Suyusama: Promoting regional sustainability through participatory development planning
Suyusama is a Quechua word that means “lugar hermoso” or beautiful place. Quechua is the language of Indigenous Peoples in the central Andes in South
India’s massive land scam: An interview with Dr. Walter Fernandes
Land grabbing in Orissa, on the east coast of India, started in July 1991 after liberalization, and will be its 20th anniversary this July. There
Gender aspects of climate change
Irene Dankelman One of the most persistent inequalities in our societies consists of the (socially constructed) inequality between women and men. And this is despite
Global Ignatian Advocacy Network general workshop at Loyola, Spain
A general workshop involving Jesuit leaders and core group members of the Global Ignatian Advocacy Network (GIAN) took place from 17 to 23 June 2011
Water shortage: interdisciplinary approaches to reflect our options
Martin Kowarsch Many regions, mainly in subtropical countries, find themselves increasingly exposed to a scarcity of fresh water. Almost 900 million people worldwide lack safe
Looking at the global and local again
Jose Ignacio Garcia, SJ One of the aspects that most concern us as editors of Ecology and Jesuits in Communication is finding the connections between
Climate migration and urbanisation: possible scenarios for urgent environmental concerns
Hervé Pierre Guillot SJ In its June 2011 issue, Etudes, “magazine de culture contemporaine” published by the French Province of the Society of Jesus since
The Holy See “listens to the science,” glacier melt report reopens the Church’s environmental discourse
With a new study on the status of the world’s mountain glaciers, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences strengthens its efforts to further integrate environmental questions
Sustainable wood carving at the Center of the Dove, Cambodia
Pedro Walpole, SJ For the past 15 years, Chum Som On has been working in Banteay Prieb (Center of the Dove), a training facility administered
Measuring first what we must manage, the learning process for the Lower Mekong
Pedro Walpole, SJ “If you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” is an old management adage attributed to management guru Peter Drucker (19 November