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Coming Together to Pray, and Also to Find Reduced-Rate Energy Deals

July 30, 2011
By Mireya Navarro
New York Times

WASHINGTON — Like manna from heaven, thousands of dollars in new revenue is raining on a group of congregations here from the unlikeliest of sources: the utility bill.

The windfall arose after 11 churches and a nonprofit youth group got together to solicit reduced-rate bids for electricity — most of it from renewable...

Take Back the Airwaves!

July 29, 2011
By Duane Elgin
Huffington Post

Gordon Kaufman, Leading Theologian, Dies

July 28, 2011
Harvard Divinity School Communications

Gordon Dester Kaufman, Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr. Professor of Divinity Emeritus at Harvard Divinity School, died on Friday, July 22, at age 86.

A Victory for Protection of Sogorea Te

July 20, 2011
Press Release

After 98 days and nights of a continuous prayer vigil, the Committee to Protect Glen Cove is pleased to announce a victory in the struggle to protect the sacred grounds of Sogorea Te/Glen Cove.

'Waking-Up' to a Conscious Future

By Dennis Kingsley
Huffington Post
July 19, 2011

4 Jewish Summer Camps Sell "Fracking Rights" that Endanger Drinking Water, Food, Health, & Climate

July 14, 2011
By Rabbi Arthur Waskow
The Shalom Center

The Forward, the leading national Jewish weekly, has just reported that four Jewish summer camps in Pennsylvania have signed leases with gas exploration companies to allow “fracking” –-  the hydro-fracturing method of pouring tons of highly chemicalized water to smash shale rocks into releasing natural gas.

Ethical Responsibility And Climate Change: We're All In The Same Boat

July 13, 2011
By Rabbi Lawrence Troster
Huffington Post

How Spirituality Tells Us to Be Simple

July 13, 2011
By Duane Elgin
Huffington Post

The wisdom of simplicity is a theme with deep roots. The great value and benefits of living simply are found in all the world’s major wisdom traditions.

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Fracking Comes to Jewish Summer Camp

Concern Over the Environment Versus Financial Reward

July 13, 2011
By Josh Nathan-Kazis
Forward

Fracking, the controversial technique for extracting natural gas that energy companies are promoting as America’s path to energy independence, has come to the sunny, idyllic world of Jewish camping.

Four Jewish summer camps have signed leases with gas...

Fracking In Marcellus Shale Region Debated By Bishops, Nuns And Rabbis

July 9, 2011
By Kevin Begos
Huffington Post

PITTSBURGH – Bishops, nuns and rabbis are joining the environmental and social debate over natural gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region, and many are seeking a balance that reflects their congregations.

“We have people’s lives who are being blessed or adversely affected by this,” said Bishop Thomas Bickerton of...

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