August 2018 News

August 31, 2018
August 31, 2018By Shannan StollCommon Dreams Indigenous leaders, coast protectors, and others demonstrate against the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion...
August 31, 2018
August 31, 2018By Dipen DBBuddhist Door Global Deforestation is a major environmental threat in Cambodia. According to a World Bank report, 73 per cent of the country ...
August 25, 2018
August 25, 2018By Christine A. SchellerReligion News Service DUBLIN (RNS) — Hours before the arrival of Pope Francis, the world’s leading champion of the...
August 24, 2018
August 24, 2018Diligent Media Corporation Thousands of cleaners are busy separating plastic from other rubbish as more than two million Muslims wrap up a pilgrimage to Mecca...
August 23, 2018
August 23, 2018Yale Environment 360 The winner of the 2018 Yale Environment 360 Video Contest examines how the people of Augusta, Sicily, led by the town’s priest, are...
August 23, 2018
They’re speaking out in support of the Paris Agreement. By Erika Street HopmanYale Climate ConnectionsAugust 23, 2018 Listen to the audio version of this article here:...
August 20, 2018
August 20, 2018By Richard SchiffmanYale Environment 360 In an interview with Yale Environment 360, ecologist Charles M. Peters discusses how, in an era of runaway destruction...
August 17, 2018
August 17, 2018By Palash SanyalScience Trends Indigenous people make up about five percent of the world’s population, residing in 70 countries with minimum or no...
August 16, 2018
August 16, 2018 By Frederick Nzwili, Religion News Service National Catholic Reporter NAIROBI, Kenya — When forest rangers arrived at Mau Forest Complex in June to...
August 14, 2018
August 14, 2018By Jens Benöhr and Patrick J. LynchYale Environment 360 Chile is a land of rivers. Along its narrow 3,000-mile length, thousands of rivers and wetlands...
August 13, 2018
August 13, 2018By Kiley PriceMongabay At a time when Pope Francis is calling upon religious leaders to step up as environmental advocates, Thai Buddhist monks are...
August 12, 2018
By Peggy Whalen-Levitt, Director of the Center for Education, Imagination and the Natural WorldAugust 12-13, 2018 Just over a year ago, the Reverend William Barber II stepped...
August 8, 2018
August 8, 2018By Damian Avevor, Catholic News ServiceNational Catholic Reporter Accra, Ghana — A top Vatican official urged young people at a local World Youth Day...
August 8, 2018
August 8, 2018By Samantha Harrington Yale Climate Connections His faith motivated him to go solar. Listen to the audio recording of this story here: https://www....
August 6, 2018
August 6, 2018By Hannah NatansonWashington Post The sound of drumming filtered through the trees and called the people from their cars. Toting folding chairs and slathered in...
August 5, 2018
August 5, 2018By Rina ChandranReuters BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Saw Ma Bu’s family has lived in the mountainous forests of Myanmar’s Kayin state for...
August 3, 2018
August 3, 2018 By Catholic News Service National Catholic Reporter Manila, Philippines — The social action arm of the Philippine Catholic bishops’ conference is...
August 2, 2018
August 2, 2018By Michael Swan, Catholic News Service National Catholic Reporter Toronto — Canada’s two largest churches, which represent two-thirds of Canadian...
August 2, 2018
August 2, 2018By Sarah Brodsky Impactivate Drawing on many faith communities’ belief in the importance of stewarding the earth and caring for its inhabitants, faith-...
August 1, 2018
August 1, 2018By Yessenia FunesEarther Construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline is set to begin in 2019, but before then, the public has a chance to comment on the new...