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Churches Urged to Address Challenges on World Environment Day

June 5, 2010
By Dibin Samuel
The Christian Post

In marking World Environment Day on Saturday, the National Council of Churches in India urged churches, related-organizations and agencies to celebrate and respond to environmental concerns that are due to human activities.

“We as Christian faith-based communities must thank God for the multi-species and bio-diversified...

A Time for Moral Reckoning

June 3, 2010
By Jim Wallis
The Huffington Post

Ghana: The Climate Change Agenda - What Role for Religious Groups?

June 4, 2010
By Charles Agboklu
AllAfrica Global Media

The issue of climate change has not only become topical globally but also a very essential cross-cutting subject in all socio-economic sectors of the economy including governance. The issue therefore needs to be addressed by national institutions including religious organisations in Ghana.

Want not, waste not

June 1, 2010
By Max Carter
The Washington Post

Q: The catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a widening environmental, economic and political crisis. Is it also a moral crisis? How does religion influence our use and abuse of the natural world? Does religion help or harm the environment?

From Kigali to Haiti - People around the planet gear up for World Environment Day

May 26, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Kigali/Nairobi/Worldwide - From Hollywood stars to schoolchildren, millions of people on every continent will take action for the planet on 5 June for World Environment Day.

Under the theme ‘Many Species. One Planet. One Future’, this year’s event will celebrate the incredible diversity of life on...

Green Hinduism, a natural fit

At the first global green Hindu event on Saturday, we were reminded of the scriptural imperative to protect our fragile earth

May 24, 2010
By Kusum Vyas
The Guardian

From Ecological Disaster to Constitutional Crisis: the Long Struggle Over the Xingú Dams...

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From Ecological Disaster to Constitutional Crisis: the Long Struggle Over the Xingú Dams Comes to a Climax at Belo Monte

May 18, 2010
By Terence Turner
Counterpunch

Sacred Himalayan sites bring together religious leaders, conservationists

May 17, 2010
WWF

A first-time workshop in Bhutan today is bringing together religious leaders, government officials and conservationists to discuss how to better protect sacred natural sites in the region.

The workshop comes amid renewed interest from religious leaders worldwide in supporting conservation efforts.

For example, during the last two years Malaysia’s...

A Great Urgency: To All World Religious and Spiritual Leaders

May 14, 2010
By Chief Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe
The Huffington Post

My Relatives,

Time has come to speak to the hearts of our Nations and their Leaders. I ask you this from the bottom of my heart, to come together from the Spirit of your Nations in prayer.

We, from the heart of Turtle Island, have a great...

New Vision Required to Stave Off Dramatic Biodiversity Loss, Says UN Report

May 10, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Nairobi - Natural systems that support economies, lives and livelihoods across the planet are at risk of rapid degradation and collapse unless there is swift, radical and creative action to conserve and sustainably use the variety of life on Earth.

This is one principal conclusion of a major new assessment of the current...

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