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The Environmental Sustainability of Indian Spirituality

May 21, 2013
By Pankaj Jain
Huffington Post

Natural disasters, climate change, and the 'burn it all downers'

May 21, 2013
By Richard Cizik
The Washington Post

Pastor Mark Driscoll, who ministers in Seattle, told a Catalyst gathering a few days ago that “I know who made the environment and he’s coming back and going to burn it all up. So yes, I drive an SUV.” No joke. That’s...

Traditional Cultures Can Show Wasteful World How to Preserve Food

Ahead of World Environment Day, UNEP Showcases Methods such as Condensing Cows, Storing Seabirds in Sealskins and Freeze-Drying Potatoes in the Open Air

United Nations Environment Programme
May 21, 2013

Nairobi - From condensing the meat of whole cow to the size of a human fist, to preserving seabirds in sealskins, there are hundreds of ways in which...

The Serious Challenge of Our Time

By Wes Jackson
Commencement Address – University of Kansas
May 19, 2013

To read the address, visit:

http://fore.research.yale.edu/files/WJackson–KU_Commencement.pdf

Exciting results from working with Muslims in Sumatra on eco-programs

May 10, 2013
Alliance of Religions and Conservation

A new report by the Darwin Initiative (DI) shows the exciting results they saw when they ran a major project to engage faith leaders in Indonesia in environmental action.

What Hope Requires of Us

An Address by Steven C. Rockefeller

“Prosperous Lowcountry, Flourishing Planet”

South Carolina Coastal Conservation League Conference

May 8-9, 2013

To read the PDF, visit:
http://fore.research.yale.edu/files/Rockefeller_CCL_5-14-2013.pdf

Faith-based groups play key role in advancing development goals, UNDP chief says

May 3, 2013
United Nations Development Programme

Dharma and Ecology Interview with Pankaj Jain

May 2, 2013
DesiplazaTV

DesiplazaTV is an Indian American TV Company in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area, TX, USA

Episcopal Church, Church of Sweden, ELCA commitment: "Sustaining hope in the face of climate change"

May 2, 2013
The Episcopal Church
Office of Public Affairs

The heads of three religious denominations - The Episcopal Church, the Church of Sweden, and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) – signed a joint statement “to celebrate our commitment to hope in the face of climate change.”

The Gathering Storm

May 2013
By Janelle Tupper  
Sojourners Magazine

Climate change leads to far more consequences than just destructive weather patterns.

 

Climate scientists have warned that climate change will bring about—and already is bringing about—more frequent and fiercer storms. But climate change leads to far more than just destructive weather patterns, with consequences...

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