June 2012 News

June 29, 2012
June 29, 2012By P. Joshua GriffinEpiscopal News Service As forest fires rage across Colorado and unprecedented storms pummel the country from Florida to Minnesota, it’s...
June 28, 2012
June 28, 2012By Lisa PalmerThe Yale Forum on Climate Change & the Media Climate change has caused rifts among evangelical Christians, who are sharply divided on the topic...
June 28, 2012
June 28, 2012By Steve Blackmer Yale University Notes from the Quad Editor’s note:  Steve Blackmer is a May graduate of Yale Divinity School who also holds a degree...
June 26, 2012
June 26, 2012By James Miller Sustainable China In an online report on Religious Innovation for Sustainable Future, Nina Witoszek (Oslo University) surveys a “pastoral...
June 25, 2012
By Diane ToomeyYale Environment 360June 25, 2012 The designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is now focused on the mass extinction of species, a threat she is highlighting...
June 23, 2012
June 2012The Earth Charter Initiative EVENTS AT RIO ECI Secretariat and different partners are organizing a number of events during Rio+20 Summit. Featured speakers...
June 22, 2012
June 22, 2012United Nations Environment Programme Rio de Janeiro - The Rio+ 20 Summit ended today with a range of outcomes which, if embraced over the coming months and years...
June 22, 2012
June 22, 2012Soka Gakkai International From June 20-22, the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The event...
June 14, 2012
By Cindy WoodenJune 14, 2012Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY (CNS) – As the international community looks for ways to protect the environment while promoting...
June 13, 2012
June 13, 2012By Alex GreenEkklesia This month (20-22 June 2012), against a backdrop of severe ecological and financial crises, world governments are meeting in Rio, Brazil,...
June 8, 2012
June 8, 2012By Desmond TutuHuffington Post The month of June is upon us and as Rio+20, the UN Conference on Sustainable Development, draws nearer, I find myself reflecting on...
June 6, 2012
June 6, 2012Shambhala Sun Foundation In celebration of World Environment Day yesterday, His Holiness the 17th Karmapa spoke at the first day of the 4th Khoryug Conference on...
June 6, 2012
June 6, 2012United Nations Environment Programme Ambitious Set of Sustainability Targets Can be Met, But Only with Renewed Commitment and Rapid Scaling-Up of Successful...