August 2010 News

August 31, 2010
August 31, 2010ANI Hindus have applauded His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI for taking a strong stand on environment. Noted Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (...
August 30, 2010
August 30, 2010Catholic News Service CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – People today have a duty to leave the earth in a state in which future generations “can live in dignity...
August 26, 2010
August 26, 2010By Jo ConfinoThe Guardian In a rare interview, zen buddhist master Thich Nhat Hahn warns of the threat to civilisation from climate change and the spiritual...
August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010ANI Indo-Americans have applauded India for reportedly rejecting bauxite mining by multinational company in remote tribal area of Orissa, which the...
August 21, 2010
August 21, 2010By Ray ColumnThe Tennessean A low moment early in the agonized public reaction to the Gulf oil disaster was when Texas Governor Rick Perry suggested the deadly...
August 19, 2010
August 18, 2010By Kimberley C. PattonWashington Post “The sea can wash away all evils.” The ancient Greek playwright Euripides gave these words to the exiled priestess...
August 19, 2010
August 19, 2010By Brendan BorrellThe Guardian The Qur’an teaches respect for the environment. But Moroccan activist Mohamed Attaoui has found the authorities less keen...
August 17, 2010
August 16, 2010By Stephen Bede Scharper Toronto Star Last month, the Grey Roots Museum in Owen Sound unveiled an 11-foot wood carving depicting “Chaos on Turtle Island...
August 17, 2010
August 16, 2010By Martin RevisEpiscopal Life Online [Ecumenical News International, London] Support for United Nations talks on biodiversity will be marked in Britain by the...
August 15, 2010
August 14, 2010AFP DHARAMSHALA, India – The Dalai Lama said global warming could be to blame for devastating flooding and mudslides across Asia as he offered prayers on...
August 15, 2010
August 15, 2010Baltic Review Hindus have applauded Norway’s Oya Festival (Oyafestivalen) for being a sustainable and green festival in an environmentally friendly zone...
August 14, 2010
August 14, 2010By Justin GillisNew York Times The floods battered New England, then Nashville, then Arkansas, then Oklahoma — and were followed by a deluge in Pakistan...
August 11, 2010
August 11, 2010By Jay Lindsay  Associated Press WAREHAM, Mass. (AP) — The stretch of shoreline owned by a Massachusetts religious order is a place where even the...
August 10, 2010
August 10, 2010Church of England Press Release Church bells across the country will ring in tune with the United Nations next month to mark crucial international talks on...
August 9, 2010
August 9, 2010By Neil Tweedie The Telegraph The United Nations has rated the floods in Pakistan as the greatest humanitarian crisis in recent history with more people...
August 9, 2010
August 9, 2010By Mallory McDuffUSA Today This summer I’ve been waiting for the opening of the movie Eat, Pray, Love with an anticipation that is a bit different from my...
August 8, 2010
August 8, 2010By Sean D. HamillPittsburgh Post-Gazette CHARLESTON, W.Va. – The Rev. Dennis Sparks calls it “the hard walk.” That’s what you have to do when your...
August 8, 2010
August 8, 2010 OneIndia Nevada (US) (ANI): Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, sending Naga-panchami greetings to one billion Hindus of the world, has appealed to them to take a vow...