September 2011 News

September 30, 2011
Pambazuka News Issue 550September 29, 2011 The following tributes to Wangari Maathai have been published in  Pambazuka News (English edition), the authoritative...
September 28, 2011
September 28, 2011By Craig FegusonCraig Ferguson Images It’s often said that Chinese culture is better preserved in Taiwan than it is on the mainland and no where is...
September 27, 2011
Wangari Maathai: What role does spirituality play in our work to heal the earth? By Wangari MaathaiYes! MagazinePosted: June 3, 2011Updated: September 26, 2011 Editor...
September 26, 2011
September 26, 2011United Nations Environment Programme Nairobi - Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, founder of Kenya’s Green Belt Movement and...
September 25, 2011
September 2011By Rabbi Lawrence TrosterJewcology The concept of Tikkun ‘Olam (the repair or healing of the world) in a contemporary form has been extensively used in...
September 25, 2011
September 2011Episcopal Church Office of Public Affairs The Episcopal Church House of Bishops, meeting in Province IX, in Quito, Ecuador, issued the following Pastoral...
September 21, 2011
September 20, 2011By Br. Dave AndrewsSojourners Illness among people and livestock. Tainted drinking water. Explosions and fires. These are some of the discovered effects of...
September 19, 2011
September 18, 2011All Africa Global Media Date Indalo Yethu/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX – The threat of climate change is not just a scientific concern but a...
September 19, 2011
September 18, 2011By Peerzada Arshad HamidAlertnet PAHALGAM, India (AlertNet) – A very long way from home, Arvin Prasad Goel clutched his wife’s hand as they...
September 14, 2011
September 13, 2011By Duane ElginHuffington Post Modern cultures have put great emphasis on measuring “progress” in terms of material growth. Does the understanding of...
September 8, 2011
September 7, 2011By Rabbi Lawrence TrosterHuffington Post The Jewish month of Elul is the last month in the year and marks the beginning of the season of repentance that...
September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011By Richard HarrisNPR: All Things Considered Listen to the story: http://www.npr.org/2011/09/01/140117187/for-protesters-keystone-pipeline-is-line-in-tar-sand...
September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011By Russ PowellYale Daily News With great fervor, I, together with millions of hopeful Americans, went to the polls in 2008 to vote for Barack Obama. In the...
September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011By Russell PowellNew Haven Register SIXTY-five people, including me, were arrested Aug. 20 and spent the weekend in jail for holding a nonviolent sit-in in...