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GMOs are going to create famine and hunger
… suddenly in 1845, one pathogen wiped them out. I began to learn a lot about the importance of biodiversity. The pro-GMO argument is comparable to what we used to hear from the bankers. They … so, because we're dealing with very serious issues. Humankind has a very bad record of moving biodiversity around to the wrong places. It's like the guy who brought rabbits out to Australia …
Vatican studies genetically modified crops
… that "refusing GM technology will hold back efforts to alleviate poverty and hunger, to save biodiversity and protect the environment." Robert Paarlberg of Wellesley College charged that the … and an increase in toxic substances; 2) environmental consequences, including erosion of bio-diversity; and 3) damage to the sovereignty of Brazil, "as a result of the loss of control of …
Creation care: A return of love for love
… and acting in right relationship.” After examining the issue of Earth’s declining biodiversity, driven by habitat loss and human exploitation, the authors ask: “How can we … St. Francis’ “Canticle of Creation” as the basis of a theological reflection on biodiversity and the human’s place in it. -- Teresa Malcolm The “Canticle” reminds …
Experiencing the Divine in our Lives
… or another. No longer a silent communion, now the foreground displays another kind of biodiversity, not the garden variety but the personhood variety. Kind of a neat shift of context …
The only diet for a peacemaker is a vegetarian diet
… degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity." Much of our potable water and much of our fossil fuel supply is wasted on rearing …
Viva Oaxaca!
… are breaking the restrictions of dependence on outsiders and re-creating the ancient system of biodiversity that made indigenous agriculture productive and sustainable for thousands of years. …
The church's search for an environmental stand
… in the atmosphere, thereby exacerbating droughts and fires. Forests are a main source of biodiversity, so their eradication means species loss. Experts believe that millions of species …
Protecting the Earth with Dr. Vandana Shiva
… future the herbs of the world. I toured Navdanya Farm, her farming commune and laboratory for biodiversity conservation and farmers’ rights, then moved on to see Bija Vidyapeeth, a college …
CELAM update: The 'greening' of the Latin American bishops
… Peru and Bolivia.” “This is one of the world's most precious natural regions because of its bio-diversity which makes it vital for the environmental balance of the entire planet,” the pope …