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Couple's self-designed house helps keep carbon footprint small

May 4, 2021

Solar power, geothermal heating and rain gardens make house a climate-friendly home.

A child climbs on a royal poinciana tree to pluck new blossoms on Earth Day, April 22, 2020, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (CNS/Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)

In Bangladesh, Catholics plant Laudato Si' trees to buffer against storms

Deforestation has decreased natural protection from storms in Bangladesh. The Catholic Church is trying to change that, with a goal of planting 700,000 trees for the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical.

Frutis and vegetables for sale in a market (RNS/Unsplash/ja ma)

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A plant-based diet is about much more than not harming animals

by Mat McDermott, Religion News Service

May 1, 2021

Commentary: Hindu Scripture extols the virtue of not killing animals for food. That virtue is also supported by science: Vegetarian diets are far better for preserving a healthy planet than are meat-heavy diets.

Demonstrators join the People's Climate March in Washington in April 2017. A new poll shows people willing to install solar panels and drive less, but less inclined to pay more for utilities or accept higher taxes to address climate change. (CNS photo/Mik

EarthBeat Weekly: Continuing challenge for people of faith: turning climate concern into action

by Barbara Fraser

Apr 30, 2021

Although more than half of U.S. adults think climate change should be addressed "right now," it still ranks behind the economy, the pandemic and immigration as a priority, a new poll finds.

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Couple's self-designed house helps keep carbon footprint small

In Bangladesh, Catholics plant Laudato Si' trees to buffer against storms

A plant-based diet is about much more than not harming animals

EarthBeat Weekly: Continuing challenge for people of faith: turning climate concern into action

Marquette students call for fossil fuel divestment

Befriending the 'smallest and slimiest' of God's creatures

EarthBeat Weekly: Earth Day treaty seeks to protect environmental defenders in Latin America

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US must halve emissions to galvanize global climate action — UN chief

Conservative legal experts take up Apache Oak Flat religious freedom case

EarthBeat Weekly: Climate science is clear — it's time for 'hard choices' based on faith values

Catholic groups pressure Brazil, US to protect the Amazon and its people

Enbridge Line 3 divides Indigenous lands, people

EarthBeat Weekly: World needs to move more decisively to avoid 'a ghastly future'

Environmental groups mobilize to make sure 'build back better' isn't just a slogan for Biden

Scientists: Humans must respect these 9 boundaries to keep Earth habitable

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Life on Earth depends on healthy oceans, Vatican panelists say

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Conflict keeps people from farming, drives some to brink of famine

I’m a climate scientist – here are 3 key things I have learned over a year of COVID-19

Why Oak Flat in Arizona is a sacred space for the Apache and other Native Americans

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