#defilementofcreation

christencciviletto

Oct 13, 20152 min read

PEACE? Let’s Start With What We Share, Not What Divides

This week at a conference I met three women sitting next to each other. The woman closest to me was Muslim. Next to her sat a Jewish...

christencciviletto

Sep 26, 20154 min read

ENVIRONMENTAL PEACEBUILDING: An Old Idea Is New Again

There’s a new concept gaining steam on the international scene. It’s called "environmental peacebuilding” or “environmental peacemaking”...

christencciviletto

Sep 1, 20152 min read

My Prayer for the "World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation"

YOUR Glory, Lord, is evident everywhere in Creation—from the graceful arches of the willow tree, to the deep, abiding peace that comes...

christencciviletto

Aug 21, 20156 min read

THE POLITICIANS MISSED THIS ONE: The Link Between Environmental Degradation & Poverty

More jobs! For decades, politicians have harped on the need for more jobs as the remedy for poverty. It’s the way to revive dying cities,...

christencciviletto

Aug 1, 20156 min read

URBAN LEGENDS & MYTHS: Should We Investigate Rumored Toxic Dumps?

These scenarios sound like the beginning of a horror movie: Kids running through the woods stumble across corroded fifty-gallon drums…...

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