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At a Climate Protest, Science and Religion

January 15, 2013
By Jada F. Smith
New York Times

Science and religion went hand-in-hand on Tuesday as leaders from both worlds gathered in front of the White House to protest what they cast as government inaction on climate change.

Hindu American Seva Communities Promotes Eco-Dharma through Bhumi Seva

A public, private, education partnership
 
Hindu American Seva Communities Press Release
January 10, 2013

Canadian PM to meet First Nations leaders after protests

 

Idle No More movement began as campaign by four women against changes to Indian Act and environmental deregulation

January 6, 2013
By Isabeau Doucet
The Guardian

The Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, has agreed to a meeting with First Nations...

Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) Newsletter

January 2013 


http://www.foeme.org/peace.php?id=101

 

An Ecological Paradise in Southern India? A Discussion About The Todas With Dr. Tarun Chhabra

January 4, 2013
By Michael Charles Tobias
Forbes

Environmentalism is, by definition, given to skepticism, dismay, political cynicism and the seemingly endless endeavors to guide human nature along a path more sustainable than that currently on display worldwide.

Playing offense: It's time to divest from the oil industry

January 2, 2013
By Bill McKibben
The Christian Century

Worldviews on Fire: Understanding the Inspiration for Congregational Religious Environmentalism

By Erin Lothes Biviano

CrossCurrents 62.4 (2012): 495-511

December Newsletter of the Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute


December 2012

 

http://safcei.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Newsletter-December-2012.pdf

 

West Bank barrier plan threatens ancient farming landscape

 

December 22, 2012
By Joel Greenberg
The Washington Post

BATTIR, West Bank — The old stone-walled farming terraces of this scenic Palestinian village near Jerusalem stretch along the hillsides, fed by spring water flowing through a network of irrigation channels that dates to Roman times.

 

United Nations Environment Programme Upgraded to Universal Membership Following Rio+20 Summit

December 21, 2012
United Nations Environment Programme

New York / Nairobi - Another step forward to the ‘Future We Want’ was put in place today with a decision by the General Assembly of the United Nations to ‘strengthen and upgrade’ the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and establish universal membership of its governing body.

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