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Traditional Circle Elder Jake Swamp (Tekaronianeken) Passes to Spirit World

October 16, 2010
North Country Now

Our Commons Future Is Already Here

A stirring call to unite the environmental and global justice movement from Maude Barlow

By Maude Barlow
CommonDreams.org
October 13, 2010

Maude Barlow gave this stirring plenary speech, full of hope even in the face of ecological disasters, to the Environmental Grantmakers Association annual retreat in Pacific Grove, California. Barlow, a former...

Bill Johnston, a pioneer in interreligious dialogue, passes

October 12, 2010
Irish Jesuit News

Congregations use religion to emphasize environmental awareness

Area houses of worship hope to help the Chesapeake, use alternative energy

By Raven L. Hill
The Baltimore Sun
October 11, 2010

For St. James Episcopal Church, environmental activism is a religion.

The church, nestled in Parkton’s lush farmland and rolling hills, has received a Maryland Energy Administration grant to install a wind speed indicator, the first step...

A Hindu Sect Devoted to the Environment

October 7, 2010
By Akash Kapur
New York Times

DHUNDLI, India — About three kilometers from this village, across dirt tracks and open scrubland, there is a settlement of seven mud huts bordered by millet and lentil fields. No electricity or telephone poles run to these huts. There’s not a satellite dish to be seen.

Incredible array of new species found in remote Papua New Guinea

New frogs, spiders, rodents & other critters among 200 new species discovered

October 6, 2010
Conservation International Press Release

Arlington, VA – An orange spider, a jabbing spiny-legged katydid, a white-tailed mouse and a minute long-nosed frog are among an amazing 200 new species of plants and...

"30 Ways in 30 Days" to inspire action on reducing emissions and transition to global Green Economy

October 5, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Mexico City/Nairobi - From creating mass markets for solar water heaters to planting trees and protecting forests, the United Nations Environment Programme will be releasing 30 case studies in the run up to the UN climate convention in Mexico to prove that solutions to combat Climate Change are available, accessible and...

Hindus want world to take water insecurity risk more seriously

October 1, 2010
ANI

Nevada (US): Hindus want the worldwide risk of water insecurity to be taken seriously.

According to a recent study, water threats include scarcity and pollution and about 3.4 billion people worldwide fall under the most severe threat category. Areas of the world inhabited by about 80 percent of world population lack secure fresh water supply. Prospect of...

On Gandhi's Birthday, GreenFaith Announces Hindu and Jain Scholar in Residence

Dr. Pankaj Jain Joins Leading Interfaith Environmental Coalition

GreenFaith
October 1, 2010

On the anniversary of Gandhi’s birthday, GreenFaith is pleased to announce that Dr. Pankaj Jain has become GreenFaith’s Hindu and Jain Scholar in Residence, and will work with GreenFaith to strengthen Hindu and Jain environmental leadership nationwide.  GreenFaith is...

Mixed Reception for UN Anti-poverty Action Review

September 27, 2010
By Ecumenical News International

Leaders of global faith and humanitarian groups have given mixed reactions to a New York summit evaluating the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, set out a decade ago to reduce global poverty - write Peter Kenny and Chris Herlinger.

Political leaders at the summit acknowledged that progress towards...

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