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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. 

The Pope vs. climate change deniers

February 19, 2010
By John Gehring
The Washington Post

The recent blizzard of bunk coming from climate change deniers giddy over the recent Snowmageddon that paralyzed the nation’s capital is a classic case of putting ideology and politics before science. While the overwhelming body of evidence from experts points to human causes exacerbating climate change - this means...

Rwanda Named Global Host of World Environment Day 2010

February 17, 2010
United Nations Environment Programme

Kigali (Rwanda)/Nairobi (Kenya) - Rwanda, the East African country that is embracing a transition to a Green Economy, will be the global host of World Environment Day 2010, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced today.

World Environment Day (WED), which aims to be the biggest global celebration for...

Saving the planet mixes well with religion, Yale scholar says

February 18, 2010
By Sara Israelsen-Hartley
Deseret News

PROVO — The Jordan River may be sacred to millions of Christians and Jews, but that sacredness hasn’t kept it from becoming a polluted waterway.

British Bishops Urge 'Carbon Fast' for Lent

February 16, 2010

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British Bishops Urge ‘Carbon Fast’ for Lent
British bishops urge Christians to go on environmentally friendly ‘carbon fast’ for Lent

The Associated Press

Several prominent Anglican British bishops are urging Christians to keep their carbon consumption in check this Lent.

The 40-day period of penitence before Easter typically...

India's Holy Ganges to Get a Cleanup

February 13, 2010

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India’s Holy Ganges to Get a Cleanup
Government Embarks on $4 Billion Campaign to Treat Heavily Polluted Waters; Devout Hindus Revere River as ‘Goddess’

By Krishna Pokharel
India News

VARANASI, India—More than a million devout Hindus bathed in the Ganges River Friday, braving the risk of terrorist attack, stampede and petty...

India's Tribe Appeals Avatar's Cameron to Defend Their Sacred Mountain

February 9, 2010
News Blaze

Dongria Kondh tribe of Orissa (India), in an advertisement in the prestigious Variety magazine, asked Oscar winner “Avatar” director James Cameron for help in their struggle to defend their sacred mountain.

Use religious leaders for climate change awareness: Nobel laureate

February 7, 2010
Indo-Asian News Service

New Delhi - Countries should take help from religious leaders to create mass understanding about global warming and thus help curb it, according to Wangari Maathai, Nobel laureate from Kenya.

“We should solicit the support of religious groups,” Maathai, a 2004 Nobel peace prize winner said late Saturday at...

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