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Pope Francis Installation Mass Homily Text

March 19, 2013
NBC Bay Area

Here is the draft text of Pope Francis’ homily delivered at his installation Mass on March 19, 2013. A final, official text could be released later:

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Idle No More, Defenders of the Land form alliance, call for "Sovereignty Summer"

March 18, 2013
By Jorge Barrera
APTN National News

Idle No More has joined forces with Defenders of the Land and the new alliance plans to launch “escalating action” during what is being called the “Sovereignty Summer,” according to a draft joint declaration obtained by APTN National News.

The alliance has been endorsed by Jessica Gordon, Sylvia McAdam, Sheelah...

Buddha Touched the Earth: An Exploration of Engaged Buddhism

By John Seed
March 16, 2013

Buddha Touched the Earth is the title of a new workshop facilitated by William James, Lisa Siegel and I that was first held at North Farm near Bellingen in northern New South Wales, Australia Feb 7-10 2012.

The workshop brought together Buddhist meditation with experiential deep ecology processes. Mornings were spent in silence, yoga,...

Pollution and Purity

March 15, 2013
By Sarandha
Himal SouthAsian

As millions bathe in the sacred rivers they themselves have polluted during the Kumbh Mela, where does the schism between Hindu notions of nature and actual nature conservation lie?

Veer Bhadra Mishra consigned to flames

March 15, 2013
By Binay Singh
Times of India

VARANASI: Pandit Veer Bhadra Mishra, eminent environmentalist, member of National Ganga River Basin Authority, and the founder-president of Sankat Mochan Foundation, was on Thursday cremated along the river that he fought all his life for to conserve and save from degradation. He was 74.

National Consultation: Water, Livelihoods and Climate Change

Tarun Bharat Sangh, Bheekampura, Alwar, Rajasthan

13th and 14th March, 2013

For the report, visit:
http://fore.research.yale.edu/files/March2013__consultation_on_water_livelihood_climate_change.pdf

 

Yamuna Bachao Yatra to protest at Jantar Mantar to highlight plight of the river

March 11, 2013    
India Today

After camping outside Delhi at Sarai Khawaja in Faridabad on Sunday, the Yamuna Bachao Yatra that started from Mathura will enter the capital on Monday. The yatra aims at creating awareness to save the “...

Solastalgia and Creative Response

March 7, 2013
Living Hero

To listen to this podcast, visit:

http://jari.podbean.com/2013/03/07/solastalgia-and-creative-response/

 

Solar Panels Rare Amid the Steeples

March 6, 2013
By Kate Galbraith
New York Times

Together at the Table: YDS students, New Haven community celebrate food justice

March 2013
By James Jenkins ’15 M.Div.
Yale University Notes from the Quad

[Editor’s Note: James Jenkins ’15 M.Div. is Sustainability Coordinator at YDS. We have invited him to periodically share about the various projects YDS Sustainability coordinates.] 

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