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In Vietnam, Christmas crèches deck the halls in environmental awareness
… streets and visit churches on Christmas Eve to celebrate. Catholics decorate their homes with plastic Christmas trees, Nativity scenes, lanterns, stars and other festive ornaments. Our Lady …
For Boston College public health expert, a treaty on plastics is a matter of morality
… in Busan, South Korea, for the expected final round of negotiations on a treaty addressing plastic pollution, Boston College held a conference of its own on the topic. "The purpose of this conference is to look at the global plastics crisis through the lens of ethics and morality," Dr. Philip Landrigan, director of the … : At the Boston College plastic conference, you expressed optimism the planet can address this plastic pollution problem, …
Resolve remains for global plastic pollution treaty after talks fall short
… Days after talks on a new international treaty to curb plastic pollution collapsed, Sr. Patty Johnson was nonetheless feeling hopeful. Johnson was in … the fifth — and expected final — round of United Nations negotiations for a global deal on plastics. In her time there, she attended plenary sessions, reviewed draft texts and conversed …
Pope Francis' eco-village to promote ecological conversion at 2025 Jubilee
… to recycle water. Organizers are working to make all intra-garden transport electric. Plastic is banned within the garden. The goal of the project "is to share with as many people as …
Illinois man who is champion of rivers, trees to receive Pacem in Terris interfaith award
… is all recycled." Living Lands & Waters' crew and volunteers have pulled millions of pounds of plastics from America's rivers. Finding a facility to process the large, bulky, rigid plastics for recycling was a huge challenge. That reality and the discovery that 43% of all … Current Solutions. The certified women-owned and managed business manufactures 100% recycled plastic pallets. Father Ken Kuntz, former diocesan administrator of the Davenport Diocese, wrote …
Fast fashion may seem cheap, but it's taking a costly toll on the planet
… About 60% of fast-fashion items are made from synthetic textiles derived from plastics and chemicals that start their life as fossil fuels. When this synthetic clothing is …
Dying in the desert: A desert search for deceased migrants leads me to love
… can be confused with glistening white stones or animal bones. Soon, I spotted the telltale plastic bottles, emptied of water or electrolytes, strewn across the desert floor, the human …
'It is absolutely necessary to keep smiling'
… known as the smile: "the distant smile / a cool smile / a hesitant little smile / that plastic smile / a bleak smile / a sour smile / a slow smile / the small smile" and the list goes …
The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election
… Some 33 billion pounds of plastic waste enter the marine environment globally every year, and the problem is expected to worsen as the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries ramp up plastic production. Perhaps the most important step the next president could take to curb plastic pollution is to push Congress to ratify and implement the United Nations' global plastics treaty , which is scheduled to be finalized by the end of this year. The Biden …
As seas rise, farmers in Bangladesh are growing crops on the water
… Bangladesh, though he employs a different base material to form his floating beds: empty plastic bottles, which he ties together to form a platform he then covers in water hyacinth. … to use the rotting hyacinth to fertilize other crops — this approach allows him to reuse the plastic bases to grow new gardens for several years. He borrowed 20,000 taka (US$167) to build …
Climate change puts peace, justice in peril, UN chief tells Franciscan college
… will convene in South Korea for the fifth and final round of negotiations on a global plastic pollution treaty. Scientists have stated global emissions need to decline by 43% over the …
Aiding flood victims in South Sudan, faith leaders work on long-term solutions
… Mayol Kuot said his church has been actively providing essential supplies such as shovels, plastic sheets, sandbags and digging bars to fortify the dikes around the villages, particularly …
California sues Exxon Mobil over 'sham' of plastics recycling
… (Sept. 23) — not over the oil giant's contribution to climate change, but over its role in the plastic pollution crisis. The attorney general's lawsuit, filed in the San Francisco County … the petrochemical industry's "decades-long deception campaign" over the sustainability of plastics and the feasibility of plastics recycling. Drawing on documents subpoenaed from Exxon …
Praying With Creation: Listen to the Earth's cries of sorrow
… of the ways we as a human race abuse Sister Water through overuse; the pollution caused by plastics and chemicals; the heating of the oceans through global warming. I then imagined all the …
Clothing 'zombie' of NY Fashion Week puts throwaway culture on full display
… and shipment and heightened production output. The industry is also a major contributor to plastic pollution and water pollution. Though data is lacking on the exact size of the fashion …
Soaring temps a sign the planet is sick — are we listening? Pope Francis asks
… extinct in the United States. Major international meetings on climate change, biodiversity and plastic pollution will take place later this fall. Next week, Francis will travel to southeast …
Beware of false prophets
… supply were infinite, burning fossil fuels as if they had have no impact on the climate, using plastics that pollute our water and our bodies. We are killing off species of fish, animals and …
Interfaith activists arrested protesting Citigroup's fossil fuel investments
… Aug. 1 and on Friday, Aug. 2, they will gather in Newark, New Jersey, to protest Formosa Plastics , a petrochemical company that is working to open a large petrochemical plant in St. … traveled from Louisiana to New York to take part in protests against Citigroup and Formosa Plastics.* "Citi welcomes continued engagement with our stakeholders and we are transparent about …
Catholics should confront AI's environmental costs
… A single ChatGPT conversation uses about 50 centiliters of water (the equivalent of one plastic water bottle). Though these figures may seem innocuous, as environmentalists know, "water …
2025 Awards
… First Place In the Philippines, Catholic priests tackle plastic waste brick by brick Brian Roewe EarthBeat From the judges: This piece provides …