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Sacred Places in the Bible Need Our Protection
Recently, one First Nations woman in Canada successfully blocked a caravan of trucks and men on their way to destroy Little Fish Lake — a sacred place for her people. When she calmly asked a driver to...
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Pope’s Environmental Encyclical: What We Know So Far
Pope Francis (Photo available on Flickr) Last Saturday, Salesian Father Guiseppe Costa, director of the Vatican publishing house, told reporters that the much-anticipated papal encyclical on the...
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The Glenn Beck and Rick Santorum Comedy Hour
If there’s one positive thing to say about religious climate deniers, it’s that they’re good for a laugh. I couldn’t believe it last year when Alabama state officials argued that God wanted us to burn...
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Qatar’s Inspirational Transition to the Solar Energy Era
Sitting under a tent in the bright, clean sunshine of Qatar, Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser listened intently as His Highness Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani shared an inspiration with her....
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Jewish Beliefs About GMOs
Photo by Miran Rijavec available on Flickr Like most environmental issues, the growing supply of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food raises many concerns. Although GMO crops can feed more...
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Nepal Earthquake Disaster Avoidable, Says Buddhist Leader
Family stands besides house demolished in 2015 Nepal earthquake (Photo on Flickr) “It’s an earthquake. Run!” This was the panicked realization of Education Officer at the Royal Scottish Geographical...
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Did You Know You Can Get Your Bike Blessed?
Blessing of the Bicycles available on Facebook We all know that riding a bike is good for the environment and for your health. But riding a bike in a busy city, like San Francisco or Manhattan, is a...
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Suriname Tribes Adopt Amazon Rainforest Stewardship
Paramaribo, Suriname. From Wikipedia commons. Taking action to conserve nearly half of Suriname, native tribes have joined in the efforts to protect the Amazon Biome. Declaring an indigenous...
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Pope’s Environmental Encyclical Leaked Early by Catholic Conservative
In what the Vatican has called a “heinous act,” Italian Magazine L’Espresso leaked a draft of Pope Francis’s much-anticipated environmental encyclical on Monday, breaking an embargo on the document...
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The Religious Roots of American Environmentalism
The following is reprinted with permission from Religion Dispatches. Follow RD on Facebook or Twitter for daily updates and be sure to check out RD’s cool, new science section, The Cubit, which...
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Islamic Beliefs About GMOs
In 1968, Paul R. Ehrlich predicted that the United States would face a major food shortage in the 1970s and 65 million Americans would starve to death between 1980-1989. In the rest of the world, said...
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Summary of Pope’s Environmental Encyclical
Pope Francis has released the first ever papal encyclical focused solely on the environment. The document titled, “Praised Be: On Care for Our Common Home” describes environmentalism as a moral duty...
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US Muslim Scholar Supports Pope Francis’ Climate Change Encyclical
Invoking the image of Earth as an orchestra harmoniously offering a symphony of praise to our Creator, an eminent Muslim Scholar adds his voice to the melody of our day, singing in tune with the...
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Why the Encyclical Has Lasting Power
You may have heard — last Thursday, Pope Francis issued an environmental encyclical called “Laudato Sii: On the Care for Our Common Home.” In the document, he praised the beauty and love of Sister,...
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Interfaith Wisdom for Our Modern Times
Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn her seven pillars. She has prepared her food, she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. (Proverbs 9:1) When Akbar the Great built the Ibidat Khana,...
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Costa Rica Yoga Retreat Protects Endangered Sea Turtles
Costa Rica Yoga Retreat Protects Endangered Sea Turtles. Image from Pixabay As endangered sea turtles are returning home to the gorgeous Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica, a new initiative to support...
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Girl Scouts Meet With Pope Francis
Image of Girl Scout Catherine Riordan with Pope Francis courtesy of “L’Isservatore Romano” SCV On the day of the Epiphany in 1965, twenty-one Girl Guide associations established the International...
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Infographic: An Interfaith Call for Climate Action
This material was originally published by the Center for American Progress By Lauren Kokum Religious leaders and people of faith have long believed that caring for creation and the planet’s precious...
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Drought in California Gets Interfaith Help
As summer arrives here in California, it’s hard to get excited about the long, hot days. Our wild fire season started early this year, with clouds of smoky air darkening the skies all over the state....
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Call to Action: Protect Sacred Apache Land
Last December, we reported on the battle for Oak Flat — a place on the Arizona landscape where the riches beneath the ground have put the cultural richness of the Apache people at risk. Despite a...
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