[Vision2020] WWN: Worldwatch: A Little Religion Gives Environmentalism New Fervor

[Tom Trail]

Visionaries:  I thought this recent report from the WorldWatch Institute
would be of interest to
visionaries.

Rep. Tom Trail


>NEWS FROM THE WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE
>Upcoming Web Chat:
>Join us on Friday, December 20 to talk with Worldwatch Research Director Gary
>Gardner about how religious institutions could play a powerful role in
>fostering sustainable development. Gardner will be online live on Friday,
>December 20th from 12:00-13:00 EST (17:00-18:00 GMT). For more information
>see new publication announcement below.
>
>
>New Publication Annoucement:
>Worldwatch Paper 164: Invoking the Spirit: Religion and Spirituality in the
>Quest for a Sustainable World
>
>Religious institutions around the world are going green and providing a push
>to the environmental movement, says a new report from the Worldwatch
>Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based research organization.  Invoking the
>Spirit: Religion and Spirituality in the Quest for a Sustainable World
>documents how these unconventional alliances are growing in frequency and
>significance to address issues from deforestation in Thailand to green
>investing by stockholders in New York.
>
>For more information, or to order a copy of Worldwatch Paper 164: Invoking
>the
>Spirit: Religion and Spirituality in the Quest for a Sustainable World, go
>to:
>http://www.worldwatch.org/pubs/paper/164/.
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>Give Responsibly This Holiday Season:
>As the 2002 holiday season gets underway, more and more shopping-weary and
>debt-stricken consumers are ready to embrace a less consumptive holiday.
>
>This year, the average American household will budget an estimated $1,656 for
>holiday spending, of which $1,073 will be used to purchase gifts. And in the
>UK, the average person now spends 15 hours looking for Christmas gifts, makes
>five separate shopping trips, and walks a total of 20 miles.
>
>Read more about worldwide holiday extragances, and what you can do to
>redirect
>holiday spending to more environmentally friendly or socially responsible
>ends at:  http://www.worldwatch.org/alerts/20021211.html
>
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>and practical solutions to the world's problems, in order to inspire people
>to demand new policies, investment patterns, and lifestyle choices. For more
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Dr. Tom Trail
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