From a theological perspective: Disaster and a universal new beginning
Niko Bilić SJ The well-known narration of the book of Genesis on the history of the first covenant in the Bible touches the issue of
IPCC Report on Renewable Energy
Renewable energy could provide more than 80% of the entire world’s energy consumption by 2050, and this could mean a reduction of 30% in global
Picking up what others leave behind: MAGIS Italy project turns waste into sustainable investments
Maurizio Debanne The diagnosis is not new, but its importance is often underestimated: the flow of materials within industrialised countries and their accelerated market processes
Fukushima renews nuclear debate, questions anew our capacity to manage
José Ignacio García A few months ago this editorial would sound too eccentric, radical and probably old fashioned for questioning the possibilities of nuclear energy
Sustainability: A principle of Christian ethics?
Markus Vogt The globalization of environmental and social questions cannot adequately be responded to by setting up individual standards; it also calls us to question
Rio+20, the 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development: Making it Happen
On 4 to 6 June 2012, the world’s nations will come together in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20)
The Novitiate’s Greening: Biodiversity Conservation on a Jesuit property in India
By the novices of the Shillong novitiate In India, ‘Sacred Groves’ are forest fragments of varying sizes, which are communally protected and which usually have
How the middle income choose to consume is decisive for our ecology
Pedro Walpole, SJ Consumption is not driven by the world’s population growth but by the availability of energy. Energy availability and consumption of a growing
A view from North America: Eating the earth
Gregory Kennedy, SJ “He who has a why to live,” aphorized Nietzsche, “can bear with almost any how.” Psychiatrist Viktor Frankl got good mileage from
Japan crisis sparks review of Europe nuclear projects
Nuclear projects in Europe are being reviewed in light of the emergency in Japan, sparked by a massive earthquake and tsunami. The German and the