Environment

Shut in, locked down, no green space? Six tips to connect with nature

EarthBeat asked six people how they stay spiritually rooted in the natural world even in the middle of the city or inside an apartment.

How living simply and intentionally can help you live sustainably

by Celina Kim Chapman

Apr 28, 2021

Notes from the Field - Here's a video of how you can continue the Earth Day momentum of appreciating nature and promoting the care of our planet.

Kukama boys watch boats on the Amazon's Maranon River near Dos de Mayo in Peru's Loreto region. (CNS/Barbara Fraser)

Webinar explores worldview 'collision' when missionaries go to the Amazon

by Brian Roewe

Apr 28, 2021

Georgetown's Berkley Center co-hosted a conversation on missionary dynamics in the Amazon — encounters that have 'great significance for the people involved at the front-line level, but also for the entire planet.'

With spiritual motivation, sisters actively care for the Earth

by The Life Panelists

Apr 26, 2021

The Life - Caring for our common home includes an eco farm in the Philippines, biodiversity in New Zealand, gardening for the cycle of life, a one-minute act to make a difference, and a religious community founded to heal and protect the planet's life systems

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Shut in, locked down, no green space? Six tips to connect with nature

How living simply and intentionally can help you live sustainably

Webinar explores worldview 'collision' when missionaries go to the Amazon

With spiritual motivation, sisters actively care for the Earth

Moving from a throwaway culture to nurturing and caring for God's gift

Congregations 'walk the talk' of Earth Day with ongoing care for creation

Burning down our common home

Missionary work, war, COVID-19 and climate change in Ethiopia

Catholic groups pressure Brazil, US to protect the Amazon and its people

Adorers sisters seek damages in latest lawsuit over gas pipeline

What the truth of a tree taught me during this pandemic

Day 1's executive actions signal Biden climate position

Nature in our lives, in the cathedral, in the house of human rights

Pacific Climate Warriors win Pax Christi peace prize

Forest therapy reawakens human connection to the natural world

Food for families: a gift from the trees

Sister reps at UN hope Biden will put US 'back on track' globally

Red bird's view: an experiment in perspective

Sanitation: an unacknowledged blessing

Why is Francis of Assisi the patron saint of ecology?

Can conservation measures save sea turtles from climate change?

Five hundred laps: the path to wonder and awe

Franciscan Sisters give NCR $1.5 million to help 'wake up the world'

Amid biting drought, sisters in Zambia fend off hunger with organic farming

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