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Sustainable Development ~ A Spiritual Imperative

Sustainable Development ~ A Spiritual Imperative
Author: Bishop Geoff Davis ~ Southern African Faith Communities Environmental Institute

17 Aug 2007
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SA's eco-prophecy

Mail and Guardian
http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?area=/insight/insight__national/&articleid=314717
SA's eco-prophecy

Yolandi Groenewald

Skorokoro", "Tata ma chance", "Going nowhere slowly" and "Laduma!" -- these are the four environmental scenarios facing South Africa, says the consultancy at the forefront of the government-commissioned report, South Africa Environment Outlook.

27 Jul 2007
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Earth's natural defences against climate change 'beginning to fail'

By Michael McCarthy, Environment Editor
Published: 18 May 2007

The earth's ability to soak up the gases causing global warming is beginning to fail because of rising temperatures, in a long-feared sign of "positive feedback," new research reveals today.

Climate change itself is weakening one of the principal "sinks" absorbing carbon dioxide - the Southern Ocean around Antarctica - a new study has found.

10 Jul 2007
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'Carbon credit cards' and 'carbon market' on agenda

By Simon Baker, PA Published: 09 July 2007

The Independent
http://environment.independent.co.uk/climate_change/article2747698.ece

A "zero carbon" Britain could be achieved by 2027 if a range of measures were brought in by a government with "strong political leadership", scientists said today.
The main proposal made by the Centre for Alternative Technology report is for the creation of a carbon market based on Tradable Energy Quotas (TEQs).
People would carry their quota of "carbon credits" on an environmental smart card, and have them topped up every year.

10 Jul 2007
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Jumu'ah Khutbah on World Environmental Day 5 June 2007

Written & Compiled by:
Sheikh Muhammad Ridtwaan Gallant &
Sr. Ashia Petersen

Background to the Khutbah

World Environmental day will be on 5 June 2007 Insha-Allah
The theme this year is agreed by the United Nations is;
MELTING ICE CAPS. HOT TOPIC?

This Khutbah will deal basically on this topic and how the Quran and Ahadith teach us to protect the environment.

Discussion:
Climatologists warn that increasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases released by human activities, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation, are warming the Earth. This phenomenon, known as global warming, is likely to raise sea levels by expanding ocean water, and by melting glaciers and the polar ice caps.

29 May 2007
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