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The U.N. Happiness Project

March 28, 2012
By Timothy W. Ryback
New York Times

Next Monday, the United Nations will implement Resolution 65/309, adopted unanimously by the General Assembly in July 2011, placing “happiness” on the global agenda.

Religious leaders unite to bless sustainability

March 21, 2012
By Sharon Udasin
Jerusalem Post

Muslim, Jewish and Christian clerics gathered on Monday to promote cooperation among spiritual leaders regarding reinforcing the importance of environmental protection among their individual communities.

“Religious leaders and institutions have the potential to mobilize billions of followers in...

Sacred groves: Theologians contemplate God in special places

 

Reverence for the divine can be found far afield and close to home.

By Brandon Loomis
The Salt Lake Tribune
March 19, 2012

 

Jason Brown was a Brigham Young University anthropology student working on a Guatemalan field study when he sensed that his spirituality and the natural world were tightly bound.

Episcopalians Confronting Climate Change

March 6, 2012
By Lisa Palmer  
Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media

Leaders of American Episcopalians point to ‘mounting urgency’ to address climate change and develop more compassionate and sustainable economies to support stewardship of all of God’s creation.

Global Peace Initiative of Women Convenes Environmental Conference in Kenya

March 2, 2012
United Nations Environment Programme

Religious and community leaders meet to discuss solutions for sustainable development

Nairobi (Kenya) The Global Peace Initiative of Women (GPIW), a non-governmental organization of contemplative leaders based in the United States, held today an environmental conference at the headquarters of the...

Remarks by Achim Steiner to the Global Peace Initiative of Women Conference

March 2, 2012
United Nations Environment Programme

AWAKENING THE HEALING HEART

Nairobi

 

Dena Merriam, Founder, Global Peace Initiative of Women (USA);

Kuki Gallmann, Founder, Gallmann Memorial Foundation & Great Rift Valley Trust in Ol Ari Nyiro, Laikipia Nature Conservancy (Kenya);

H.H....

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.

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