November 2009 News

November 30, 2009
November 30, 2009By Kristen GelineauAssociated Press SYDNEY (AP) — The world’s leaders must prioritize the issue of global warming above all else, the Dalai Lama...
November 21, 2009
November 21, 2009By Bishop William Chris BoergerThe Bellingham Herald Extreme weather, rising sea levels, and drought are taking an awful toll on the poorest of people, while...
November 20, 2009
November 20, 2009By Peggy Fletcher StackThe Salt Lake Tribune Bartholomew teaches rising generations to care for planet. “To commit a crime against the natural world is a sin...
November 19, 2009
November 19, 2009Asian News International New Delhi: Apprehending the threats posed by global warming and nuclear armament, religious leaders of different faiths on Thursday...
November 19, 2009
November 19, 2009By Mohammed AminuAll Africa Global Media Sokoto — British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Bob Dewar, yesterday challenged religious leaders and faith-...
November 18, 2009
November 18, 2009The Guardian Leading environmental scientists and evangelical Christians join forces to lobby senators in support of the climate bill The handful of Senators...
November 16, 2009
November 16, 2009By Peter Gelling GlobalPost Can Quranic teaching save the planet? Many in the world’s most-populous Muslim nation think so. IMOGIRI, Indonesia —...
November 14, 2009
November 14, 2009Asian Tribune Hindus have strongly criticized non-inclusion of world religious leaders, except Pope, in much-publicized and prestigious “World Summit...
November 12, 2009
November 12, 2009Agence France-Presse World News The World Council of Churches on Thursday called on churches around the world to ring their bells 350 times during the...
November 11, 2009
November 11, 2009World Council of ChurchesPress Release As nations are spelling out their bargaining positions for the negotiations on a new international climate deal to...
November 10, 2009
November 10, 2009Independent Catholic News Archbishop Dermot Clifford, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly, today launched The Cry of the Earth, a pastoral reflection on climate...
November 9, 2009
November 9, 2009By Gil SheflerJewish Telegraphic Agency Wire Service Have Jews been “green” for millennia without knowing it? A Jewish delegation made the case...
November 8, 2009
November 8, 2009By Renee Schoof McClatchy Newspapers The Miami Herald As an evangelical Christian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe found that many...
November 8, 2009
November 8, 2009 Ecumenical News International Leaders of nine major faiths have presented 60 ideas to lessen carbon emissions to the United Nations after Secretary-General...
November 6, 2009
November 6, 2009 National Public Radio There may be a prayer for climate change prevention. Major world religious leaders and conservation organizations recently gathered in...
November 5, 2009
November 5, 2009 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Kyoto/Barcelona - More than 400 climate change negotiators, business leaders and environmental activists will...
November 5, 2009
November 5, 2009 The Economist A link-up between faith and greenery brings unlikely people together NEW ORLEANS AND WINDSOR, ENGLAND - ENVIRONMENTALISM is a hard...
November 4, 2009
November 4, 2009 Environment News Service LONDON, UK (ENS) - The world’s religions have a crucial role to play in the fight against global climate change, Secretary-...
November 3, 2009
November 3, 2009Full title: ‘You Can – and Do – Inspire People to Change,’ Secretary-General says, Encouraging Summit of Religious, Secular Leaders on Climate...
November 3, 2009
November 3, 2009Full title: Ahead of London Summit, Secretary-General Tells Religious and Secular Leaders That Contributions of All People of All Beliefs Needed to Confront...
November 3, 2009
Full Title:  Medina to go green: Medina will be the first Islamic city to go green, the Grand Mufti of Egypt has announced, as part of a seven year plan to make the...
November 3, 2009
November 3, 2009By United Nations Information Centre The world’s religions have a crucial role to play in the global fight against climate change, Secretary-General Ban...
November 2, 2009
November 2, 2009Agence France-Presse PARIS—Leaders from nine major faiths meet at Windsor Castle on Tuesday in an exceptional initiative that supporters predict will...
November 2, 2009
November 2, 2009By The Rev. Bud Heckman The Courier-Journal His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, standing before the recent Great Mississippi River Symposium in...
November 2, 2009
November 2, 2009The Climate Institute A single prophetic stance unified leaders from six different religious traditions when they met with Penny Wong on October 27th. With...
November 2, 2009
November 2, 2009By Julia DuinThe Washington Times Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the spiritual head of the world’s 250 million to 300 million Orthodox Christians,...