Category: Earth Community
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Sunday Prayer
Chilly fall morning, the deck rimed with frost. Warm and serene at the kitchen table in the early hours of the day. Buddy’s outside, bright yellow ball closely guarded at his side, erect and alert, nose twitching – sniffing, sniffing something interesting in the air. The sky ribboned in pale blue, rose and the faintest…
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Nobel laureates call for a revolutionary shift in how humans use resources
Reposted from theguardian.com, Deforestation is among a growing list of planetary ailments, the Nobel laureates warn. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features Eleven Nobel laureates will pool their clout to sound a warning, declaring that mankind is living beyond its means and darkening its future. At a conference in Hong Kong coinciding with the annual Nobel awards…
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UN Praises Role of Cooperatives in Sustainable Development
United Nations officials are highlighting the role cooperative enterprises can play in economic development, social justice and environmental protection. In his message for International Day of Cooperatives, marked annually on 5 July, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that this year’s Day falls at a “critical time” with the UN working to reach the 2015 deadline for the…
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Dingoes and Dogs in Indigenous culture
This is a re-post of a piece first published by the Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities (AMRRIC) who do some excellent work with dogs and people throughout the country. It was originally published in February 2013 here. There are many dog dreaming sites located around the Australian continent and each has its own…
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Rooftop Farming in New York City
In New York City, farming on a rooftop is not just an idea. Brooklyn Grange farms more than two and a half acres of rooftops in Brooklyn and Queens, and then sells what it produces to New Yorkers. A special soil mixture is used to minimize weight on the roofs and allow rapid drainage during…
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Pope Francis Calls for Redistribution of Wealth
I am thrilled the most recognized moral authority in the world – The Pope – is calling for a “worldwide ethical mobilization.” VATICAN CITY (AP) – Pope Francis called Friday for governments to redistribute wealth to the poor in a new spirit of generosity to help curb the “economy of exclusion” that is taking hold…
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Sunday Prayer
The Angel (A god who renounced his faith) You asked me what I would like to be in your eyes, I said: God. For a time I granted you favours and punished you. Were you fleeing my grief, when you failed to tell me That you had a cuckold Lord bestowing gifts upon you all…
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Imagining Healthy Work
These excerpts from Jeffery Bilbo’s lecture at Spring Arbor University’s annual Focus series gets to the heart of why “good work often seems impossible…” I’ll begin with a rough definition of good work, one we can refine as we proceed. Good human work participates in God’s redemptive work; thus it is our loving, healing, and humane…
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Live Streamed Lecture by Vandana Shiva
Posted in Arts & Culture, Culture, Events by Anastasia Chipelski on March 24, 2014 Internationally renowned eco-feminist, philosopher, and activist Vandana Shiva will be paying a visit to Winnipeg this weekend, and while her ticketed event is now sold out, local organizers have arranged an alternate, free live-streamed teach-in. Shiva will be speaking to a group of paying attendees on the evening…
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UN Report Calls For Radical, Democratic Food System
By Jacob Chamberlain The current global food system needs to be “radically” and “democratically” changed in order to alleviate global hunger and serve human rights over the profits of major agribusiness corporations, according to a report released Monday by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to food. “At the local, national and international levels, the policy…
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