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Perspectives on GMOs grow from 'Sacred Seed'
… Shiva -- probably one of the most internationally-known environmentalists and defenders of biodiversity -- started Navdanya, a network of seed keepers and organic producers in 1987,when …
The truth about climate change
… of productivity in vast agricultural areas, the pollution of rivers and aquifers, the loss of biodiversity, the increase of natural catastrophes and the deforestation of equatorial and …
High youth unemployment rates are 'defeat' for society, pope says
… Italian wines, olive oil, salami and cheese while protecting the soil, water resources and biodiversity. In response, the pope said, "to stay and work the land is not to be stuck. It is to …
Environmental concerns flood Laos dam project on biodiverse Mekong River
… to build several dams along the Mekong would transform the river, the world's second-most biodiverse stream after the Amazon, "into a giant freshwater pond." "That would be the end of the …
Rights of Nature a natural fit for women religious
… in shale basins around the United States; copper mining and oil extraction in the richly biodiverse rainforests of the Amazon; and other threats to life in Africa, Europe and South …
'Soil and Sacrament' explores farming's spiritual side
… -- we can create little ecosystems in our gardens that welcome other creatures and that create biodiversity. Of course, the flip side of that is that we currently have an agriculture that’s heavily focused on mono-crops, that destroys biodiversity, it destroys soil. We’ve lost an estimated third of our topsoil in the past 200 years in America thanks to our industrial farming practices. We’re witnessing huge loss of biodiversity. We have massive dead zones in our oceans, especially in the Gulf of Mexico, as a …
Earth is dangerously warming - and we are causing it
… of productivity in vast agricultural areas, the pollution of rivers and aquifers, the loss of biodiversity, the increase of natural catastrophes and the deforestation of equatorial and …
The renewable energy of the Spirit and the tale of the purple loosestrife
… of strife. When you are gone from this planet, will there be more of a monoculture or more biodiversity? Did you renew or deplete? Forget the big stuff for a while and think about your …
Study: Religion could be saving grace in conservation
… efforts have not yielded desired results. The study notes the failure to slow the rate of biodiversity loss by the target date of 2010 (as set in 1992 by the United Nations' Convention on … and a greater inclusion of conservation issues in religious ethics, could be beneficial for biodiversity," the study's authors wrote, adding that the potential in linking conservation with … religious and non-religious populations, and overlapped them with the locations of global biodiversity conservation areas deemed priorities by seven separate conservation templates. "This …
In confronting a violent past, Guatemalans find miracles in present
… drama played out in a setting of breathtaking natural beauty, dizzying cultural and biodiversity, all layered in spirituality and religious practice that ranged from ancient Mayan …
In global fight against fracking, faith community should lead
… teaching as a framework for a better way of life and of social and environmental integrity, biodiversity and sustainability. Like the Appalachian pastoral letters, the Heartland pastoral … that go unenforced. The same could very well happen with fracking. Visions of sustainability, biodiversity, alternative technology and the integrity of creation can substitute for dominative …