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Headline	Author	Published	Section
The problem with 'We Can Solve It' An ad campaign on climate needs spokespeople who believe what they're saying	Ken Ward	04 Jun 2008	Gristmill
Idly watching TV the other day, my attention was caught by the arresting image of Al Sharpton and Pat Robertson sitting on a sofa. The artfully shot, 15-second spot is one of the first blitz of television ads from We Can Solve It, Al Gore's $300 million project to build up a public base of support for climate action. The two resemble each other, looking as sleek and plump as sea otters after a good feed. Sharpton and Robertson fence good naturedly, following t ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, messaging, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

E.O. Wilson on Bill Moyers Journal this week Check it out	Kate Sheppard	05 Jul 2007	Gristmill
On Friday, Bill Moyers profiles E.O. Wilson on the latest edition of 'Bill Moyers Journal.' (The show is his new spot on PBS that started airing in late April, and happens to have the same name as his old show that stopped running in 1981.) Moyers talks to Wilson about subjects ranging from his work cataloging every living creature on earth to religion to his vision for facing climate change. Check out a preview: The show also includes an update on the work of th ...
Topics: biodiversity, environmental justice, environmental movement, green living, messaging, religion and spirituality, TV (all these topics)

A little hope for a change: The promises of religious environmentalism A guest essay	David Roberts	25 May 2007	Gristmill
The following is a guest essay from Roger S. Gottlieb, Professor of philosophy at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. His books include A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and our Planet's Future and This Sacred Earth: Religion, Nature, Environment. ----- If you're not depressed, a friend of mine has been saying, it's only because you haven't been reading the newspaper. And indeed we live in a frightening time of fundamentalist violence, aggressive wars, et ...
Topics: environmental movement, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

A biblical view of climate change and the death of Jerry Falwell Quoting some scripture	Ken Ward	16 May 2007	Gristmill
It seems appropriate that we consider the death of Jerry Falwell in the spirit by which he lived -- on a "higher level ... the Biblical perspective" -- and take a peek into what the Bible has to say about climate change as well.Reverend Falwell retained an unshakable faith in Biblical inerrancy, while demonstrating a remarkably supple ability to revise his own interpretation of presumably self-evident, literal truths. Falwell applied the theology of Biblical one ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

'Working less, wanting less, spending less' Green the Pope way	David Roberts	15 May 2007	Gristmill
That's the Vatican's green vision.
Topics: environmental movement, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Da Pope!	David Roberts	27 Apr 2007	Gristmill
His Most Excellent Holy Royal Pontificationist would like you to go green:According to Vatican sources, the present Pope is far more engaged in the green debate than John Paul. In the past year Benedict has spoken strongly on the need to preserve rainforests. In the next few weeks he visits Brazil. 'There is no longer a schism. The new interest in climate change and the environment is not surprising really. Benedict comes out of 1960s Germany, where environment and ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Religion and biology Does biology work against religious sentiment?	Jason D Scorse	06 Nov 2006	Gristmill
Here's an excellent piece by John Derbyshire at National Review explaining his (lack of) religious views. What does it have to do with environmentalism? Well, check out this part: I can report that the Creationists are absolutely correct to hate and fear modern biology. Learning this stuff works against your faith. To take a single point at random: The idea that we are made in God's image implies we are a finished product. We are not, though. It is now indis ...
Topics: environmental movement, religion and spirituality, scientific research (all these topics)

Religion and environmentalism: A skeptic's view Energy is better spent elsewhere	Jason D Scorse	16 Oct 2006	Gristmill
(Warning: If speaking frankly about religion's dark side upsets you, please read no further.) There has been a lot of discussion on this site recently about the potential positive role religion (specifically Christianity) can have in solving our environmental problems. Call me skeptical. Before I explain, it's important to lay out a few things, since as soon as someone criticizes of religion it opens them up to all sorts of allegations. First off, I fully ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Born Again, Again Will evangelicals help save the earth?	Bill McKibben	05 Oct 2006	Main Dish
Copyright 2006 by Bill McKibben. First published in OnEarth, a publication of the Natural Resources Defense Council. Reprinted by permission. First came the mighty winds, blowing across the Gulf with unprecedented fury, leveling cities and towns, washing away the houses built on sand. Toss in record flooding across the Northeast, and one of the warmest winters humans have known on this continent, and a prolonge ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, environmental movement, God and the Environment, politics, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Right-wing evangelicals + wise use = trouble Wise-use movement gaining political strength from fundamentalist Christians	Lisa Hymas	04 Nov 2005	Gristmill
Or so argues a new book by Stephenie Hendricks -- Divine Destruction: Wise Use, Dominion Theology, and the Making of American Environmental Policy, excerpted in the latest Seattle Weekly. Nut 'graph from the excerpt: [T]he widespread acceptance of anti-environmental thinking in the guise of Wise Use is made more troubling in that there are increasingly close ties between those who subscribe to the ideas of Wise Use and members of fundamentalist Christian churches and or ...
Topics: environmental movement, green living, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Are the godly crazy? Dateline NBC explores that question	Chris Schults	27 Oct 2005	Gristmill
Here at Grist, we like to keep you on your toes. On the one hand, we tell you that the Christian Right is swaying politicians and threatening the environment. On the other, we show that some of the evangelical leadership is urging its members to adopt eco-friendly living habits and exhorting the government to lighten America's environmental footprint. For those of you who don't have anything better to do on a Friday night, you have an opportunity for a different persp ...
Topics: environmental movement, Religion and Spirituality, TV (all these topics)

Can 30 million evangelicals be a bad thing?	Chris Schults	05 Oct 2005	Gristmill
'Environmentalism and the religious worldview' is in the top ten Gristmill posts ranked by the number of comments. Apparently combining these two issues strikes a chord, or at least gets you all riled up. So I'm wondering what y'all think of the Grist interview with Richard Cizik. Regardless of your views on religion, Richard can reach out to over 30 million people -- and he wants them to fight global warming. And if if that isn't enough scripture for you, the Seattl ...
Topics: climate, environmental movement, Religion and Spirituality (all these topics)

Environmentalism and the religious worldview Is there tension between them?	David Roberts	16 May 2005	Gristmill
I am an atheist. I wouldn't call myself a "militant" atheist, as I don't consider being an atheist a big part of my life or my self-image. I don't believe there are furry three-eyed ghosts floating behind me at all times, but I don't get militant about that either. Why bother? However, in these times we live in, there's a strange pressure to show extreme deference to religious proclamations, however expressed, no matter how absurd the conte ...
Topics: environmental movement, Religion and Spirituality (all these topics)

Take it outside, God boy Evangelical enviros leery of associating with, uh, enviros	Lisa Hymas	05 Apr 2005	Gristmill
Richard Cizik, head of the National Association of Evangelicals, is heavily hawking the notion of 'creation care' these days. �(That would be God-flavored environmentalism, for those not in the know.) Three weeks ago, he chatted up the concept with NPR's Scott Simon (whom I wholly adore, but that's a topic for another post). � This past weekend, he got his mug and his pitch in The New York Times Magazine, via a Q&A with Deborah Solomon. �An excerpt: � Q: What is wr ...
Topics: environmental movement, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

Evangelicals and the earth	David Roberts	17 Dec 2004	Gristmill
Grist, of course, ran the definitive story on the Christian right's relationship to environmentalism, but it wouldn't hurt to go gather additional insights from this piece by Alexander Zaitchik. �He asks, 'If a slowly expanding majority of evangelical Christians in this country supports the regulation of industry to protect the environment, and if there is no clear Biblical injunction against doing so, why are the most vehement anti-environmentalists in American politi ...
Topics: environmental movement, religion and spirituality (all these topics)

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