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The potential of religion for Earth Stewardship

By Gregory E. Hitzhusen and Mary Evelyn Tucker

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Volume 11, Issue 7
September 2013
Pages 368–376.
http://www.esajournals.org/doi/pdf/10.1890/120322

Future of Wind Power in Pakistan

August 23, 2013
Opinion Piece by Adnan H. Satti, Research Associate
MUSLIM Institute

Pakistan is a country blessed with the natural resources in abundance, but ineffective use of the available resources denied Pakistan of progress it deserved in social, economic and industrial sectors.

Earth Corps Event in NYC Update

August 2013
Franciscan Earth Corps

Religion, nature and urbanization among China's ethnic minorities

August 16, 2013
By James Miller
Sustainable China Blog

The future China chooses will dictate the future of the planet

August 16, 2013
By Georg Kell
The Guardian

China is the largest contributor to global warming and also the biggest investor in renewables. The future it chooses will affect us all, writes Georg Kell

The call by the Chinese government for an “ecological civilisation” which aims to control pollution and greenhouse gas emissions may sound like...