8a30399f5d38ee0ef1eff2bbae4c5297&...

SAFCEI - South African Faith Communities Institute Newsletter

April 2014

http://us6.campaign-archive1.com/?u=887c3de8b0&id=a1a3486222&e=d85b57a294

Celebrities Issue Call to Action for World Environment Day

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Celebrities Gisele Bündchen, Don Cheadle, Yaya Touré and Ian Somerhalder Issue Call to Action for World Environment Day

April 24, 2014
United Nations Environment Programme

NAIROBI – Supermodel Gisele Bündchen, Actors Don Cheadle and Ian Somerhalder and footballer Yaya Touré – all Goodwill Ambassadors for the United Nations...

Getting Out of Oil

April 21, 2014
By Doug Demeo
America: The National Catholic Review

Catholic universities can make a difference through divestment.

Come with Me into the Fields: Inspiring Creation Ministry among Faith Communities

By Erin Lothes Biviano
New Theology Review Vol. 26, No. 2 (2014)
http://newtheologyreview.org/index.php/ntr/article/view/998

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...

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