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"Using Science and Celtic Wisdom to Save Trees (and Souls)" [1]

"At a hale 77, Diana Beresford-Kroeger is a medical biochemist, botanist, organic chemist, poet, author and developer of artificial blood. But her main focus for decades now has been to telegraph to the world, in prose that is scientifically exacting yet startlingly affecting, the wondrous capabilities of trees."

Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Forests [4]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]
Public [6]
Canada [7]
Source: NYTimes [8], 02/24/2022

Covering Climate Change in the Forgotten Places: A Moroccan Journalist’s View [9]

Environmental journalist Khalid Bencherif struggled to bring the emergent effects of climate change to the attention of local audiences facing many other pressing problems. So he told a powerful story grounded in personal experience, traveling to his childhood home in Morocco’s Tafilalet region, where deepening drought is hitting the oases hard and driving many villagers from their homes.

SEJ Publication Types: 
Features [10]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Health [11]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Government [14]
Journalism & Media [15]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]
Science [18]
Technology [19]
Water & Oceans [20]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
Africa [22]
Middle East [23]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

"National Monument Proposed For Nevada Site Sacred To Tribes" [24]

"A Nevada congresswoman and several elected and tribal officials announced support Friday for national monument designation over a broad area south of Las Vegas they say is biologically diverse and rich with Native American cultural significance."

Environmental Justice [12]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [16]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [26]
Source: AP [27], 01/20/2022

Hayhoe Makes Case for Healing Over Climate Change [28]

A new volume by renowned climate communicator Katharine Hayhoe argues for a new way of talking about climate change that seeks common ground, greater respect and an effort to show how nearly everyone is affected. BookShelf editor Tom Henry reviews Hayhoe’s “Saving Us: A Climate Scientist’s Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World” and its hopeful message.

SEJ Publication Types: 
BookShelf [29]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Journalism & Media [15]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [21]
International [30]
Visibility: 
Public [6]

"Faith Groups Increasingly Join Fight Against Climate Change" [31]

"On a boat ride along a bayou that shares the name of his Native American tribe, Donald Dardar points to a cross marking his ancestors’ south Louisiana burial ground — a place he fears will disappear."

Climate Change [3]
Disasters [32]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]
Water & Oceans [20]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [33], 11/05/2021
November 11, 2021 to November 13, 2021

Between Worlds: Emergence in an Emergency [34]

The Bioneers 2021 virtual conference features best-selling authors, MacArthur "geniuses," Goldman Prize recipients and others to discuss connections and projects drawing on Indigenous and nature-based knowledge to bridge the space between the world as it is, and what it could be. Also included: interactive sessions. 

Other Events [35]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Agriculture [36]
Climate Change [3]
Diversity [37]
Environmental Health [11]
Forests [4]
Infrastructure [38]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]
Technology [19]
October 15, 2021

Faith Communities Organizing for Climate Action [39]

Join the Yale Center for Environmental Communication for a virtual conversation on how faith communities organize around environmental concerns, including helping launch the environmental justice movement. 12:00 p.m. ET.

Other Events [35]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [3]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]

"Navajo Leaders Seek Hearing On Oil And Gas Drilling Dispute" [40]

"Top officials with the largest Native American tribe in the United States are renewing a request for congressional leaders to hold a field hearing before deciding on federal legislation aimed at limiting oil and gas development around Chaco Culture National Historical Park."

Energy & Fuel [41]
Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [16]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: AP [42], 10/08/2021

Biden To Expand Bears Ears, Other National Monuments, Reversing Trump [43]

"President Biden will restore full protections to three national monuments that had been slashed in size by former president Donald Trump, including Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante in Utah known for their stunning desert landscapes and historical treasures of Native American art and settlements as well as a rich fossil record, according to a statement from the White House on Thursday evening."

Environmental Justice [12]
Environmental Politics [13]
Laws & Regulations [25]
Natural Resources [16]
People & Population [17]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [21]
Source: Washington Post [44], 10/08/2021
March 30, 2022

Worldwide Teach-In on Climate and Justice on March 30, 2022 [45]

The Worldwide Teach-In invites climate-concerned faculty, staff and students to join the project, with monthly events preceding the Mar 30 event. Register to get involved. For journalists, there are local, national and international stories to pursue from now until March 30.

Other Events [35]
Visibility: 
Public [6]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [2]
Climate Change [3]
Environmental Justice [12]
People & Population [17]
Planning & Growth [46]
Religion, Faith and Spirituality [5]

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