Edmund Rice Network Journey to COP 26
Campaign Action Pacific Calling Partnership The PCP, part of the work of the Edmund Rice Centre for Justice & Community Education, Australia, raises awareness of the devastating impact of climate…
Pope Francis Calls for Immediate Action to Address Climate Crisis
In an address to leaders taking part in a recent conference on “Energy Transition and Care for Our Common Home,” sponsored by the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development,…
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…
‘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…
Vatican Calls for Climate Change Commitment
From commencement of his Pontificate, Pope Francis stressed protection of the environment as against man’s greedy exploitation of it to the detriment of others. At the UN Climate Summit, Cardinal…
How Does Climate Change Affect Human Rights?
On Thursday 19 June, a side event to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland, on “Climate Change and Human Rights – an Ethics perspective”, was organized by the…
Young Latin Americans Demonstrate their Commitment to the Planet
To celebrate the International Day of Mother Earth, a group of young people from the Chapel of Christ the Conqueror, in the district of San Juan de Lurigancho in Lima,…
Year of the Forests
One of the most frightening things I have heard this year, the Year of the Forests, was a statement by Brian Swimme, at the District Assembly of our Brothers in…
Cochabamba hosts World Summit on Climate Change and Mother Earth
The Brothers in Bolivia have been participating in the World Summit on Climate Change and Mother Earth which was held in Cochabamba in the last days of April. Up to…
Saving the Black Robin – Auckland, May 28 – 30, 2009
New Zealanders once brought the black robin, the world’s rarest bird, back from the brink of extinction. There were only six birds left – the only black robins left in…