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In India, Spreading A Green Gospel Among Pilgrims

November 21, 2011
By Corey Flintoff
NPR

The Golden Temple at Amritsar, India, doesn’t look like an environmental pressure point. The gold-sheathed building gleams serenely as a jewel box in the midst of a broad reflecting pond. Music serenades pilgrims as they cross a causeway to reach the shrine.

Surge of signatures on power feed-in tariff petition

November 18, 2011
Church of England Press Release

The Church of England is calling on the Government to slow down their plans to drop the rate of returns on electricity grid  feed-in tariffs for solar panels to give churches, and other community groups, more time to complete installation. It is also asking for a special community tariff.

On the Road to Rio+20, Countries Accelerate Plans for Green Economy Transition

November 16, 2011
United Nations Environment Programme

Beijing - A new UN report demonstrates that governments and businesses alike are taking steps to accelerate a global shift towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient and socially inclusive green future.

From China to Barbados, Brazil to South Africa, countries are developing Green Economy strategies and activities to spur...

Holy Water: A precious commodity in a region of conflict

November/December 2011
Text by Stephan Faris
Photographs by Francesco Zizola
Orion Magazine

Churches go green

November 2011
KNTV

Many sanctuaries are switching to solar power. KNTV’s Scott Budman reports.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/45187404#45187404

Tutu to host Durban rally on eve of climate summit

November 9, 2011
The Mercury

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has urged South Africans to join world faith leaders, political leaders and music stars at an “extraordinary” mass rally and concert at Durban’s King’s Park Stadium on the eve of the COP17 climate change summit.

The archbishop is to host the We Have Faith – Act Now for Climate Justice rally and concert on November...

Holy cities face threat from polluting pilgrims

November 8, 2011
By George Webster
CNN

(CNN) – An estimated 2.5 million pilgrims have descended on the city of Mecca for the Islamic Hajj, said to be the largest annual gathering of people in the world.

Every fit and able Muslim is obliged by their faith to make the journey at least once in their lifetime. But with the rising threat of climate change, there are now...

Top Honour For International Animal Pioneer

November 3, 2011
By Sam Calvert
Religious News Servies

Oxford animal theologian Professor Andrew Linzey has been awarded a top university honour for his pioneering work around the world.

The University of Winchester is to recognise Professor Linzey with an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in recognition of his work in animal theology in a graduation ceremony on 9...

New UNEP Report Tracks the Changing Global Environment over the Past Two Decades

November 1, 2011
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi - The environmental changes that have swept the planet over the last twenty years are spotlighted in a new compilation of statistical data by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), released today in a report entitled “Keeping Track of our Changing Environment: From Rio to Rio+20”.

The Green Profile of the Grand Mufti of Egypt

October 2011
By Moshe Terdiman
Green Compass Research

Introduction

Sheikh Ali Gomaa is the Grand Mufti of Egypt since September 2003 and one of the highest ranking and respected religious authorities throughout the Sunni world. He holds the second highest religious position in Egypt, after that of Sheikh al-Azhar. As the Grand Mufti...

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