Green group questions Asian Development Bank’s coal buy-out scheme
ADB and other key financial institutions earlier expressed intention to pursue a scheme to buy out coal power plants.
Philippine bishops back call for action for ‘healthy planet and healthy people’
The petition specifically tells global leaders how they should care for “our common home”
Philippine artisanal fishermen cry for help as illegal fishing empties municipal waters
Community fishermen are typically poor and buried in debt as they lose out to dynamite fishing as well as commercial fishing boats intruding into municipal waters. A proposed law will exacerbate their woes.
British rock band urges Brazilian governors to protect the environment
The British rock band Coldplay on August 23 has called on eight Brazilian governors to join “Global Citizen Live” and commit to protecting the environment.
Priests, church people under attack for standing for environment, human rights
Since 2001, at least 282 environmental defenders have been killed. About 66 percent or 186 out of the 282 cases occurred under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte.
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Full Text | Homily of Cardinal Jose Advincula of Manila during Mass to open the Season of Creation
This is the call to each of us to be responsible stewards of creation.
Let Us Celebrate the Season of Creation, Together!
We hope that this Season of Creation renews our baptismal call to care and sustain this ecological turning so that life may flourish, and all creatures may find their place to flourish in our common home.
Understanding the Season of Creation
Indeed, our theme for this year’s Season of Creation proposes a deeper eco-reflection for us to be able to respond integrally on issues affecting God’s oikos—from reflection to action.
Green groups slam bid to rebrand waste-to-energy facilities as renewables
Waste-to-Energy is a “false solution” to the solid waste problem and “will definitely do more harm than good to the environment and to communities.”
Cardinal Advincula to lead opening of ‘Season of Creation’ in Manila
This year’s “Season of Creation” carries the theme “A Home for All? Renewing the Oikos of God”