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Why there's still hope among the gloom and doom of climate crisis
… for renewable energy. It's the inordinate emphasis, this overwhelming tendency to talk about plastic straws and hamburgers (encouraging livestock production) and not traveling and not having …
Medical Mission Sisters in India create center for quiet and healing amid the wonder of God's creation
… bio-enzyme composting, garbage segregation and recycling. We hope to make this place into a plastic- and pollution-free zone. Samanvaya can offer space to individuals or groups seeking some …
Boosting action for nature requires spiritual change, say faith groups at UN environment assembly
… nature and biodiversity loss, and waste and pollution. One of the biggest challenges is plastic pollution. But in what Inger Andersen, the U.N Environment Program executive director, described as "a triumph of planet earth over single-use plastics," representatives of 175 nations at the assembly endorsed an agreement to end plastic pollution and forge a legally binding agreement by 2024. The resolution was among 14 …
Eco-friendly Lent recipe: easy red lentil tacos
… dessert or alcohol on Fridays. It could also be a non-food fast, like fasting from single-use plastic, transportation that uses fossil fuels, or purchasing new items. Is there something …
UN wants faith groups to help work against plastic pollution
… … A senior U.N. official urged religious groups to help reach a global agreement to curb plastic pollution, amid experts warning that single-use or disposable plastics were choking the planet. Inger Andersen, executive director of the U.N. Environment … have a suggested resolution before the member states, for starting a global agreement to end plastic pollution — to reduce the use of plastic from source to sea. We hope UNEA will be that …
Young Catholics deliver critique of US church leaders' climate silence straight to the pope
… said. "Violence always destroys nature," he added, and referenced his recent critique that plastic pollution "kills everything." The Creighton students were also struck by a Spanish …
Pope Francis takes notes during two-hour dialogue with students across the Americas
… with creation. Violence, the pope said, "always destroys nature." He likened throwing plastics in the oceans to committing "violence against creation." "Nonviolence is the way that …
Vatican announces contest to design Holy Year 2025 logo
… be "simple and intuitive," it said, and work in a variety of sizes when printed on "paper, plastic, fabrics, hangings/posters, decals, stickers, film and large and small gadgets." The …
Church's multiyear initiatives on synodality, Laudato Si' and Eucharist intertwine
… adopting renewable energy, employing "green" investment guidelines, reducing use of single-use plastics and fostering ecological spirituality — it also offers a pathway for the ecological …
Pope Francis: Throwing plastic in the sea is 'criminal' and 'kills the Earth'
… Christopher White … Pope Francis on Feb. 6 blasted the throwing of plastic in the sea as "criminal" and pleaded for a renewed commitment to caring for the … who rely on the sea for their work and livelihood." "Take care of the health of the sea: no plastic in the sea!" Francis said at the time . According to the United Nations data , more than 8 million tons of plastic are discarded into the ocean each year, a figure that is expected to triple by 2040. …