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Vatican office invites church on journey to 'total sustainability' in next decade
… planet" — melting Arctic ice caps, wildfires in the Amazon and Australia, extreme weather and biodiversity loss — "are too evident and detrimental to be ignored any more." It adds: "We hope … of clean renewable energy and reduced fossil fuel use; support efforts to protect and promote biodiversity and guarantee water access for all. Response to the cry of the poor: defend human … of ecological crises facing the planet, including climate change, deforestation and threats to biodiversity that jeopardize the survival of upward of 1 million plant and animal species. The …
EarthBeat Weekly: Throwaway plastics strike back amid the pandemic
… enter landfills in the U.S. alone . As plastics pollute land and water, they threaten both biodiversity and human health, with more and more microscopic plastic particles entering into …
Creation is sacred gift deserving respect, care, pope says on Earth Day
… As the Book of Genesis relates, he said, "we live in this common home as one human family in biodiversity with God's other creatures," and God has called on humanity to care for and respect …
Earth Day 50 years on: It's all about the questions
… an even more dire, almost existential, set of global environmental challenges, from loss of biodiversity to climate change to plastic pollution, that call for action at all levels of …
EarthBeat Weekly: An eco-streaming guide while we're cooped up by coronavirus
… … "Our Planet" series … (2019) presents visually stunning looks at the earth's ecosystems and biodiversity, while addressing how climate change, water shortages and ocean dumping threaten …
Coronavirus compels climate activists to shift from streets to screen
… advisory panel. CYNESA had planned to co-sponsor an interfaith event in Nairobi, Kenya, on biodiversity and conservation in mid-May to kick off Laudato Si' Week. Now the event, in …
Forest loss drives viruses as well as climate change, indigenous leaders warn
… the world what we have been saying for thousands of years — that if we do not help protect biodiversity and nature, then we will face this and worse future threats," said Levi Sucre Romero … to strengthen the rights of indigenous peoples — who have learned to live in nature with biodiversity and protect animal and plant species — we would see fewer epidemics such as the one … areas is the best way to keep forests standing, which in turn reduces global warming and biodiversity loss. "Communities living in and around forest areas can play a vital role in …
Francis issues 'urgent call' with plans for fifth anniversary of Laudato Si'
… Amazon, Australia and the Arctic approaching tipping points ; and the unprecedented threat of biodiversity loss facing 1 million plant and animal species. The initiative is the latest …
In 'Querida Amazonia,' Francis defends vital ecosystem with stern indictment of its defilers
… nine countries and more than two million square miles. Home to perhaps the planet's greatest biodiversity, along with 33 million people, 400 different tribes, more than 100 of which live in … parts of its dense forests change into savanna, and with it pose destructive consequences for biodiversity, the climate and human well-being. Last week, a separate scientific study found that … asks all people to not only listen to the cries of the Amazon's indigenous people and biodiversity, but to also examine their own lives and the way personal choices can contribute to …
Francis declines to answer Amazon synod's requests for married priests, women ministers
… its struggle against the unrestrained development taking place in one of the world's most biodiverse areas. In stark terms, the pontiff denounces the international mineral extraction and …
A day for environmentalist Judaism
… seders . And the more we learn about the importance of forests for carbon sequestration and biodiversity, the more Tu B'Shvat has become a touchstone for Jews concerned about climate …
EarthBeat Weekly: Speaking truth to power in a pink hoodie at Davos
… this week: … Staff writer Jesse Remedios explores the impact of the climate crisis on biodiversity , a key dimension of Pope Francis’ encyclical, " Laudato Si’ , on Care for Our …
Australian fires underline pope's focus on biodiversity in Laudato Si'
… Francis wrote, "the values involved are incalculable." The impact of the Australian fires on biodiversity is severe. More than 100 threatened species are estimated to have lost at least half … extinction, more than at any other time in human history. As more and more species go extinct, biodiversity — the variety of life on Earth — declines. In nature, biodiversity plays a number of …
Copy Desk Daily, Jan. 24, 2020
… probable that the fires have rendered other species extinct. Pope Francis called the loss of biodiversity (the variety of life on Earth) one of his greatest fears: … Australian fires underline pope's focus on biodiversity in Laudato Si' . … Methodists may set agree-to-disagree model for churches in …
Lessons for COP 26 from the Amazon Synod
… them and their traditional ways as fundamental to conservation of the Amazon and our precious biodiversity. It is a vision that is too little known and hardly present in the laws of Brazil …
Week 3 of Advent meditations with Laudato Si': Putting ourselves out there
… of the indigenous people's land, of the despoliation of the rainforest and its valuable biodiversity, and for her protests she was murdered. And finally, the 5-foot-9-inch Pope Francis, … irresponsible in history." Francis does not mince words. He warns that gains in protecting biodiversity have been regrettably few, for countries place their national interest above the …
The first week of Advent: Daily meditations with Laudato Si'
… such as agriculture, fishing and forestry. …Let us [also] mention, for example, those richly biodiverse lungs of our planet, the Amazon and Congo basins …" that are important "for the entire … and the future of humanity. The ecosystems of tropical forests possess an enormously complex biodiversity which is almost impossible to appreciate fully … ." As I reflect on these things and …
Spend Advent with Laudato Si' and a question: What is God asking of me?
… Is Happening to Our Common Home; Pollution and Climate Change; The Issue of Water; Loss of Biodiversity; Decline in the Quality of Human Life and the Breakdown of Society; Global …
There's a map for that: GoodLands launches Catholic GeoHub
… need the most help first? What church-owned property needs special attention to protect biodiversity? In mapping the Catholic world, security is a big concern for Burhans; the maps on …
Amazon governors, meeting after synod, support 'green economy'
… an "Amazonian bioeconomy." Such ventures, they said, would be based on "productive chains of biodiversity, with technological innovation and valuing of traditional knowledge." A bioeconomy … of development." During the meeting, Thomas Lovejoy, the U.S. biologist who coined the term "biodiversity," told the governors that rainfall from the Amazon basin reaches all countries in …