Blogs
Coronavirus, Megacities and the Bible
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril - The coronavirus thrives in megacities. The coronavirus has spread the most in megacities of 20 million people — Wuhan, New York City, and Tehran. The Wuhan...
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Confronting coronavirus, curbing climate change
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril - How much can the world do when we take a threat seriously! If China and S. Korea can arrest the spread of COVID-19, curbing climate change...
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Coronavirus vs. Humans: Nature Out of Balance
Blog: Rabbi Yonatan Neril - What does a pangolin — a scaly, ant-eating mammal — have to do with the coronavirus?
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Amidst LA fires, religious leaders gather for ecological sustainability
Blog: With wildfires blazing in California, the Los Angeles Symposium on Ecologically Informed Theological Education took place from Sunday to Tuesday, Nov. 3-5, at American Jewish University’s Brandeis Bardin Campus near...
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Daoism and the Construction of Sustainable Societies
Blog: Clara Calabuig - According to Dr. Sarah Flavel, scholar from the Bath Spa University, the environmental problems that we face today can be explained by the Daoist principle of yin-yang,...
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Burning Oil to Make Fresh Water
Blog: By Yonatan Neril Where does our water come from? A reservoir? A stream? A river? I recently visited the building site of the world’s largest desalination plant, at Soreq, in...
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From Crisis to Cosmos
Blog: Maria Fernanda Gebara - The roots of our ecological crisis can be found in the economic, political and social realities of modern industrial society, its organization of labour and methods...
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San Francisco, Climate, & Christianity
Blog: Faygle Train - The San Francisco-Bay Area is a special one. The first Chinese fortune cookies with predictions were baked here, the first Levi’s jeans were manufactured here, and it’s...
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New York, New Solutions
Blog: Faygle Train - New York is one of the most famous cities on earth, known for its musical theater, its multiculturalism, its yellow taxi cabs, and its winding subways. However,...
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Toronto in Eco Trouble
Blog: Faygle Train - People tend to associate Canada with nature, camping, and strong environmentalism. Unfortunately, Canada is experiencing the climate crisis just like other countries are. The problems look different...
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Virginia’s Changing Climate
Blog: Faygle Train - Virginia is being hit hard by climate change. The Barrier Islands along Virginia’s Atlantic coast are experiencing sea-level rise, leading 260,000 people to be at risk of...
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New Jersey, New Future
Blog: Faygle Train - New Jersey is the sixth-fastest warming state in the US. Higher ozone and smog levels from excessive car and truck use, as well as from boats accessing...
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