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Green Church

March 7, 2010
By Carol Matroo
Newsday

Preserving the environment concerns everyone and the Catholic Church of Trinidad and Tobago is doing its part to protect and promote authentic human development and environmental ecology which are inextricably linked.

To protect the earth, the Catholic Church has drawn up a draft framework towards an Environmental...

Wanted: an eco prophet

March 7, 2010
By Peter Preston
The Guardian

People are drifting into a lethal slumber on climate change. More of the same won’t wake them up.

Sikhs to Celebrate their New Year on March 14th as Sikh Environment Day

March 6, 2010
Alliance of Religions and Conservation

The Sikh Council on Religion and Education is inviting Sikhs around the world to celebrate 14th March as Sikh Environment Day.

This date already holds great significance within the Sikh calendar as it celebrates the Gurgaddi Diwas of the 7th Guru, Guru Har Rai ji, and also because it marks the New Year according to the...

Nigeria: Tackling Climate Change Through Religion

March 4, 2010
By Tunbosun Ogundare
AllAfrica Global Media

Lagos — The effects of climate change particularly in sub-Saharan Africa are increasingly taking toll on the social and economic well-being of people of the region. Having realised these, some top faith leaders in the region have resolved to explore religion in tackling the menace.

The faith leaders have...

Sovereignty Begins at Home

March 1, 2010
By James Treat
Muscogee Nation News

The Okmulgee sky was overcast during the second weekend of February, but the mood inside the Mound Building was considerably more upbeat.  People from near and far had gathered for the Food Sovereignty Symposium, which is quickly becoming one of the more important annual events in Mvskoke country.

World Environment Ministers Signal Resolve to Realize Sustainable Development

February 26, 2010

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World Environment Ministers Signal Resolve to Realize Sustainable Development

Accelerating a Green Economy to Cooperative Action to Protect Human Health and Combat Climate Change Gets Support at Bali Meeting

11th Special Session of the UN Environment Programme’s Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum

United...

More Ambition Needed if Greenhouse Gases are to Peak in Time, Says New UNEP Report

February 23, 2010

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More Ambition Needed if Greenhouse Gases are to Peak in Time, Says New UNEP Report

Pledges Post Copenhagen Unlikely to Keep Temperatures Below 2 Degrees Celsius by Mid Century

UNEP Year Book Also Launched Today Outlines Growing Governance Challenge from Climate to Chemicals

United Nations Environment Programme

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Changing lives through sustainability: 2009-10 Sasakawa Prize winners bring light and heat ...

February 23, 2010

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Changing lives through sustainability

2009-10 Sasakawa Prize winners bring light and heat to communities in Latin America, Africa and India

United Nations Environment Programme

Bali (Indonesia) - Two projects bringing green stoves and clean lighting to remote communities in Latin America, East Africa and India...

DC Green Muslims and local groups partner to protect the environment

February 20, 2010
By M. Scott Bortot
Arab News

WASHINGTON : A recent series of record-breaking snowfalls in Washington, DC, has sparked debate among global warming pundits – both its supporters and detractors – as to the extent of humanity’s impact on the environment.

While the pundits debate, eco-conscious DC-area Muslims are promoting a message of environmental...

Religion rejuvenates environmentalism

February 18, 2010
By Courtney Woo
The Miami Herald

Evangelical pastor Ken Wilson’s environmental conversion began a few years ago with goose bumps, watery eyes and an appeal for help. 

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