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Congregations use religion to emphasize environmental awareness

Area houses of worship hope to help the Chesapeake, use alternative energy

By Raven L. Hill
The Baltimore Sun
October 11, 2010

For St. James Episcopal Church, environmental activism is a religion.

The church, nestled in Parkton’s lush farmland and rolling hills, has received a Maryland Energy Administration grant to install a wind speed indicator, the first step...

A Hindu Sect Devoted to the Environment

October 7, 2010
By Akash Kapur
New York Times

DHUNDLI, India — About three kilometers from this village, across dirt tracks and open scrubland, there is a settlement of seven mud huts bordered by millet and lentil fields. No electricity or telephone poles run to these huts. There’s not a satellite dish to be seen.

Incredible array of new species found in remote Papua New Guinea

New frogs, spiders, rodents & other critters among 200 new species discovered

October 6, 2010
Conservation International Press Release

Arlington, VA – An orange spider, a jabbing spiny-legged katydid, a white-tailed mouse and a minute long-nosed frog are among an amazing 200 new species of plants and...

"30 Ways in 30 Days" to inspire action on reducing emissions and transition to global Green Economy

October 5, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Mexico City/Nairobi - From creating mass markets for solar water heaters to planting trees and protecting forests, the United Nations Environment Programme will be releasing 30 case studies in the run up to the UN climate convention in Mexico to prove that solutions to combat Climate Change are available, accessible and...

Hindus want world to take water insecurity risk more seriously

October 1, 2010
ANI

Nevada (US): Hindus want the worldwide risk of water insecurity to be taken seriously.

According to a recent study, water threats include scarcity and pollution and about 3.4 billion people worldwide fall under the most severe threat category. Areas of the world inhabited by about 80 percent of world population lack secure fresh water supply. Prospect of...

On Gandhi's Birthday, GreenFaith Announces Hindu and Jain Scholar in Residence

Dr. Pankaj Jain Joins Leading Interfaith Environmental Coalition

GreenFaith
October 1, 2010

On the anniversary of Gandhi’s birthday, GreenFaith is pleased to announce that Dr. Pankaj Jain has become GreenFaith’s Hindu and Jain Scholar in Residence, and will work with GreenFaith to strengthen Hindu and Jain environmental leadership nationwide.  GreenFaith is...

Mixed Reception for UN Anti-poverty Action Review

September 27, 2010
By Ecumenical News International

Leaders of global faith and humanitarian groups have given mixed reactions to a New York summit evaluating the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals, set out a decade ago to reduce global poverty - write Peter Kenny and Chris Herlinger.

Political leaders at the summit acknowledged that progress towards...

The Vatican goes green

September 27, 2010    
By Alison Stewart                                                                 
PBS      

Save the planet — a message from another world

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Save the planet – a message from another world

The first member of a remote Colombian tribe ever to set foot in Britain brings a stark ecological warning

By Patrick Barkham
The Guardian
September 27, 2010

The costs of cheap meat

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The costs of cheap meat
Critics of factory farms say we pay a high price for low-cost food

By Monica Eng
Chicago Tribune
September 24, 2010

If you adjust for inflation and income, Americans have never spent less on food than they have in recent years. And yet many feel we’ve also never paid such a high price.

U.S. Department of Agriculture...

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