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Copenhagen 1943 and Copenhagen UN 2009

December 9, 2009
By Rabbi Warren Stone
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

Sixty-six years ago, on October 2, 1943, when Jews were celebrating the High Holidays, Hitler ordered the arrest and deportation of Denmark’s 8,000 Jews. Danish Christian citizens were outraged and courageously rescued almost the entire Jewish population. In an act of collective resistance, the...

Stormwater solution: Rain gardens green a church parking lot

December 9, 2009
By Pamela Wood
The Christian Science Monitor

A church parking lot sent runoff into a nearby creek. Now it contains rain gardens to absorb and treat the stormwater.

US religious groups urge strong action to reduce greenhouse gases

December 8, 2009
The National Religious Coalition on Creation Care
Press Release

Copenhagen, Denmark - As the climate summit opens in Copenhagen, a coalition of religious organizations will present a collection of statements to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urging strong action to reduce greenhouse gases. This will emphasize that climate change is a moral and ethical issue...

Inter-religious Forum Calls for Nuclear Abolition

December 8, 2009
By Neena Bhandari
Inter Press Service

MELBOURNE - For the global religious community, the use of nuclear arms is an overwhelmingly important ethical issue for the human family. Thus, nothing less than the immediate abolition of such weapons is needed from the highest levels, said speakers at the Parliament of the World’s Religions currently underway in this...

Hindu Declaration on Climate Change

December 7, 2009
Hindu Press International

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA, December 8, 2009: Melbourne’s Parliament of the World’s Religions is proving to be the most influential of modern times, and the widest ever. Hindus have shown unity and extraordinary leadership releasing today the Hindu Declaration on Climate Change, marking a definitive stance of Hinduism as a religion that is aware...

Church bells to ring climate alarm as faith joins science in Denmark

December 7, 2009
By Peter Kenny
Ecumenical News International

Geneva - When church bells start ringing in Copenhagen, and all around the world, on Dec. 13, they will not be heralding an early arrival of Christmas. Rather they will peal out a call to action and prayer to respond to impending climate change.

Religious groups active in climate debate

December 6, 2009
By Brian Winter
USA Today

COPENHAGEN — Sunday started like any other day for Sister Joan Brown — with a period of prayer and meditation just before dawn at her home in Albuquerque.

Britain's chief rabbi calls for environmental Sabbath ahead of climate talks

December 4, 2009
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s chief rabbi has called for a Sabbath devoted to the environment ahead of the climate talks due to be held next week in Copenhagen.

Jonathan Sacks says he wants the Sabbath beginning Friday night to be focused on environmental issues and has asked Jews across the U.K. to pray for sustainable habits of consumption and...

World religious leaders to gather December 7th to mobilize on climate change

December 4, 2009
Global Peace Initiative of Women
Press Release

New York, NY - A multi-faith delegation of key religious and spiritual leaders from around the world will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark from December 7-13, 2009 during the UN COP-15 Summit. The delegation’s goal is to deepen the conversation on climate change by recognizing that this environmental...

Vatican delegation to join UN climate change conference

December 3, 2009
By Gustavo Solis
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The Vatican’s delegation to the U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, was being headed by an experienced diplomat and included experts on the environment.

Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the United Nations, was to lead the five-person Vatican delegation...

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