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“A Just and Sustainable Recover”

“A Just and Sustainable Recover”

Watch excerpts from Bread for the World’s November 23 press conference in Washington, DC on creating jobs that will fight poverty and climate change.

Posted: Nov 25th, 2009  Comments: 0   Views: 70   
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October 2, 2009: Church Garden

October 2, 2009: Church Garden

"There's definitely something spiritual about working with the earth and feeling a relationship with all of God's creation," says Cara Gonzalez, a parishioner at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Bethesda, Maryland, who volunteers in the church garden.

Posted: Oct 2nd, 2009  Comments: 1   Views: 446   
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October 2, 2009: Spiritual Gardening

October 2, 2009: Spiritual Gardening

"Every act of gardening embodies a way of relating to creation that invokes moral and spiritual decisions," writes Duke Divinitiy School professor Norman Wirzba.

Posted: Oct 2nd, 2009  Comments: 0   Views: 536   
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August 14, 2009: Greener Bar Mitzvah

August 14, 2009: Greener Bar Mitzvah

It's good to use bar mitzvahs and bat mitzvahs to inculcate environmental values, says Rabbi Lawrence Troster, a religious environmental leader: "Protecting the Earth is a mitzvah, and I mean that in the sense of a commandment. We are required to take care of creation. It’s not a choice."

Posted: Aug 14th, 2009  Comments: 10   Views: 1,531   
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March 20, 2009: Civil Disobedience

March 20, 2009: Civil Disobedience

A philosophy and ethics professor says law and morality are not always the same, and civil disobedience like Tim DeChristopher's can be warranted when "complacency emboldens the power and those laws which are unjust."

Posted: Mar 20th, 2009  Comments: 10   Views: 6,454   
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November 17, 2006: E.O. Wilson

November 17, 2006: E.O. Wilson

Science and religion are sometimes at odds over the environment, but one prominent biologist is pleading for both to work together in order to protect the earth's biodiversity -- the many species of plants and animals that scientists say are at risk. E.O. Wilson is the author of a recent book, THE CREATION. He spoke with Bob Abernethy.

Posted: Nov 17th, 2006  Comments: 0   Views: 1,032   
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November 17, 2006: E.O. Wilson Extended Interview

November 17, 2006: E.O. Wilson Extended Interview

Read more of Bob Abernethy's October 16, 2006 interview in Cambridge, Massachusetts with E.O. Wilson.

Posted: Nov 17th, 2006  Comments: 0   Views: 1,313   
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November 17, 2006: E.O. Willson Book Excerpt: The Creation

November 17, 2006: E.O. Willson Book Excerpt: The Creation

Read an excerpt from THE CREATION: AN APPEAL TO SAVE LIFE ON EARTH by E.O. Wilson (Norton, 2006), written in the form of a letter to a Southern Baptist pastor.

Posted: Nov 17th, 2006  Comments: 0   Views: 751   
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