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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 “...

The Christian case for environmentalism

The confluence of Good Friday and Earth Day is a reminder of our duty to protect God’s creation

By John R. Schol
The Baltimore Sun
May 2, 2011

The world’s two billion Christians have just completed Holy Week, celebrating the final days, death and resurrection of Jesus. This year, the global celebration of Earth Day coincided with Good Friday, giving...

Building the Sacred Inside and Out: Green Architecture for Houses of Worship

April 26, 2011
By Carole Caplan
GreenFaith Fellow
Huffington Post

Save Yamuna Movement picking up momentum

April 23, 2011
By Jagat
Vrindavan Today

Mathura, 2011.04.23 (VT): The demonstration and fast at the Jantar Mantar grounds in Delhi are quickly becoming quite a source of discomfort for the government.

Earth Day Trails

April 22, 2011
By Shannon Ongaro
The Bozone

Hindus Find a Ganges in Queens, to Park Rangers' Dismay

April 21, 2011
By Sam Dolnick
New York Times

It was just after dawn last Sunday when a pair of pilgrims lighted incense on the shore and dropped two coconuts into the sacred waters, otherwise known as Jamaica Bay.

The shells bobbed in the surf, not far from clay bowls, rotting limes and waterlogged rags that had washed back ashore, flotsam from previous Hindu...

EPA Launches Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Initiative/EPA's coordination

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EPA Launches Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships Initiative/EPA’s coordination with White House effort will support environmental education and healthier families

EPA Press Release
April 18, 2011

Contact Information: Richard Yost yost.richard@epa.gov 202-564-7827 202-564-4355 Cathy Milbourn...

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