October 2017 News

October 31, 2017
October 31, 2017By Benjamin PowersPacific Standard The LEO Network is bringing together scientists and citizens to monitor climate change and spot trends. Climate change is...
October 31, 2017
October 31, 2017By The Associated PressNew York Times SHARHABIL, Jordan — From a hillside in northern Jordan, the Yarmouk River is barely visible in the steep valley...
October 30, 2017
October 30, 2017By Kari Lydersen and Yana KunichoffMidwest Energy News Burhan Clark points out the young fruit trees planted just above the steep, bramble-covered creek bed...
October 28, 2017
October 28, 2017By Jonathan WattsThe Guardian The 50-year civil war is over but, in the Cauca Valley, indigenous communities are on frontline of fight against drug gangs,...
October 26, 2017
October 26, 2017 By Josh PurtellYale Daily News Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher came to the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Science on Tuesday to speak...
October 26, 2017
October 26, 2017By Jo ConfinoHuffington Post When everything seems to be changing, it becomes increasingly important to know what endures. A timely reminder of this has come...
October 24, 2017
October 24, 2017By Jasvinder SehgalDeutsche Welle The river Ganges holds deep religious and ritualistic significance for India’s million of Hindus. But climate change...
October 24, 2017
October 24, 2017By Claire GiangravèCruz ROME – Speaking at a conference in Rome on water and climate, the Vatican’s top diplomat said that while the...
October 24, 2017
October 24, 2017    Alliance of Religions and Conservation ZUG, SWITZERLAND: Financial investors and leaders of more than 30 different faith traditions...
October 20, 2017
October 20, 2017By Cindy WoodenCrux ROME - Economic development and growth have never automatically meant a greater gap between the rich and poor, so there is no reason today...
October 18, 2017
October 18, 2017By Ian JohnsonNew York Times GUIYANG, China — Nearly 500 years after he died, the Chinese philosopher Wang Yangming once again wielded a calligraphy...
October 18, 2017
October 18, 2017Vatican Radio “Religions, with their spiritual and moral resources, have a specific and ‎unique role to play in building ‎peace,” Pope...
October 18, 2017
October 18, 2017By Echo Huang and Tripti LahiriQuartz In 2012, in a key party leadership speech, China vowed to work with international society to “actively respond...
October 16, 2017
October 16, 2017By George Okore Africa Science News Kenyan students want their government to take urgent steps to safe-guard the country’s food security and protect...
October 16, 2017
October 16, 2017By Jessica CorbettCommon Dreams Pope Francis says addressing armed conflicts and the effects of climate change are “prerequisites” for ending global hunger...
October 13, 2017
Faith and Reason 360Episode 9 October 13, 2017 As fires rage in California and hurricanes menace the Gulf Coast and the Caribbean, hosts Ann Phelps and Debo Dykes talk with...
October 12, 2017
October 12, 2017By Soli SalgadoGlobal Sisters Report Water is the entry point for those on the justice-peace journey, Sr. Maura McGrath says. “Water is life, it’s...
October 12, 2017
October 12, 2017By Susan GonzalezYale News The planet Earth is in the beginning stages of a mass extinction, warned environmental activist and author Bill McKibben during his...
October 12, 2017
October 12, 2017By Elizabeth AllisonHuffington Post Twenty-one wildfires are ravaging California, and the Bay Area chokes on air that is smoggier than that of Beijing. This...
October 11, 2017
October 11, 2017By Chloe GlassYale Daily News Award-winning author and environmental activist Bill McKibben addressed a crowd in Woolsey Hall Tuesday afternoon about the...
October 8, 2017
October 8, 2017By Rosalyn R. LaPierThe Conversation The environmental group Deep Green Resistance recently filed a first-of-its-kind legal suit against the state of Colorado...
October 6, 2017
October 6, 2017By Massimo Costa Malta Today Pope Francis calls oceans “the common heritage of the human family” in letter to participants of ‘Our Ocean’ conference...
October 5, 2017
October 5, 2017By Mary Evelyn TuckerYale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies In the last decade the Chinese government has realized the need to create not just a...
October 5, 2017
October 5, 2017By Eileen Markey America Magazine Clergy of many faiths from across the United States participate in a prayer circle on Nov. 3, 2016, in front of a bridge in...
October 4, 2017
October 4, 2017By Brian FragaOur Sunday Visitor Newsweekly Sisters leave a legacy by acting on the ecological call of Pope Francis and preserving their land forever Thousands...
October 4, 2017
October 4, 2017  The State Council of the People’s Republic of China The general offices of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and the State Council...
October 3, 2017
October 3, 2017By Arthur NeslenThe Guardian More than 40 Catholic institutions are to announce the largest ever faith-based divestment from fossil fuels, on the anniversary...
October 3, 2017
October 3, 2017By Michael SafiThe Guardian Environmentalists say holy ceremonies such as 10-day Durga Puja overwhelming already polluted Yamuna river Sections of a major...
October 3, 2017
October 3, 2017By Brian Roewe National Catholic Reporter On the eve of the Feast of St. Francis, Assisi is cutting financial ties with fossil fuels. The Italian diocese...
October 3, 2017
October 3, 2017By Karan VarkerGlobal Sisters Report An extraordinary blessing of Australians are our aboriginal indigenous peoples, who have been here for about 65,...
October 2, 2017
October 2, 2017Catholic News ServiceThe Catholic Spirit Everyone, but especially young people, should have the “wonderful experience of giving” of their time and...