Tag Archives: Environmental Concern

Evaluating Wind Power

Posted on July 3, 2021 by Passionist JPIC Australia

The use of wind turbines as a means of harnessing the wind to produce electrical power may seem a new innovation in finding a more sustainable source of energy to counteract climate change, but our use of wind power is … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged bladeless technology, bladeless wind turbines, Environment, Environmental Concern, environmentally friendly, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, wind farm, wind power, Wind turbines | Leave a comment

Australia’s Electric Car Future

Posted on June 15, 2021 by Passionist JPIC Australia

As another G7 meeting winds up, it was heartening to see the concern and commitment the leaders showed for tackle Climate Change. G7 environment ministers agreed that they will deliver climate targets in line with limiting the rise in global … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Climate Change, climate change debate, Dan Andrews government, electric car tax, Electric cars, Electric vehicles, Environment, Environmental Concern, G7, Greens, JPIC, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists | Leave a comment

Protect Humanity from Self Destruction

Posted on December 11, 2020 by Passionist JPIC Australia

“She (the Church) must above all protect mankind from self-destruction.” This remarkable statement caught my attention on re-reading Pope Francis’ encyclical, Laudato Si. He was quoting Pope Benedict (XVI)’s encyclical, Caritas in Veritate. It is remarkable to me because I had never … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation, Justice, Peace | Tagged caritas in veritate, Environment, environmental activism, Environmental Concern, environmental destruction, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Laudato Si, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Pope Benedict and the environment, Pope Francis, sin, social justice, Social Morality, Thanotos, The Church and environmental issues | 1 Comment

Peter’s Rubbish School

Posted on September 5, 2020 by Passionist JPIC Australia

In this month’s blog, I’d like to tell you about the ‘Rubbish School’ in Cambodia and the work one of our Australian Passionists, Peter Gardiner CP, is doing with them. Late last year, Tom McDonough CP, the provincial of our … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Climate Change, educating the poor, Environment, Environmental Concern, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, one use plastic bottles, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, plastic bags, plastic pollution, Poverty, recycling waste, Rubbish School, Siem Reap, teaching English | Leave a comment

The Choice Before Us

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Passionist JPIC Australia

There is a quote by Sonya Renee Taylor that originated on Instagram that has been doing the rounds on Facebook that reads: “We will not go back to normal. Normal never was. Our pre-corona existence was not normal other than … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation, Justice, Peace | Tagged Charles Eisenstein, Climate Change, Corona Virus, COVID19, Environment, Environmental Concern, flattening the curve, Free Market, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, lockdown, loss of civil liberties, new normal, Normal life, pandemic, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Police enforcement of social distancing, post-coved 19, post-pandemic world, quarantine, social distancing, social isolation, UN | Leave a comment

St. Anthony In the Fields Ecology Project

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Many of you know that St. Anthony in the Fields, at Terrey Hills, NSW, was the birthplace of the Passionist Family Group Movement, but you may not know the lead it is taking in becoming a green church that is … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Climate Change, climate change debate, climate change denier, ecological issues, ecology, Environment, environmental activism, Environmental Concern, Global warming, green consciousness, Greenhouse gasses, greening, human-rights, Indigenous, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Laudato Si, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, PFGM, Pope Francis, St. Anthony in the Fields, Terrey Hills | Leave a comment

How to Psychologically Explain Climate Change Denial

Posted on October 4, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Days after millions of young people demanded an end to the fossil fuel era at protests around the world, a landmark U.N. backed study of the links between oceans, glaciers, ice caps and the climate, was clear that allowing carbon … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Carbon dioxide emissions, climate change debate, climate change denier, Coral bleaching, death wish, Environment, environmental activism, Environmental Concern, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, Greta Thurnberg, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, pleasure principle, Poverty, self-destructive behaviour, Sigmund Freud, student strike, thanatos, UN, United Nations | Leave a comment

Dear Mr. Morrison

Posted on June 4, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Our recent federal election returned Scott Morrison, leader of the LNP, to the post of Prime minister of Australia. It was a surprise for many of us due to the turmoil that the coalition leadership has experienced over the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation, Justice | Tagged Asylum seekers, Carbon dioxide emissions, Catholic Religious Australia, Climate Change, climate change debate, CRA, Environment, Environmental Concern, Free Market, Global warming, homelessness, human-rights, Indigenous, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Paris Agreement, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Religious intolerance, Scott Morrison, Uluru Statement | Leave a comment

Good News for the Environment

Posted on April 3, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

The election of President Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s new leader was a great concern for those of us who are worried about the environment and the immanent threat of Climate change. He promised to exploit the Amazon, harvesting the rain … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged Amazon rainforest, Brazil, Carbon dioxide emissions, Care for the Earth, China, climate change debate, deforestation, Environment, Environmental Concern, environmental destruction, Global warming, Greenhouse gasses, greening, India, Indigenous, Jair Bolsonaro, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, MODIS, NASA, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Recognition of Indigenous, Tree planting | Leave a comment

The Insect Apocalypse

Posted on March 12, 2019 by Passionist JPIC Australia

Where have all the grasshoppers gone? Over that last 2 years I became aware that I hadn’t seen a grasshopper in years. I remember as a child that whenever I crossed a piece of lawn, be it our lawn at … Continue reading →

Posted in Integrity of Creation | Tagged agriculture, Bee population, Bumble Bee, chemical use, Climate Change, climate change debate, conservation, deforestation, endangered species, Environment, Environmental Concern, fertilisers, Global warming, insecticides, insects, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, pesticides, pollinators, pollution, unsustainable farming | Leave a comment

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