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Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System

January 23, 2014
United Nations Environment Programme

Davos - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched an Inquiry today into policy options for guiding the global financial system to invest in the transition to a green economy.

In the wake of the global financial crisis, there is growing recognition that the financial system must be not only sound and stable...

New Web Platform Launched to Accelerate Green Economy Transition

CHF 1.6 million commitment from Swiss government, 29 international knowledge partners to strengthen Green Growth Knowledge Platform

United Nations Environment Programme
January 22, 2014

Geneva - A robust, state-of-the-art knowledge-sharing platform was launched today by the newly established Green Growth Knowledge Platform (GGKP), a diverse consortium of...

My message to the World Economic Forum in Davos

By Pope Francis
World Economic Forum
January 21, 2014

This is the full text of Pope Francis’ special address to the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos, read by Cardinal Turkson.

Workers of the World, Faint!

January 17, 2014
By Julia Wallace
New York Times

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Just over two years ago, at the Anful Garments Factory in Kompong Speu Province, a young worker named Chanthul and 250 of her colleagues collapsed in a collective spell of fainting. They had to be hospitalized; the production line shut down.

Former Grace Church leader takes on new role promoting care of Earth

January 9, 2014
By Debra Scherban
Gazettenet.com

In 1988, the first year she was ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church, Margaret Bullitt-Jonas of Northampton, remembers being alarmed as headlines about the dangers of greenhouse gases began appearing.

UN Applauds China Efforts to Combat Illegal Ivory Trade

Six Tonnes of Ivory Destroyed at Landmark Event in China

United Nations Environment Programme
January 6, 2014

Nairobi – Six tonnes of confiscated ivory were destroyed by the authorities in China, Monday, in an effort to combat the illegal trade in elephant tusks.

The seized ivory was fed into crushing machines in the southern city of Dongguan, in...

Congregations turn to compost for lessons on life, death and the environment

January 3, 2014
By Adelle M. Banks
Religion News Service

WASHINGTON (RNS) – The wheelbarrow outside the sanctuary was overflowing with vegetable scraps; decomposing matter filled the baptismal font; and a pile of rich brown soil replaced the Communion table.

There Should Be An International Court to Try Cases of Animal Cruelty, says Oxford ethicist

December 30, 2013
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
Press Release

Humanitarian organizations worldwide should collaborate in setting up an international court to judge cases of animal cruelty and specifically to assess the culpability of governments, says Oxford ethicist Professor Andrew Linzey, Director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics.

We Must Fight Injustice to Animals as We do Injustice to Blacks, Women and Gays, says Desmond Tutu

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We Must Fight Injustice to Animals as We do Injustice to Blacks, Women and Gays, says Archbishop Desmond Tutu

December 30, 2013
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
Press Release

“I have spent my life fighting discrimination and injustice, whether the victims are blacks, women, or gays and lesbians. No human...

Honor The Earth: Triple Crown of Pipeline Rides

December 18, 2013
Honor Earth
http://www.honorearth.org/donate

“We are not protesters, we’re protectors”

Three Horseback Journeys Trace Paths of Imminent Pipeline Destruction

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