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Defying Without Defiance: Morning-after Reflections on EQAT's Action at the Annual Meeting of PNC

April 24, 2013
By George Lakey
GreenPNC

We had decided to break the rules.  Not a big thing for people whose temperament or life experience leads them to a defiant attitude toward authority.  But we happened to be mostly middle class people, heavily conditioned to fit in, to obey the rules. Our socialization had led to professional and, for the students, academic success....

Hinduism and Climate Change

Clergy and Hundreds of Christians Gather for Climate

April 23, 2013
New England Regional Environmental Ministries Press Release

Click here to read Media Release

Click here to read “Climate Revival” Statement of New England Regional Environmental Ministries (April 27, 2013)

Sacred Sites Research Newsletter (SSIREN)

April 2013

In Love With My Planet

April 20, 2013
Interview by Dominique Browning
New York Times

Dominique Browning spoke with Sebastião Salgado, the documentary photographer and author, about the inspiration for his forthcoming book “Genesis.”

These beautiful photographs are so different from your previous work. Tell me about that.

Earth Day 2013 Message from Achim Steiner, UNEP Executive Director

UNEP is calling on people across the world to share their traditional knowledge and ideas of food preservation whether it be biltong in South Africa, pickling or jam making, sauerkraut in Germany, or the way shark meat is ripened and preserved in ice in Iceland.

April 19, 2013
United Nations Environment Programme

InsideClimate News Team Wins Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting

ICN is the third web-based news organization to win national reporting honors, and the smallest among a trio that includes ProPublica and Huffington Post.

By InsideClimate News Staff
April 15, 2013

InsideClimate News reporters Elizabeth McGowan, Lisa Song and David Hasemyer are the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for national reporting.

Call for Articles: New Theology Review - A Catholic Journal of Theology and Ministry

March 2014 issue of the New Theology Review - A Catholic Journal of Theology and Ministry published by Catholic Theological Union’s Bechtold Library

 

Deadline: November 1, 2013

 

For the call for articles, visit: http://fore.research.yale.edu/files/New_Theology_Review_CFP.pdf

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Conference Explores Environmental Humanities in a Changing World

April 11, 2013
By Holly Welles
Princeton Environmental Institute

Rarely do photographers, artistic directors, musicians, novelists, poets, scientists, engineers, and scholars in religion, philosophy, and literature come together for two full-days to explore an emerging field of mutual interest. Such a unique gathering took place during Princeton University’s conference...

Sustaining hope in the face of climate change

Episcopal Church, Church of Sweden gather to explore
“Sustaining hope in the face of climate change”
May 1, 2 in Washington DC
Video available on demand
http://sustaininghope-eorg.eventbrite.com/

[April 11, 2013] The Episcopal Church and the Church...

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