Lithium is key in the global fight against climate change. But to extract it, mines suck water out of the region's water, tethered to the lives of thousands of Indigenous communities in Argentina, Chile and Bolivia.
While trying to increase food production and yet reduce the impact of agriculture on the environment, the farmers are faced with rising costs, including soaring energy prices. They feel they are being unfairly accused of going against ecological concerns by the European Union.
Through the Black Farmers Initiative, the Edmundite Missions continue the priests' long history of working for justice in Alabama still facing poverty and poor health outcomes.
The Indigenous population sees lithium extraction as a disruption of their ancient relationship with the mountains that surround their homes, which they hold as sacred.
With Malawi and other southern African countries still reeling nearly 10 months after Cyclone Freddy, Catholic sisters gathered to learn advocacy skills to lobby on the neglected survivors' behalf.
The Forest Department's plans to construct walled gardens, guesthouses and an artificial lake in Madhupur will have serious impacts on 25,000 Indigenous people living in the area, say tribal activists.
Rather than pursue its claims in court that the federal government failed to engage in meaningful consultation regarding the lithium mine at Thacker Pass, the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony will focus on organizing a broad coalition to build public support for sacred places.
Through the power of friendship, prayer and cheerful determination, Richard Parks and his neighbors faced down a major oil company to shutter a nearly 60-year-old drill site in the middle of the neighborhood. Now they hope to build a community park and affordable housing in its place.
Caritas Dairy was inspired by Pope Francis' call for a more inclusive and sustainable food system, which supports farmers in producing and improving their capacities and resilience, said Archbishop Philip Subira Anyolo of Nairobi.