November 2015 News

November 29, 2015
November 28, 2015 By Justin Gillis New York Times The issue can be overwhelming. The science is complicated. Predictions about the fate of the planet carry endless caveats...
November 29, 2015
We are approaching the observance of the five hundredth anniversary of the Sixteenth Century Reformation in 2017. As preparation for this event, Lutherans Restoring Creation...
November 28, 2015
By Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim SolutionsVolume 6, Issue 4, pp. 38-43November 28, 2015 Mat McDermott Una Terra Una Famiglia Humana, One Earth One Family climate march...
November 24, 2015
November 23, 2015 Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) Description Erin Lothes Biviano, assistant professor of theology at the College of Saint Elizabeth, Mitchell C. Hescox,...
November 23, 2015
November 23, 2015Hindu Declaration on Climate Change Press Release Over 60 Hindu leaders and organisations have signed the Hindu Declaration on Climate Change issued to-day,...
November 22, 2015
November 22, 2015 By  Michael SwanThe Catholic Register Pope Francis has been getting ready for Paris for more than a year. In May of 2014 the Patriarch of Rome sat down...
November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015By Cathal BarryIrish Catholic A number of students from one of Ireland’s leading teacher training colleges have taken a unique approach to teaching...
November 19, 2015
Science alone can’t force behavior change. Religion needs to step up. By Douglas FischerThe Daily ClimateNovember 19, 2015 RIETI, Italy – Religion needs a...
November 19, 2015
November 19, 2015By Laura GreenCatholic Herald  MADISON – Pope Francis’ recent encyclical Laudato Si’ makes a firm and urgent case for taking care of...
November 18, 2015
The University of North Texas Department of Philosophy and Religion invites applications for Department Chair. The department chair position is a 12-month appointment,...
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015By John Upton via Climate CentralKosmos To most of us, the rush of the oceans that followed the last ice age seems like a prehistoric epoch. But the historic...
November 17, 2015
November 17, 2015By Kirk SempleNew York Times On an overcast morning this month, a dozen or so people, most of them Hindus, gathered in a circle on the shore of Jamaica Bay...
November 16, 2015
November 2015By Kelly BostianTulsa World It is now the Joseph H. Williams Tallgrass Prairie Preserve. With a gathering Sunday at the 40,000-acre preserve north of Pawhuska,...
November 13, 2015
November 12, 2015Garrison Institute http://ginst.informz.net/informzdataservice/onlineversion/ind/bWFpbGluZ2luc3RhbmNlaWQ9NTE2MzQ2NSZzdWJzY3JpYmVyaWQ9MTAyMzcwMDUxOA== Ahead...
November 13, 2015
Members of different denominations embark on a two week long march to the Paris climate change talks to raise awareness of environmental issues By Emma HowardThe...
November 11, 2015
November 10, 2015By Justin PlumbThe Georgetown Voice On Nov. 9, the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs in conjunction with the U.S. Department of State...
November 10, 2015
November 9, 2015By Rev. Jim Conn Capital & Main Old people often shake their heads and mutter about “the younger generation.” Or they’ll say to one...
November 9, 2015
November 9, 2015By Anthony Swift, Canada Project Director, NRDCHuffington Post A decade ago, Susan Casey-Lefkowitz got one of her first eye-opening looks at the destruction...
November 8, 2015
November 8, 2015By Ellen TeagueIndependent Catholic News The Leeds Justice and Peace Day on Saturday was opened by the Chair of the Justice and Peace Commission, John Battle...
November 7, 2015
November 6, 2015Indian Country Today Media Network Indigenous activists and environmentalists hailed President Barack Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL pipeline on...
November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015By Brian RoeweNational Catholic Reporter President Barack Obama rejected Friday the construction of the Keystone XL transnational pipeline, in part on grounds...
November 6, 2015
November 6, 2015Indigenous Environmental Network Washington D.C. – President Obama has rejected the Keystone XL cross-border application filed by TransCanada to the U.S...
November 6, 2015
November 2015Yale Project on Climate Change Communicationhttp://environment.yale.edu/climate-communication/article/the-francis-effect/ We are pleased to announce the release...
November 4, 2015
November 3, 2015By JoAnne VivianoThe Columbus Dispatch A Roman Catholic cardinal who helped Pope Francis write a wide-ranging environmental document said on Monday that...
November 3, 2015
Archbishop of Canterbury and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople urge millions of followers around the world to back action on carbon emissions By John Bingham, Religious...
November 1, 2015
October 31, 2015Plum Village Thay, Sister Chan Khong and over 40 Plum Village Dharma Teachers from all over the world signed the Buddhist Climate Statement to World...
November 1, 2015
We are looking for individuals who have the potential to be catalysts for change and recognize the need to create a future that is not driven by materialism and greed, but...
November 1, 2015
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