Tag: Environment
Philippines ranks fourth in countries most affected by disasters
Some 149 million Filipinos affected by natural disasters during past two decades
Young Filipino lawyer works for environment to express faith
If you believe in God, you must do something to protect the things He created, she says
Pull investments from companies not committed to environment, pope says
In TED video message pope says the current economic system is unsustainable
When communist China waged war on little brown birds
Up to 45 million men, women, and children died in devastating famine that followed ‘sparrow-cide’
Some Philippine Catholic Church institutions accept ‘dirty donations’
Several clergy members say some religious leaders and church institutions ‘solicit’ donations from mining and coal operators
‘Water has done miracles for us’
Caritas water management training helps struggling farming communities in India
Pope Francis renews warning against exploitation of nature
Whoever lives to exploit nature ends up exploiting people and treating them as slaves, pope says
Philippine tribal group starts global campaign to protect ancestral lands
Alliance seeks broad support to protect ancestral lands in the Cordillera region from ‘environmental plunder’
Pope Francis says ‘contemplation,’ ‘compassion’ indispensable for integral ecology
People need to free themselves from the imprisonment of the cell phone to look into eyes of others and of creation, pope says
UN rights body urged to recognize ‘right to a safe environment’
Most of nature’s contributions to people are not fully replaceable, and some are irreplaceable, groups point out