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September 21, 2010
UNT News Service

Dr. Pankaj Jain’s South Asian Religion and Philosophy class at the University of North Texas will ring bells in tune with the United Nations on Sept. 22 (Wednesday) to mark crucial international talks on biodiversity...

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Empowering Local Energy Entrepreneurs and Catalyzing Low-Cost Loans Key to Cook Stove Initiative

UNEP Joins Major International Initiative to Boost Women’s Health, Cut Deforestation and Provide Significant Climate Benefits

September 21, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

September 22, 2010
By Shailaja Tripathi
The Hindu

A festival celebrating earth as a living system will be held in Delhi on Gandhi Jayanti

September 20, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

New York - Investing in clean energy, sustainable transport, forests and environmentally-friendly agriculture is essential, if internationally-agreed goals to reduce poverty are to be achieved.

This is among the central conclusions of A Brief for Policymakers on the Green Economy...

September 20, 2010
By Brian Hutt
Christian Today

Christian development agency Tearfund says world leaders must make “real progress” at the UN summit on the Millennium Development Goals this week.

The summit has been called by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon to accelerate progress on the MDGs as the five-year countdown to the target date for their fulfilment begins.

September 19, 2010
By Meir Rinde
Trenton Times

TRENTON – From the roof of Shiloh Baptist Church, the Rev. Darrell Armstrong has a great view. He sees not only the surrounding Canal Banks neighborhood and the tops of the city’s tallest buildings, but also some 180 brand-spanking-new solar panels, soaking up the sun and sending pollution-free power back down into his church.

September 15, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Sydney (Australia) - Millions of people across the globe will be cleaning up their local parks, waterways and forests in a bid to restore and protect nature this Clean Up the World Weekend, in support of the United Nations 2010 International Year of Biodiversity.

September 5, 2010
ANI

Nevada (US): Noted Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has urged Hindus world over to “save the world” by countering environmental crisis with minor changes in their lifestyles.

Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that environment was the paramount issue of our times and it should not be just left to...

September 4, 2010
By William Grimes
New York Times

Raimon Panikkar, a Roman Catholic theologian whose embrace of Hindu scriptures and Buddhism made him an influential voice for promoting dialogue among the world’s religions, died on Aug. 26 at his home in Tavertet, Spain. He was 91.

His death was announced on his Web site,...

September 2, 2010
By James Miller
Sustainable China Blog

In May this year I had the opportunity to visit Maoshan (Mt. Mao) a Daoist mountain sacred to the Shangqing (Highest Clarity) tradition of Daoism that I studied in my most recent book . Located in Jiangsu province, it is about an hour’s bus ride...