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Samantha Panchèvre is passionate about social justice and sustainability. As a climate change activist, she helped organize the student-led campaign that resulted in Georgetown University divesting its endowment from fossil fuels. She graduated in 2019 from Georgetown's School of Foreign Service where she studied international affairs with a focus on energy and the environment.
Were some saints mentally ill, or holy, or both?
… and eventually fell into a life of sin and debauchery. After her dramatic conversion and divestment of wealth, she practiced extreme forms of penance and reported numerous mystical …
EarthBeat Weekly: A Peruvian Holy Thursday when lightbulbs trumped candles
… risks with friends and groups on a regular basis. Finally, I would suggest considering … divesting … from fossil fuels. I agree that taxing the fossil fuel companies is necessary." She …
Care for Creation: Spirituality and Responsible Investment
… common home. Together, how can we focus on not destroying the Earth’s resources for profit, divest from companies harming the environment, and prepare for Earth Day on April 22, showing our …
US Catholic church is failing to respond to climate emergency, theologian says
… years students mobilized to pressure the Jesuit school and its board of directors to fully divest its $587 million endowment from fossil fuels, a move the university announced in January …
Rethink arms funding to protect vulnerable, say Vatican webinar speakers
… the nuclear weapons project of PAX, described the Don't Bank on the Bomb campaign to promote divestment in weapons-related industries, especially corporations involved in the manufacturing …
This Lent, let's change fasting from self-improvement to 'cultural spring-cleaning'
… friends? What if we fasted from building lethal walls around an imagined "America"? What if we divested our bodies and energy from rituals of militarism and from participation in cop culture? …
Largest day of multifaith climate protests presses governments, banks to end fossil fuel funding
… Increased financing for sustainability in agriculture, infrastructure and other industries; Divestment from fossil fuels and no COVID-19 recovery investments in that industry; A just …
Leading UCC minister: People of faith must 'advocate for the restoration of creation'
… the Keystone XL transnational pipeline and introducing a resolution in 2013 for the UCC to divest its finances from fossil fuels. (Antal is a member of EarthBeat's advisory panel .) Antal … to form creation justice task forces, partner with local environmental coalitions, divest endowments from fossil fuel stocks and join actions against new fossil fuel projects. He …
Assisi archbishop welcomes treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons
… and banks involved in the production of nuclear weapons and, if so, to "look for ways to divest." In all, more than 130 Catholic leaders signed the statement. Prelates included Cardinal …
EarthBeat Weekly: Racial inequality colors response to environmental protests
… University has become the fourth U.S. Catholic university to publicly announce a plan to divest from all fossil fuel investments . Writing for the Global Sisters Report, Maria Magdalena …
2021 seen as a year to make up lost ground on climate change
… achieving carbon neutrality, defending all life, using less plastic and eating less meat, and divesting from fossil fuels while reinvesting in renewable energy. Since the action platform was …