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Meet seven women saving the planet UNEP / 05 Mar 2021 Women are playing a lead role in tackling some of the planet’s biggest environmental threats, from climate change to species loss, to pollution. International Women’s Day, which falls on 8 March, provides an opportunity to reflect on women’s contributions as caretakers of people and nature, defending environmental and human rights and representing the interests of those whose voices may otherwise go unheard. Meet seven extraordinary women who are using their powers to save the planet.   Mindy Lubber poses for a photo. Photo: UNEP Mi...

The roots of our current crisis can be seen clearly in Genesis, Chapter 1, where “God said unto them, be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth,” writes Trevor Hancock. Times Colonist Our relationship with the Earth has long been troubled. Thanks largely to two key developments — the adoption of Judeo-Christian beliefs and the philosophy of the Enlightenment — the Western worldview has been that we are separate from and superior to n...

On late-night TV and bestseller lists, new books on prayer resonating with readers After a tumultuous year, several new books about prayer from popular Christian authors seem to be speaking to the moment. Stephen Colbert, left, interviews the Rev. James Martin, Feb. 3, 2021, on “A Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on CBS. Video screengrab via CBS February 26, 2021 (RNS) — Maybe the past year of pandemic and a reckoning over racial injustice have readers turning to lament. Maybe polarizing politics have them feeling imprecatory. But several new books about prayer from popula...