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An Evangelical Crusade To Go Green With God

June 27, 2010
NPR

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As the oil continues to spill in the Gulf of Mexico, what to do about off-...

World Religious Leaders Press G8 Nations on MDGs

June 25, 2010
By Ethan Cole
The Christian Post

Ahead of the G8 meeting in Canada this weekend, religious leaders from diverse faiths and countries issued a statement on Wednesday calling for the fulfillment of the U.N.’s Millennium Development Goals.

Some 80 senior leaders representing nine different faiths – Christian, Aboriginal, Bahai, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim, Shinto,...

A Greener Calling: Preaching the Gospel of Green

June 22, 2010
By Meredith Bryan
O, The Oprah Magazine 

Rev. Canon Sally Bingham is an Episcopal priest who preaches energy conservation to people of all faiths. Read the first in O’s series on a global contingent of eco-conscious faith leaders joining forces.

Leaders of pro-environment Christian group say oil spill shows clean energy is a moral issue

June 17, 2010
By John Flesher
Associated Press
Baltimore Sun

Leaders of a group that encourages evangelical Christians to care for the environment say the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico raises moral challenges for the country.

The Revs. Jim Ball and Mitchell Hescox, leaders of the Evangelical Environmental Network, are visiting southern Louisiana to pray with...

Bay Area Leaders Call On Legislators To Move Away From Oil

June 17, 2010
By Bay City News
The San Francisco Appeal

Leaders from Bay Area environmental, business and faith communities issued a call for action Wednesday morning and urged California state legislators to make “homegrown, clean sources of energy” a priority.

The National Wildlife Federation hosted a conference call Wednesday morning where community leaders stressed...

Earth Charter back in the Peace Palace ten years later

June 11, 2010
Press Release

The Hague — On Tuesday 29 June 2010, an international event will be held in the Peace Palace in The Hague to mark the 10th anniversary of the Earth Charter. Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands will be present, just as she was on 29 June 2000 for the official launch of this highly influential document setting out values and principles for the...

Prince Charles Commends IFEES Project in Zanzibar

June 10, 2010
The Muslim Council of Britain

Prince Charles commended a project in Zanzibar where IFEES played a major role, in a speech delivered on Islam and the Environment at the Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford yesterday under the aegis of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies. This project which has received world wide acclaim was the first ever in which environmental ethics...

Solar Power for Schoolchildren and US$85,000 for Gorilla Conservation ...

 

June 5, 2010

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Solar Power for Schoolchildren and US$85,000 for Gorilla Conservation Among Lasting Legacy of World Environment Day in Rwanda

United Nations Environment Programme

Kigali/Volcanoes National Park – Schoolchildren and villagers across Rwanda will receive solar power and more than $85,000 will go to gorilla conservation as part of the...

Churches are paying closer attention to connection between humans and animals

June 6, 2010
By Lisa Black
Chicago Tribune

Factory farming, green living among topics sparking discussion Animal advocates gain ground in religious circles

In Genesis, the Lord created animals, said they were good and then gave man permission to eat them.

While not a universal belief, many Christians traditionally have embraced a...

Churches celebrate bio-diversity on Environment Sunday

June 6, 2010
Ekklesia

Churches across the UK are celebrating Environment Sunday on 6 June 2010, as the United Nations prepares a biodiversity report which will say that the value of saving “natural goods and services” such as pollination, medicines, clean air and water will be worth between 10 and 100 times the cost of saving the habitats and species which produce them.

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