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  • 1 Jan 2009
    Make the Christian Aid green pledge for 2009

    Christian Aid is calling on the British public to take their own New Year pledge to go green and make their voices heard by Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other world leaders including Barack Obama.

  • 10 Dec 2008
    Call for Global Human Rights Index from NGOs

    On the 60th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, international peace and green groups are unveiling an ambitious new proposal to highlight governments that abuse human rights - a Global Human Rights Index.

  • 29 Nov 2008
    Let there be solar light, says greener Vatican initiative

    The Vatican sought to up its green credentials this week by switching on its massive electricity generating solar panels on the Pope Paul VI Hall. The development is one of a series of intended environmental initiatives.

  • 26 Nov 2008
    Support for UK 'Green New Deal' growing, say activists

    As the scale of the global credit, climate and oil shocks becomes clearer, support for a radical 'Green New Deal' is growing, political economist Ann Pettifor and analyst Andrew Simms told a meeting in parliament last night.

  • 2 Jul 2008
    Lutherans ponder the Christian contribution to a green future

    What can churches and religious bodies do that ecological groups are not doing? Can they engage on the issue without merely replicating what is happening in secular society? These are questions global Lutherans have been asking.

  • 19 Jun 2008
    Green Faith

    A Day Exploring Spiritual Traditions and the Environment

    Speakers:
    Abbot Christopher Jamison (Worth Abbey/The Monastery TV Series)
    Speaking on the theme The Ecology of Happiness

  • 14 May 2008
    Churches mobilise for the greening of India

    The National Council of Churches in India has joined the battle to turn green by calling for Christians to mobilise in the world's second most populous nation, and to join in the fight against global warming.

  • 25 Apr 2008
    Mennonite leader goes on car-less drive towards simpler lifestyle

    Nancy R. Heisey is being taken for a ride, but she's not objecting. The religion scholar, who is also president of Mennonite World Conference, is "trying to do my responsible part" in caring for the environment by leaving her car at home.

  • 2 Jan 2008
    The archbishop of YouTube

    Rowan Williams' "God doesn't do waste" New Year's message is only one of a whole host of YouTube offerings bearing his imprint.

  • 19 Nov 2007
    Economic growth and solutions to climate change ~ are they compatible?

    Are solutions to climate change being hijacked by the pervading pro-economic growth mindset of our time?