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Students in India use social media to fight coal projects
… will lead to the diversion of 170 hectares of land from the protected areas. Nearly 59,000 trees are at risk of being cut. Currently, three companies, Mormugao Port Terminal Pvt Ltd (MPT) … hope in her. But when she first read about the reports of the impending plan of felling the trees, a chill ran down her spine. “Losing the green cover amounts to losing Goa itself,” she …
EarthBeat Weekly: A year after 'Querida Amazonia,' some lessons for the U.S. church
… narrative that often frames the issues. In South Sudan, parishioners are planting trees in response to "the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor," writes Sr. Felicia Matola, a …
Gardens and deserts
… desire, promising godlike power if she and her husband dare to eat the forbidden fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden. Instead, by deceiving them and setting them against God, Satan … the “Messianic Secret” that is understood only after the death and resurrection of Jesus. The Tree of disobedience in the Garden of Eden will become the Cross of Obedience on Golgatha and the …
Restoring the Earth in South Sudan
… Udillio, the diocesan administrator, is an avid gardener and wants everyone to stop cutting trees and to plant fruit trees. He asked all parishes to get involved. Wonderful mahogany and teak trees are being cut down for "business." with no replanting. As a result, Wau has less rainfall …
Border woman
… of the New Creation. She becomes a type of the church, born from the side of Jesus on the Tree of Life, the cross. The 1949 film, “Adam’s Rib,” is about the equality of the sexes. A …
The Capitol riot was an attempt to lynch our democracy
… not support the Trump world order. James Cone's powerful 2011 book, The Cross and the Lynching Tree , links lynching — a violent assertion of white supremacy — with Christ's crucifixion. He …
Original Blessing
… drama of Original Sin took place as humanity chose to partake of the forbidden fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Jesus emphasized this when he answered the scribes and …
Capitol insurrectionists: I have met them before
… cars and the officer asked me, "When we catch him, do you want us to string him up in the tree in front of your house?" The mugger scared me. The police officer terrified me. I have met …
EarthBeat Weekly: Environment defenders face dual threat of climate change, murder
… this week: … Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Virginia raised $5,000 to plant 5,00 trees in Kenya , as part of a continuing commitment to environmental stewardship and a newfound …
5,000 trees link Virginia parish with Kenyan farmers
… parishioners at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Hampton, Virginia, planted five new trees on the parish grounds. There were two serviceberry trees, two Chinese fringes and a dawn … with farmers an ocean away. The trees were planted through The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program, or TIST, a U.S.-based organization that markets carbon offsets from the …