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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

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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

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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...

British Columbia: Coastal Guardian Watchmen Ready To Uphold First Nations Ban On Trophy Hunting

September 11, 2013
Indigenous Peoples Issues and Resources

With trophy hunters descending on BC’s Central Coast for the opening of grizzly season, Guardian Watchmen patrol vessels from First Nations communities are once again heading out to monitor compliance with tribal law.

UNEP Welcomes Renewed Commitment by World Leaders to Phase Out Climate-Damaging HFCs

September 10, 2013
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi – The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has welcomed an agreement by world leaders at the G20 summit in Moscow to renew efforts to tackle climate change by reducing emissions of potent greenhouse gases known as hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs).

UNEP Signs Agreement to Improve Monitoring of Hundreds of International Environmental Accords

September 9, 2013
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has signed a new agreement with one of the world’s most respected global auditing bodies to track progress towards the implementation of international environmental agreements covering climate change, hazardous waste, biodiversity, and other issues...

A savior of tree species: Life's mission inspired by angel

September 7, 2013
By Francis X. Donnelly
The Detroit News

Copemish – David Milarch believes he died and came back to life. And the reason was God had a mission for him.

The mission was simple if grandiose: Clone the biggest trees and cover the world with them.

The north Michigan nurseryman had little money, education or experience with cloning.

Few...

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