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Laudato si' (24 May 2015) | Francis
2021-09-09 (or before) in The VaticanEncyclical Letter Laudato si' of the Holy Father Francis on care for our common home (24 May 2015)
Tagged under: Activism | Religion | Pope Francis
Future Heat Stress During Muslim Pilgrimage (Hajj) Projected to Exceed “Extreme Danger” Levels
2024-06-20 (or before) in Advancing Earth and Space Sciences JournalTagged under: Extreme Heat | Religion
22: Religious groups as environmental activists
2024-02-12 (or before) in Elgaronline from Edward Elgar PublishingWe first recall counterexamples where religion is used to exclude poor people from access to nature, e.g. high-caste Hindus consider rivers as sacred and simultaneously exclude Dalits from water use. We also recall the strong links between European Christianity and coloniality. Moreover, religion does not always mean organised religions with scriptures and clergy. In human societies, the difference between natural entities and anthropomorphic or zoomorphic religious beings is not clear cut. Snowed mountain tops are worshipped as Apus in the Andes. In India many Indigenous villages conserve sacred groves. In this thematic chapter...
Tagged under: Rivers | Mexico | Religion | Indonesia | Africa | Activism
U.S. faith groups do not view climate change as a crisis, new poll finds - The Washington Post
2023-10-06 in The Washington PostAmong White evangelicals, the view that the Earth is in crisis dropped — from 13 percent in 2014 to 8 percent today.
Tagged under: Religion
The Faith Factor in Climate Change: How Religion Impacts American Attitudes on Climate and Environmental Policy | PRRI
2023-10-04 in PRRIThe majority of all Americans (61%) believe that climate change is caused mostly by human activity such as burning fossil fuels, according to a national survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) examining Americans’ assessments of the threats of climate change, how it affects their lives and voting behavior, and what steps they are willing to take to combat climate change, with particular focus on the impact of religion on such views.
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | Climate Change Impacts | Religion
Pope urges rich world to make profound changes to tackle climate crisis
2023-10-04 in The GuardianFrancis also defends climate protesters and calls on governments to make Cop28 in Dubai a turning point
Tagged under: COP28 | Climate Change | Religion | Pope Francis
"Laudate Deum": Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis (4 October 2023) | Francis
2023-10-04 (or before) in The VaticanLaudate Deum: Apostolic Exhortation to all people of good will on the climate crisis, 4 October 2023
Tagged under: Climate Justice | Religion | Pope Francis
Texas fracking billionaire brothers fuel rightwing media with millions of dollars
2023-09-05 in The GuardianFarris and Dan Wilks’ deep pockets fund climate denialism education, conservative politicians and pro-fossil fuel projects
Tagged under: Texas | Fracking | Climate Change Denial and Disinformation | Religion
Pope Francis to lay bare ‘terrible world war’ on nature in papal letter
2023-08-30 in The GuardianFollow-up to 2015 encyclical on climate crisis urges people to take side of ‘victims of environmental injustice’
Tagged under: Religion | Pope Francis
Climate Justice: Following Jesus in a World of Climate Breakdown
2023-07-22 (or before) in YouTubeTagged under: Religion | Climate Justice
Both science and faith: Church of England selling stakes in oil, gas companies over lack of climate action
2023-06-27 by in Balkan Green Energy NewsThe church intends to divest its holdings in the remaining 11 oil and gas companies in its investment portfolio by the end of 2023.
Tagged under: Religion
C of E divests of fossil fuels as oil and gas firms ditch climate pledges
2023-06-22 in The GuardianChurch pension and endowment funds shed holdings after U-turns by BP and Shell
Tagged under: Fossil Fuels | BP | Shell | Religion
Justin Welby apologises for likening climate threat to Nazis
2021-11-01 in The GuardianArchbishop of Canterbury said inaction would cause ‘genocide on infinitely greater scale’ than Holocaust
Tagged under: COP26 | Religion
Laudato si' (24 May 2015) | Francis
2021-09-09 (or before) in The VaticanEncyclical Letter Laudato si' of the Holy Father Francis on care for our common home (24 May 2015)
Tagged under: Activism | Religion | Pope Francis
Christian leaders unite to issue stark warning over climate crisis
2021-09-07 in The GuardianArchbishop of Canterbury, pope and leader of Orthodox church ask for people’s prayers ahead of Cop26
Tagged under: COP26 | Religion | Pope Francis
His Holiness Pope Francis | Our moral imperative to act on climate change [Italian]
2021-03-04 (or before) in YouTube(Turn on subtitles using the CC button in the bottom right of your screen.)Take action on climate change at http://countdown.ted.com.The global climate crisi...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Religion | Pope Francis | Sustainability
An evangelical scientist on reconciling her religion and the realities of climate change - The Washington Post
2021-02-26 in The Washington PostKatharine Hayhoe says using our voices to call for action can help change social norms.
Tagged under: Climate Change | Religion
His Holiness Pope Francis: Our moral imperative to act on climate change -- and 3 steps we can take
2020-10-11 (or before) by in TED: Ideas Worth SpreadingThe global climate crisis will require us to transform the way we act, says His Holiness Pope Francis. Delivering a visionary TED Talk from Vatican City, the spiritual leader proposes three courses of action to address the world's growing environmental problems and economic inequalities, illustrating how all of us can work together, across faiths and societies, to protect the Earth and promote the dignity of everyone. "The future is built today," he says. "And it is not built in isolation, but rather in community and in harmony." (In Italian with subtitles. Watch this talk in English at go.ted.com/popefrancis20 and Spanish at go...
Tagged under: Climate Change | Religion | Pope Francis
Five Years After Speaking Out on Climate Change, Pope Francis Sounds an Urgent Alarm - Inside Climate News
2020-08-07 in Inside Climate NewsWhen Pope Francis issued his landmark teaching document on climate change in 2015, his words went straight to the heart of Susan Varlamoff. Varlamoff, 70, a biologist, read Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in the 1960s and speaks proudly of a Catholic faith that embraces science and calls on church members to take care of the […]
Tagged under: Climate Change | Cars | Religion | Pope Francis
Church fund urges other ExxonMobil investors to sack board over climate
2020-04-24 in The GuardianChurch Commissioners writes to fellow shareholders ahead of protest vote at oil giant’s AGM
Tagged under: Exxon | Religion
Inside, Outside – XR, Church & Change
2019-11-15 in ViaMedia.News - Rediscovering the Middle Groundby the Revd Canon Giles Goddard, former Chair of the General Synod’s Human Sexuality Group and member of the co-ordinating group for the Living in Love and Faith project October was a strange month…
Tagged under: Extinction Rebellion | Religion
The Spiritual Invitation of Climate Chaos
2019-11-01 in Professor Jem Bendell - Deep Adaptation to societal breakdownWhat is the role of religion and spirituality in helping humanity respond to the tragic situation we face with rapid climate change?
Tagged under: Religion
Faith Bridge blog - Christian Aid
2019-10-05 (or before) in Christian Aid - UK charity fighting global poverty - Christian AidHow one woman became involved with the faith bridge
Tagged under: Religion
Climate change: what faith groups can do
2019-10-03 in Bath Quakers - Local meeting of the Religious Society of FriendsChristine Goodgame-Nobes sends an article from Marigold Bentley of the Quaker Committee for Christian & Interfaith Relations (QCCIR), under the heading Quakers, churches and sustainability in Q…
Tagged under: Climate Change | Religion | Sustainability
Pope Francis declares 'climate emergency' and urges action
2019-06-14 by Jillian Ambrose in The GuardianAddressing energy leaders, pope warns of ‘catastrophic’ effects of global heating
Tagged under: Global Warming | Pope Francis | Religion | Climate Change
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God
2019-06-03 (or before) in Splinter | The Truth HurtsIn 2005, at its annual meeting in Washington, D.C., the National Association of Evangelicals was on the verge of doing something novel: affirming science. Specifically, the 30-million-member group, which represents 51 Christian denominations, was debating how to advance a new platform called “For the Health of a Nation
Tagged under: Climate Change | Health | Religion
How Fossil Fuel Money Made Climate Change Denial the Word of God • Skeptical Science
2018-04-07 by in Skeptical ScienceThe faith of evangelicals is no longer one that is driven by the teachings of Jesus, but instead is one that is founded and built upon a belief in oil. This is funded and driven by fossil fuel interests.
Tagged under: Activism | Climate Change | Religion
The pope v the UN: who will save the world first?
2015-06-23 in The GuardianBoth Pope Francis and the United Nations have issued big statements about where they feel the world should be going. So far, the pontiff is winning by a country mile
Tagged under: Religion | Pope Francis
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