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Rabbi Jacob Elisha Fine: The Earth Is The Lord’s: Our Responsibility For God’s Creation

2012-05-22T11:00:03Z

Those of us whose faith demands that we protect all of God's Creation should be vocal in defending our holy texts from those whose shortsighted anthropocentrism causes them to deny the earth's fragility and human culpability.

Read more: Scripture Study, Scripture Commentary, Green Faith, Judaism, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Jewish Environmentalism, Shavuot, Eco-Judaism, Video, Religion News

Jeremy John: The Table Is A Microcosm Of Practical Faith

2012-05-21T14:20:03Z

A sacred relationship is one formed in love and rooted in mutual respect. God is calling all things into sustainability and right relation. Can you hear it?

Read more: Eucharist, Environment, Green Faith, Food Activism, Local Food, Christianity, Food Politics, Religious Environmentalism, Organic Food, Religion News

Peter M. J. Hess, Ph.D.: The Titanic, Climate Change And Avoidable Tragedies

2012-05-21T12:02:48Z

Like the Titanic, our present-day industrial civilization is a marvel of human ingenuity, and yet, a reckoning looms on the horizon.

Read more: Titanic, Evolution, Overpopulation, Climate Change, Moral Obligation, Christianity, Green Faith, Climate Deniers, Religion News

Jerry Ashton: How Green is My Occupy? Rio+20 Enviromentalists Team With #OWS

2012-05-17T10:00:42Z

Occupy is rallying its foot soldiers as well as a major online army to see that the upcoming U.N. Rio+20 Earth Summit. I imagine that in the Main Street Media, this will be billed as, "Tree Huggers Meet Wall Street Bashers."

Read more: United Nations Climate Change, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Environmental Justice, Environmentalists, Rio De Janeiro, Occupy Wall Street, United Nations, Environment, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, #Occupywallstreet, Occupy Movement, Occupy Climate, Occupy Rio+20, New York News

Mallory McDuff, Ph.D.: Party Crasher At The Church

2012-05-16T17:27:43Z

As I shared stories of people planting gardens around churches, installing solar panels on sanctuaries and advocating for renewable energy policies, I saw parishioners nodding in affirmation, even as they grieved a tragic death.

Read more: Renewable Energy, Climate Change, Churches, Solar Power, Green Faith, Death & Dying, Christianity, Religion News

Rev. Seamus P. Finn, OMI: An Interfaith Earth Day Celebration In Roanoke

2012-05-16T14:51:07Z

Local communities are often confronted with proposals that suggest we sacrifice these priorities for the sake of jobs, development or progress. We can have both.

Read more: Faith, Interfaith, Green Faith, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Religious Environmentalism, Interfaith Dialogue, Earth Day, Religion News

Rev. Jim Ball: The New York Times Is Played By Climate Deniers

2012-05-14T11:12:03Z

It's not a question of do nothing or spend a lot of money to avoid a catastrophe that may or may not materialize contingent upon the vicissitudes of clouds. That's what wizards of denial want you to fall for, and what the NY Times has helped to perpetuate.

Read more: Richard Lindzen, Justin Gillis, Victor Mughogho, Green Faith, Malawi, New York Times, Climate Change Denial, Poverty, Climate Change, Religion News

Roger Scruton: Conservatism and Climate

2012-05-09T10:29:10Z

The propensity for settlement and stewardship is at the heart of conservative philosophy and ought to be at the heart of conservative politics too.

Read more: Environment, Environmental Stewardship, Environmentalism, Climate Change, Libertarianism, Green News

Charles Redfern: What Would Happen If Environmentalists Learned To Laugh And Play Cards?

2012-05-08T12:13:42Z

Can we schmooze and trade business cards and crack jokes and slap backs and form partnerships? Or will we keep alienating potential collaborators with a brand of green fundamentalism?

Read more: Jack Hibbs, Environmentalism, Climate Change Denial, Mitch Hescox, Climate Change, Bill Mckibben, Global Warming, Green Faith, Religion News

Unfair Air: Burden of Air Pollution, Asthma Not Evenly Shared Among U.S. Children

2012-05-07T19:44:00Z

Kellen Bolden was only 10 years old when an asthma attack took his life, but his mom still remembers him as a "little man" with big aspirations.

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Read more: Environmental Justice, American Lung Association, Children, Smog, Air Pollution Children, Epa, Health Disparities, Asthma, Asthma Children, State of the Air 2012, Air Pollution, Particulate Matter, Green News

Peter Adriance: A Moral Challenge: Moving From F To A+ On Climate Change

2012-05-07T16:25:40Z

Despite sincere efforts by some in Congress, that body as a whole has failed meaningfully to act on climate change. But the point was not so much to condemn the inaction but to urge Congress to work rapidly to raise its grade.

Read more: Baha'i, Green Faith, Interfaith, Inter-Religious Dialogue, Climate Change Denial, Climate Change, Interfaith Dialogue, Global Warming, Religion News

Philip Radford: Protecting Our Communities From a Chemical Disaster

2012-05-01T11:04:36Z

President Obama has sent clear signals that he will pursue initiatives that he can move forward within existing laws and without the need to wrestle with Congress. Now is the time for the president to take action to protect communities from the threat of chemical disasters.

Read more: Environment, Epa, Environmental Justice, Toxics, Politics, Clean Energy, Obama, Christine Todd Whitman, Greenpeace, Administrator Lisa Jackon, Clean Air Act, Toxic Chemicals, Bhopal, Nejac, Green News

Eileen Flanagan: Moving the Green Movement Forward (Literally)

2012-04-25T18:53:41Z

Although environmental awareness sometimes seems to drop off the day after Earth Day, this spring there are a number of eco-justice groups taking their message on the road, making connections, and building broader coalitions in the process.

Read more: 350.Org, Fracking, Earth Quaker Action Team, Interfaith Power & Light, Quakers, Climate Change, George Lakey, PNC Bank, Green Faith, Mountaintop Removal, Eco-Justice, Green News

Rabbi Edward Bernstein: Teaching Our Children The Ethics Of Eating Meat

2012-04-25T17:02:54Z

During dinner with our children, we asked them, all enthusiastic carnivores, why they thought it was OK to eat meat. Their varying responses inspired us to frame this discussion in terms of the Passover Haggadah's description of the Four Children.

Read more: Green Faith, Veganism, Judaism, Factory Farms, Vegetarian, Eating Meat, Ethical Eating, Food Politics, Ethics, Religion News

Patrick Geans-Ali: Environmental Justice Work Still a Work in Progress in Detroit's 48217

2012-04-23T15:20:39Z

As well-documented as the environmental hazards of 48217 may be, there is no shortage of stories deserving to be told.

Read more: Tar Sands, Oil Sands, Sierra Club Environmental Justice, Environmental Justice, East Michigan Environmental Action Council, 13 in the Hole, Marathon Petroleum, 48217, Detroit, Detroit News

PHOTOS: Farming On Church's Roof Provides Food For A Hungry Community

2012-04-22T10:34:51Z

In 1984, Rev. Gene Bolin prayed over his church's newly purchased building in a distressed neighborhood in New York City. “God,” the pastor petit...

Read more: Church Gardens, Church Farms, Green Faith, Earth Day, Urban Farming, Metropolitan Community Church, Shane Claiborne, The Hell?S Kitchen Farm Project, Earth Day 2012, Community Gardens, Metro Baptist Church, Slidepollajax, Religion News

Shane Claiborne: Practicing Resurrection: Turning Vacant Lots Into Gardens in Philadelphia

2012-04-22T08:58:35Z

We are building a new world in the shell of the old one. We see grass piercing concrete. We see a neighborhood coming back to life, rising from the dead.

Read more: Video, Green Faith, Kingdom of God, Simple Way, Christianity, Community Gardens, Aquaponics, Religion News

Olga Bonfiglio: Celebrating Earth Day Through Eco-Spirituality

2012-04-21T22:19:09Z

Eco-spirituality isn't just a philosophy or a prayerful way of life. For Sister Ginny, it has been a passionate call to action.

Read more: Earth Day, Earth Day 2012, Ecospirituality, Green Faith, Spirituality, Religion News

Earth Day 2012: Quotes On The Environment from Pope Benedict XVI

2012-04-21T16:55:03Z

Pope Benedict has not been shy in regards to issues of the environment. He has spoken frequently about everyone's right to food, right to water and re...

Read more: Pope Benedict and the Environment, Video, Green Faith, Catholicism, Earth Day, Religion and the Environment, Earth Day 2012, Catholic, Religious Quotes on the Environment, Religion News

Jeffrey Buchanan: Bless These Shrimp: Faith, Fishing And Gulf Coast Restoration

2012-04-19T12:00:03Z

For many years, communities of faith have provided a safety net to fisher families impacted by bad seasons or disasters like Hurricane Katrina and the BP spill. They have also seen firsthand the vital connection between the health of natural resources and the life of the community.

Read more: RESTORE Act, Sustainable Food, Gulf Coast Recovery, Gulf Oil Spill, Louisiana, Catholic Church, Deepwater Horizon, Gulf Coast, Green Faith, Gulf of Mexico, BP Oil Spill, Religion News

Joseph M. Marshall III: Why Native American Truths Can Heal The World

2012-04-11T21:28:58Z

There are wise people in the world from all walks of life, from many nations and cultures. It is our hope that one day wisdom -- rather than might, arrogance and bluster -- will rule the world.

Read more: Native Americans, Native American Culture, Wisdom, Oglala Lakota Nation, Green Faith, Spirituality, Lakota, Religion News

Rabbi Rachel Kahn-Troster: How Many Slaves Produced Your Seder?

2012-04-04T07:28:24Z

As the seder begins, we say metaphorically, "This year, we are slaves. Next year, may we be free people." Let us hope that by next Passover, our feasts of liberation will be made without slave labor and that more people will be free.

Read more: Passover, Jewish, Human Trafficking, Slavery, Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, Kosher, Passover Seder, Occupy Faith, Green Faith, Food Politics, Judaism, Religion News

Ari Hart: A Passover Song About ... The Food System? Dayenu!

2012-04-03T16:31:26Z

How many of us have complained about food that was healthy, sustaining and plentiful, but didn't meet our sensual desires? How many of us have exclaimed "I'm starving!" after eating a meal just a few hours ago?

Read more: Food, Uri L'tzedek, Social Justice, Passover Seder, Passover, Green Faith, Jewish Food, Jewish Social Justice, Judaism, Religion News

Timothy Beal: BibliFact Roundup #1: Visions, Vomit And Phony Eco-theology

2012-03-27T10:36:57Z

The Bible is a powerful weapon that has been wielded for good and for ill throughout American history. How can we keep political Biblespeak honest? Inspired by PolitiFact.com, BibliFact roundups aim to do just that.

Read more: Bible, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Religion and Politics, Scripture Commentary, Green Faith, Elections 2012, O'Neal Dozier, Religion News

Shepherd Bliss: Occupy Earth: It's Not The Same Ol' Earth Day Anymore

2012-03-21T18:03:36Z

From New York to St. Louis to Los Angeles, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) will be buzzing with spring activities throughout the United States. One of its many pending actions is to join forces with the environmental movement to launch Earth Month on March 24.

Read more: Environmental Sustainability, Disrupt Dirty Power, Occupy Wall Street, Environmental Justice, Occupy the Earth, offthebus2012, Offthebus, Environment, Politics News