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Green Faith

February 29, 2012
Here on Earth: Wisconsin Public Radio

How does faith affect eco-consciousness? Is religion more focused on the after-life than on stewardship of the earth? Experts on Islam and Christianity join us for an interfaith conversation about faith and environmental activism. This show will preview an Inside Islam conference on Green Faith that will be held on March...

Pair pioneers ecology and religion program

February 28, 2012
By Liliana Varman
Yale Daily News

After spending four days by himself in the Mojave desert without access to food, Stephen Blackmer FES ’83 DIV ’12 found his calling. The 49-year-old had spent his life working to conserve New England forests, but said that trip expanded his views on how to protect the environment. In 2007, two years after his return, Blackmer...

Sacred natural sites and climate change threat

February 23, 2012
By Utpal Parashar
Hindustan Times

Sacred natural sites are areas of land or water having special spiritual significance. And the Eastern Himalayas is home to many such sites like Mount Kailash (Tibet), Lumbini (Nepal), Taksang (Bhutan), Gosaikunda (Nepal), Gurudongmar Lake (Sikkim). These sites besides having spiritual and religious significance also have...

Brazil Named Global Host of World Environment Day 2012

February 22, 2012
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi (Kenya) - The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that Brazil, with one of the fastest growing economies in the world, will host World Environment Day 2012 (WED) on 5 June.

Ash Wednesday Declaration: Repent for "shrug-culture" on climate change

February 22, 2012
By Brian Roewe
National Catholic Reporter

Religious leaders in the United Kingdom are using this Ash Wednesday as a call to all Christians to repent for the “shrug-culture” existing in many parts of the world toward climate change.

Operation Noah, a Christian climate change lobby, released today its Ash Wednesday Declaration – a seven-point call to...

Building Sustainable Future Needs More Than Science, Experts Say

February 20, 2012
By Stephen Leahy
Nation of Change

Contrary to popular belief, humans have failed to address the earth’s worsening emergencies of climate change, species’ extinction and resource overconsumption not because of a lack of information, but because of a lack of imagination, social scientists and artists say.

International Big History Association Newsletter

Volume II, Number 2
February 2012

This issue includes a section about the Journey of the Universe film.

To read this newsletter, visit: http://fore.research.yale.edu/files/International_Big_History_Association_Newsletter.pdf

For past newsletters, visit:...

India's richest shrine goes green

January 30, 2012
By Shilpa Kanna
BBC News

Surrounded by seven hills, high above lush green forests is the temple town of Tirumala.

The crown jewel is the dazzling gold-plated temple of Lord Venkateshwara. Located in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, this is not just one of Hinduism’s holiest shrines, but also one of the richest.

It has an annual income...

Quaker Eco-Justice Strategy: Equality and the Experiment of the Earth Quaker Action Team

January-February 2012
By George Lakey
Quaker Earthcare Witness

Any great change must expect opposition because it shakes the very foundation of privilege.

What if it turned out that a time-honored Friends testimony, a success story in northwestern Europe, and an experiment by contemporary eco-justice Quakers,...

N.Y. Quakers hold non-violent direct action training on 'fracking'

Acting to end hydrofracturing in natural gas development

By Angela Manno
15th Street (N.Y.) Friends Meeting
Quaker Earthcare Witness
January-February 2012

The room filled up slowly on Saturday morning, November 12, 2011, at Brooklyn (N.Y.) Friends Meetinghouse. These were seasoned activists and newcomers to hydraulic fracturing, the newest form...

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