The Amazon region, with an area of 550 million hectares, hosts the world’s largest tropical rainforest, the world’s second longest river and its largest with
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Why the Amazon is so important: Joining its Indigenous Peoples in re-thinking our relationship with Earth (video)
Why the Amazon is so important is a nine-minute video that Gaia Amazonas shared during the dialogue with the Ecojesuit team at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
Integral ecology and Indigenous Peoples
The international conference on Laudato Si’ on its third anniversary spoke about three urgent engagements in responding to the social and environmental challenges that our world
An enormous workshop experience and reflection on Living Laudato Si’
Luke Henkel After spending four days at the Living Laudato Si’ spirituality for action workshop in Bendum, Bukidnon province in the Philippines, I am left
Seeking environment and economic justice in the Pan-Amazonia
by Alfredo Ferro Medina SJ Pan-Amazonia is a territory that encompasses areas of nine countries with seven million square kilometers and covers a third
Learning from Indigenous Peoples in Guyana: Relationships matter
Joel Thompson SJ New ways of relating to the earth and to each other are needed. Dialoguing with indigenous peoples provides a way of broadening
Redesigning food systems in Chiapas, Mexico
Emilio Travieso, SJ We need to reinvent our food systems. The dominant model of industrialised agriculture and globalised capitalist markets has failed to solve the
US Jesuits call Dakota Access Pipeline decision “morally unacceptable”
The US and Canada Provinces of the Society of Jesus wish to share with Ecojesuit their recent commentary on the decision by the US Army
Standing Rock protests and UN concerns on human rights and indigenous peoples
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe gathered the support of dozens of other tribes in North Dakota, USA, in recent months to protest the
Indigenous Peoples in 21st century Guyana: One People, One Nation, One Destiny
Paul Martin, SJ Amerindian Heritage Month is an annual observance in Guyana during September to honour its Indigenous Peoples. There is focus on languages, food,