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And Jesus wept: a good idea
… we do not allow ourselves to face and feel pain, we run the risk of entombing ourselves in a plastic bubble where our lies about life shrink our hearts and limit our vision. It is not …
Earthbeat Weekly: What's one thing we can all do about climate change? Talk about it
… the Florida coast. What with hungry crabs, birds and fish watching for them, and hazards like plastics and industrial fishing nets to dodge, they stand between one chance in 1,000 and one in …
Can conservation measures save sea turtles from climate change?
… odds are against them, as hatchlings face hungry predators, and adult turtles risk ingesting plastic or getting tangled in fishing gear. The marked nests were also evidence of how … "We're working on conservation efforts to educate people about beach litter, particularly plastics, going into the ocean," Maline said. Plastics often resemble jellyfish, which look like …
EarthBeat Weekly: Pope Francis' ecological conversion on the way to Laudato Si'
… Christians and Muslims came together to care for their common home by cleaning up garbage and plastic along the coast on the island of Palawa. And remember Tahlequah, the killer whale that …
EarthBeat Weekly: Justice means safe water for all
… (even though more than half of all bottled water comes from the tap ), leading to mountains of plastic waste that often ends up in the oceans or exported to low-income countries . What steps … Stone for Grist. With the future looking bleak for fossil fuels, oil companies are betting on plastics , and African countries could suffer the consequences, write Hiroko Tabuchi, Michael … Times. Industry representatives are asking the U.S. government to pressure Kenya to relax its plastic bag ban and keep importing plastic waste. Power plants contributed most to increased CO2 …
Lens on Creation: Throwing away people
… is and weigh it, if you have a scale. How much of your week's waste consists of food scraps? Plastic? Paper? Other items? How could you reduce it? Keep track for the rest of the Season of …
18 Things to know about Howey Ou, China's only teenage climate striker
… her parents to go vegetarian too!), and it was around then when she noticed the problem of plastic ocean pollution as well as how the climate crisis will affect human civilization. "I …
EB Weekly: Revisiting integral ecology amid the heat wave and surging coronavirus
… the ways that Black people and other people of color are disproportionately harmed by plastic pollution . The Evangelical Environmental Network reports that more than 53,000 pro-life …
Ugandan climate activist: 'We are a climate generation and this is our fight'
… landslides, droughts and desertification — only to find polluted air, contaminated waters, plastic pollution and floods in urban areas. A presentation by Green Climate Campaign Africa at … it? … As an individual I have focused my activism on the climate crisis and the impact of plastic pollution . My posters have messages like "Our Actions, Our Future", "People Over Profit" …
We have a story to tell: Indigenous scholars, activists speak up amid toppling of Serra statues
… a murderer. Ward watched as a group of young activists covered the statue with a black plastic sheet and placed a chain around its neck. It felt liberating, she said. "The church still …
'Because it was a vocation': Celebrating Carmen Herrera's 105th birthday
… tri-angular black forms emerging from (not in ) a field of white that was inspired by the Neo-Plasticism of Piet Mondrian but risked unmooring his elegant harmonies with slashing diagonal …
How to close the gap between public opinion and public policy on the climate crisis?
… the New York Times' weekly newsletter, has a couple of items of interest this week : a plastic-free challenge (one way you can celebrate Plastic Free July) and advice on finding the most eco-friendly masks. Looking for a good summer …
Collective action can save the world
… which directly and significantly affect the world around us, such as avoiding the use of plastic and paper, reducing water consumption, separating refuse, cooking only what can …
Dominican sisters commit $46 million to seed new climate solutions funds
… small businesses in India, as well as constructing shipping pallets from lighter, recyclable plastics and upgrades for utilities to increase energy efficiency. The Climate Solutions Funds …
EarthBeat Weekly: Faith climate leaders speak out on racial injustice
… is fueled by racism, economic greed and reckless disregard for basic civil and human rights." Plastic particles the equivalent of as much as 300 million plastic bottles rain down each year in national parks and wilderness areas in the West alone. …
Copy Desk Daily, May 29, 2020
… During the coronavirus shutdown, Fr. Peter Daly has been working on home projects, including a plastic file box with all the papers and files that he will need as he nears death, or that …
What is ecological sin?
… sinful. It also calls into question the indirect consequences of things like single-use plastics, which have a profound impact on ecosystems . Theologians who have examined ecological …
My 'death box' has both practical and spiritual purpose
… attractive name, but a necessary part of planning for death in our culture. My death box is a plastic file box which contains all the relevant papers and records that will be needed as I …
Five years ago, Pope Francis asked us to care for Earth. Have we listened?
… for which GCCM is a collaborator, has seen Catholic sisters in the U.S. and Ghana partner in a plastic recycling program that reduces waste and provides jobs, and the Servants of the Holy …
Vatican office invites church on journey to 'total sustainability' in next decade
… or people. Adoption of simple lifestyles: reduce use of energy and resources, avoid single-use plastics, adopt a more plant-based diet, reduce meat consumption and increase use of public … the works for the anniversary year include a Laudato Si' documentary; collaborations with the Plastic Bank ; an emerging network of Laudato Si' academic institutes; the Laudato Tree …