Responding to the Urgency of Climate Change
The most recent report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that made it clear that ‘rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society’ is needed…
Time is Running Out to Address Climate Change – IPCC
It is it is still possible to keep global temperature from rising more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial values and limit the devastating impacts of climate change, However, this…
High Level Political Forum Reviews Progress Towards the Sustainable Development Goals
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were established by the United Nations in 2015 to succeed the Millenium Development Goals. The SDGs are further broken down into a total of…
What Might a Sustainable School Look Like?
Students and teachers at Presentation College, Bray in Ireland have developed an innovative approach to raise awareness about the 17 internationally agreed UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A team of…
Climate Change Damaging Health of Millions While Greenhouse Gas Levels Surge
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has recently reported that concentrations of CO2 gas (a major greenhouse gas contributor to global warming) had surged in 2016 to reach a level not…
Rome – Assisi Conference on Spirituality and Sustainability
Br. Kevin Cawley of Edmund Rice International joined a large group of scholars and practitioners this summer at a Conference on Spirituality and Sustainability assembled in Rome and Assisi from…
Impossible to Guarantee Safety of Afghan Returnees – Report
The Edmund Rice Centre for Justice & Community Education (ERC) has been documenting the fate of rejected asylum seekers returned to Afghanistan by the Australian government since 2002. Their latest…
Citizens Climate March on Washington April 29, 2017 – Edmund Rice International Participation
There are always questions for some about the worth of public demonstrations on behalf of good causes. Assembling large contingents requires, among other concerns, months and months of careful planning…
‘Laudato Si’ – One Year On
18th June marks the first anniversary of the papal encyclical ‘Laudato Si: On Care for our Common Home’. More than a document about just the environment, the encyclical links our…
International Mother Earth Day – April 22nd
Since 1970, the 22nd April has been designated as World Earth Day, “a movement which gave voice to an emerging consciousness, channelling human energy toward environmental issues.” This years Earth…