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Water as vital to national security as defence - UN

* Shared rivers, aquifers face strains from more demand

* 145 countries share river basins with neighbours

* U.N. issues first definition of water security

By Environment Correspondent Alister Doyle
Reuters
March 22, 2013

OSLO - Stresses on water supplies aggravated by climate change are likely to cause more conflicts and water should be considered as...

Bruno Latour thinks about the Anthropocene

March 22, 2013
By Garry Peterson
Resilience Science

Bruno Latour‘s Gifford Lectures Facing Gaia: A new enquiry into Natural Religion, which were given at University of Edinburgh over the last few months are now on the web.

Pope Francis Raises Hopes for an Ecological Church

March 22, 2013
By Marcela Valente
Inter Press Service

BUENOS AIRES - The new pope’s choice of the name Francis, to honour the Catholic Church’s patron saint of animals and the environment, has awakened the hopes of ecologists and others who are concerned about rampant consumerism and the deterioration of the planet.

First Nations say they will fight oilsands, pipeline

Minister of Natural Resources says pipeline projects are in First Nations’ economic interest

The Canadian Press
March 20, 2013

An alliance of First Nations leaders is preparing to fight proposed new pipelines in the courts and through unspecified direct action.

Native leaders from Canada and the United States were on Parliament Hill on Wednesday to underline...

Water Ethics Newsletter

March 2013

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Australian Pioneer Honoured for Philanthropic Work

March 19, 2013
Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics
Press Release

The Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics is delighted to announce Australian philanthropic pioneer Philip Wollen as its seventh Honorary Fellow.  The award is given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the protection of animals.

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?

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