April 2020 News

Review of Loving Water Across Religions: Contributions to an Integral Water Ethic

April 30, 2020
By Elizabeth McAnally Ecology and Justice Series. Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, February 2019. 192 pages. $26.00. Paperback. ISBN 9781626983076. For other formats: Link to...

Indigenous Group in Brazil Wins Decades-Long Battle Over Illegal Logging

April 28, 2020
Yale Environment 360 April 28, 2020 Read the article.

Laudato Si' at five: Dioceses embrace pope's call for care of the earth

April 27, 2020
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service April 27, 2020 Read the article.

The Story of the Disease: An Indigenous Perspective on COVID-19

April 27, 2020
By Ken Cohen Sacred Earth Circle April 27, 2020

Earth Day Sermon

April 26, 2020
The Third Sunday in Easter/Earth Day Sermon by the Rev. Dr. Nancy Wright Ascension Lutheran Church, South Burlington, VT, USA April 26, 2020  

Rule by Virus

April 26, 2020
By Fazlun Khalid The Islamic Foundation For Ecology And Environmental Sciences Talking Point Issue 5 April 26, 2020 Read the article.

Earth Day: Meet the original eco warriors protecting the planet

April 22, 2020
By Elaine Jung BBC April 22, 2020 Read the article.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s Message for Earth Day

April 22, 2020
April 22, 2020

Earth Day, Ecofeminism and Racial Injustice in the Year of the Plague, COVID-19

April 22, 2020
By Heidi Hutner Ms. Magazine April 22, 2020 Read the article.

Amazonian Indigenous leaders share Earth Day message with the world

April 21, 2020
By Stand.earth Medium April 21, 2020 Read the article and watch the video.    

Hymns, teach-ins and a horse ride to school: Catholic stories of the first Earth Day

April 21, 2020
By Brian Roewe National Catholic Reporter April 21, 2020 Read the article.  

50th Anniversary Earth Day Eucharist at Washington National Cathedral

April 19, 2020
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Margaret Bullitt-Jonas April 19, 2020

As Bolsonaro Keeps Amazon Vows, Brazil’s Indigenous Fear ‘Ethnocide’

April 19, 2020
By Ernesto Londoño and Letícia Casado New York Times April 19, 2020 Read the article.

EarthBeat Weekly: 50 years of Earth Day

April 17, 2020
By Bill Mitchell National Catholic Reporter April 17, 2020 Read the article.

Inescapable Lessons Offer Invaluable Opportunities – Earth Day 50th & COVID19

April 16, 2020
By James Antal Southern New England Conference, United Church of Christ April 16, 2020 Read the article.  

Judge Revokes Permit for Keystone XL Pipeline, Delays Construction

April 16, 2020
By Thanu Yakupitiyage, 350.org Common Dreams April 16, 2020 Read the article.

Joanna Macy and the Work of Our Time

April 14, 2020
By Tricycle April 14, 2020 Read the article and listen to the podcast here.  

Religion and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Environmental Health

April 14, 2020
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs April 14, 2020 Read the following editorial responses here.      

Yale offers variety of religious views on climate system change

April 13, 2020
By Susan Barreto Lutheran Alliance for Faith, Science and Technology April 13, 2020 Read the article.  

Rooted in faith: Islam’s role in Indonesia’s environmental fight

April 13, 2020
By Marta Colombo South China Morning Post April 13, 2020 Read the article.

Catholic institutions divest from fossil fuels

April 13, 2020
By Molly Matthews Multedo Yale Climate Connections April 13, 2020

Major US faith-based organization to vote on divesting from 3 oil companies

April 9, 2020
By Esther Whieldon S&P Global April 9, 2020

Pope says coronavirus pandemic could be nature's response to climate crisis

April 8, 2020
By Delia Gallagher CNN April 8, 2020 Read the article.  

Environmental Learning and COVID-19

April 7, 2020
By Mitchell Thomashow Terrain.org April 7, 2020 Read the article.  

A Passover Haggadah with a focus on Earth care takes off in a time of pandemic

April 7, 2020
By Yonat Shimron Religion News Service April 7, 2020 Read the article.    

Big Oil is using the coronavirus pandemic to push through the Keystone XL pipeline

April 5, 2020
By Bill McKibben The Guardian April 5, 2020 Read the article.    

This Crisis Can Be a Gateway to Climate Action. These Activists Are Showing How.

April 3, 2020
By Christine MacDonald In These Times April 3, 2020 Read this article.    

Forum Newsletter (April 2020)

April 3, 2020
Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology April 3, 2020 Read our Forum newsletter here.  

COVID-19 shows that what we’re doing to animals is killing us, too

April 2, 2020
By Viveca Morris Los Angeles Times April 2, 2020 Read the article.