June 27, 2011By Duane ElginHuffington Post
It is ironic that green ways of living that emphasize voluntary simplicity – a life-way that can take us into an opportunity-...
By Gus SpethGristJune 25, 2011
Throughout our history, there have been alternative, competing visions of the “good life” in America. The story of how these...
June 24, 2011By Rabbi Lawrence TrosterHuffington Post
The poet Leonard Cohen once wrote:
Out of the Land of HeavenDown comes the warm Sabbath sunInto the spice-box of earth.(...
June 23, 2011By Matthieu RicardNew York Times
When, in the early morning, I sit in the little meadow in front of my hermitage on a quiet hilltop, two hours’ drive from...
June 22, 2011ClimateConnections.org
ACFN members protest Municipal Council’s refusal to meet with its Chief and Council about creation of outstanding reserve lands
June...
How a Campaign of Fear and Intimidation Led to the Gray Wolf’s Removal from the Endangered Species List
By James William GibsonEarth Island JournalSummer 2011
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June 20, 2011By Duane ElginHuffington Post
Einstein famously said that we cannot solve problems with the same level of perception that created them. We have to step up to a...
June 18, 2011By Nitin SethiTimes of India
NEW DELHI: Union environment minister Jairam Ramesh has gone ahead and paved the legal ground to regulate development work along 135...
June 16, 2011By Fredrick NzwiliEcumenical News International
Nairobi, Kenya - The United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) is looking forward to working with the faith...
June 15, 2011The Hindu
On Tuesday, India signed a deal for a $1-billion loan from the World Bank to clean up the Ganga. Just a day earlier, in a tragic coincidence, a...
June 14, 2011By Nida Najar New York Times
NEW DELHI — Indian officials signed an agreement with the World Bank on Tuesday to use a $1 billion loan to finance the first...
Norderstedt’s Muslim community to build a £2m mosque with wind turbines in its minarets
By Siobhan Dowling Guardian June 13, 2011
A small Muslim community in...
June 12, 2011By Duane ElginHuffington Post
What does a thriving way of life look like in a post consumerist society? Many aspects of a thriving future can be found by...
June 10, 2011By Thomas E. Lovejoy New York Times
Carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere are pushing 400 parts per million (p.p.m.) — up from the natural pre-...
June 9, 2011United Nations Environment Programme
Nairobi - More than 130 faith leaders, including traditional leaders, mainly from Africa but also from Northern Europe and...
June 9, 2011By Rich Heffern National Catholic Reporter
Holy Cross Br. David Andrews is a senior representative at Food and Water Watch, a consumer group based in Washington....
New conservation project launched to help save rare giant soft-shell turtle from extinction.
June 8, 2011AFP
KRATIE, Cambodia - Cambodian monks and environmentalists launched...
June 7, 2011By Duane ElginHuffington Post
There is a common misconception that living more simply requires a life of sacrifice. In fact, it is just the opposite: When we live...
June 6, 2011By Babu ThomasChristian Today India
The Catholic Church in Goa expressed concern over excessive mining in the state which it said posed a grave threat to...
June 5, 2011By Duane ElginHuffington Post
The phrase “axial age” has been used to describe the relatively brief period of time – roughly 700 years – when the...
Investing Just 0.034 Percent More of Global GDP Could Halve Deforestation, Generate Millions of Jobs and Combat Climate Change
United Nations Environment ProgrammeJune 5,...
May 31, 2011United Nations Environment Programme
Nairobi - Whether through a litter clean-up around Mount Everest, a training programme in forest management Costa Rica or a...
