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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...

A village that plants 111 trees for every girl born in Rajasthan

April 11, 2013
By Mahim Pratap Singh
The Hindu

In an atmosphere where every morning, our newspapers greet us with stories of girls being tormented, raped, killed or treated like a doormat in one way or another, trust India’s “village republics” to bring in some good news from time to time.

One such village in southern Rajasthan’s Rajsamand district is quietly...

Stegner Symposium Focuses on Religion, Faith and Environment

Multidisciplinary Event to Include Religious and Secular Leaders and Scholars from Law, Policy, Science, Economics and the Humanities
University of Utah News Center
April 8, 2013

Desmond Tutu wins $1.7 million Templeton Prize

April 4, 2013
By Maria Golovnina
Reuters

(Reuters) - South African anti-apartheid campaigner Desmond Tutu has won the 2013 Templeton Prize worth $1.7 million for helping inspire people around the world by promoting forgiveness and justice, organizers said on Thursday.

A leading human rights activist of the late 20th century, the former Anglican archbishop of Cape Town...

UN Calls for Accelerated Action with 1,000 Days to Go on Millennium Development Goals

April 3, 2013
United Nations

New York - The United Nations and its partners around the world will observe the 1,000 days to the end of 2015 – the target date for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – during the next week to inspire further action.

“The MDGs are the most successful global anti-poverty push in history,” UN Secretary-...

New York Times Articles about Environmental Issues in China

2 Major Air Pollutants Increase in Beijing

April 3, 2013
By Edward Wong
The New York Times

BEIJING — In the first three months of this year, levels of two major air pollutants increased by almost 30 percent here in the Chinese capital, over the same period in 2012, according to a report on Wednesday by a Chinese news organization.