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The Dharmic Method to Save the Planet

May 12, 2011
By Pankaj Jain
Huffington Post

No place to land: Loss of natural habitats threatens migratory birds globally

Observed in over 50 countries on 14-15 May, World Migratory Bird Day 2011 looks at “Land use changes from a bird’s-eye view”

United Nations Environment Programme
May 12, 2011

Four Biblical Voices on our Relationship to Creation

May 11, 2011
By Rabbi Lawrence Troster
Huffington Post

Vatican Report Shines Light on Climate Change Divisions Within the U.S. Faith Community

May 10, 2011
By Jean Chemnick
New York Times

When the Vatican released a report last week calling man-made climate change “serious and potentially irreversible” and advocating aggressive action to curb emissions, it stirred up old divisions within the U.S. faith community over whether human activity can affect creation and what should be done about it.

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UN Announces Winners of Flagship Environment Award

May 10, 2011
United Nations Environment Programme

New York / Nairobi - Mexican President Felipe Calderon, global music legend Angélique Kidjo and adventurer Louis Palmer are among the five winners of the 2011 Champions of the Earth awards, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on Tuesday.

Monks Fight to Get Cambodian Forests on the Carbon Market

May 9, 2011
By Brendan Brady / Sorng Rukavorn
Time Magazine

Vatican working group calls for concrete steps to combat climate change

May 9, 2011
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Nations and individuals have a duty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enact policies that mitigate global warming, said a Vatican-sponsored working group.

“The business-as-usual mode will not be possible because of both resource depletion and environmental damages,” the group said in a report...

Vatican Issues Major Report on Science of Climate Change

May 6, 2011
Catholic Climate Covenant

Yesterday, a working group of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, one of the oldest scientific institutes in the world, issued a sobering report on the impacts for humankind as a result of the global retreat...

Oil spill in Lubicon Lake Cree Nation, Alberta: KAIROS urgent action

May 6, 2011
KAIROS Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives

Lord Ganesha worshiped to open Nevada Earth Day Celebrations

May 2, 2011  
Albuquerque Express

(ANI) - Nevada Earth Day 2011 celebrations here today opened with prayers from ancient Sanskrit scriptures and Baha’i prayer in Farsi.

After lighting incense before Lord Ganesha statue and sprinkling holy water from river Ganga, distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed read Shanti Mantra in Sanskrit from the Earth Day stage, followed by “...

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