The publication of Silent Spring by Rachel Carson in 1962 brought into the open the true cost of the Industrial Revolution on Planet Earth. The book sold more than 500,000 copies in 24 countries and raised public awareness internationally of the interconnectedness between pollution and the health of animals, plants
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We are all called to care for God’s creation. For some of us it might involve a minor inconvenience such as learning to recycle or to remember to carry our reusable bags to the store. For others it involves the ultimate sacrifice – one’s own life. This year we are
Continue readingThe events of the past year throughout the world, floods, droughts, historically high temperatures, hurricanes and cyclones, melting glaciers and more, are increasing in frequency and intensity. They are a wake-up call from the planet which we can no longer afford to ignore. Climate change is here and now, not
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The challenge for us today is to recognize, as Pope Francis tells us multiple times in Laudato Si’, that everything is connected. Nothing in the universe is extraneous, nothing is inconsequential. It is all connected in a tapestry God has created and continually creates. We are part of this new
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The following blog is taken from an article I wrote a number of years ago. The question asked at the end is one I think we all need to consider daily.
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The story of creation which we heard recently at the Easter Vigil has been told and retold for millennia. It has been the bedrock of our cosmology, our story of the universe that has interpreted our past and guided and inspired our shaping of the future.
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Every four years the federal government is required to release a National Climate Assessment report. The first report was released under the Obama administration in 2014 and led to bold policies to tackle climate change.
Continue readingAt the border... Spending time on the Texas/Mexican border working with those seeking asylum during the advent season was, perhaps, one of the best preparations for Christmas. In the eyes of the men, women and children seeking shelter I could see so clearly the face of Jesus whose parents were
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Hurricanes Maria, Harvey, Florence, Typhoon Mangkhut, the Indonesian Earthquake, the devastating fires in California and continuing droughts throughout countries in Africa and Europe as well as in Australia and India are wake-up calls to the reality that climate change is not something that will happen in the future, but that
Continue readingWe would like to share with you a short two-minute video on the building of EarthConnection and the recent projects that the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati have taken to reduce their carbon footprint.
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