The Jesuit Collaborative for Ecology, Agriculture and Forestry started fund-raising for the Old Growth Forest Project in November 2006 and has raised $70,000, half in the $20 for a square metre donation. One anonymous donor sponsored $35,000 worth of square metres.
Spiritual journey includes love of the land
By Robert White, Catholic Register SpecialOrganics good for body and soul
By Catholic Register StaffJesuit feast celebrates the bountiful harvest
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterFinding the sacred in the tundra
By Catholic Register StaffOur Green Issue
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Editor's note: As concern for the environment raises new heights, it's worth exploring what Christians are doing about the crisis, and what Christian theology has to say. This package of stories highlights some of the ways Christians, particularly Roman Catholics, are grappling with the issue.
Di Caprio takes us to environmental hell
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}The Redemptorist Fathers used to be famous for three-day parish retreats. Many of the older men in the order can tell stories of years they spent driving town to town, spending a week in each parish they visited concluding with a marathon of preaching.
Northern culture threatened by melting ice caps
By Catholic Register Staff{mosimage}An ice-fisher from Sachs Harbour, NWT, and a sugar-cane farmer from the Fiji Islands have more in common than some may think.
Cap-and-trade system keeps markets honest
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}If capitalism can save the planet, it’s running out of time in Canada where market-based approaches to greenhouse gas reduction have yet to be tried.
Kairos conference to tackle climate change
By Michael Swan, The Catholic Register{mosimage}As Kairos — Canada’s national, ecumenical social justice coalition — rolls out its newest campaign, suburbanite and activist Dorothy Wilson is excited.