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Tag Archives: Poverty
Peter’s Rubbish School
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
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Growing Homelessness in Australia
The housing affordability crisis has been much on the news of late, as you are all aware. But what you may not know is that a key cause of the problem is that Australia has the highest housing costs and … Continue reading
How to Psychologically Explain Climate Change Denial
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
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Peter Gardiner CP in Cambodia (concluded)
Peter Gardiner CP sent me the second part of his journal on the time he is spending volunteering in Cambodia. So to complete his story, please find as follows his account of the work and experiences he had while there. … Continue reading
Peter Gardiner CP in Cambodia
Peter Gardiner CP, part of our JPIC committee, has once again headed north to Cambodia to do volunteer work for VBC (Volunteer Building Cambodia). He is keeping a diary of his work and time there and has sent me his … Continue reading
Sexual Exploitation and Aid Agencies
While the media has focused a lot on institutional sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, just how wide spread this activity is in other organisations in a position of care for the vulnerable has not yet been reported widely. However, … Continue reading
Posted in Justice
Tagged Human Trafficking, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, MeToo, moral integrity, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Peacekeepers, peacekeepers and sexual abuse, Poverty, Sex Abuse, sexual exploitation and aid agencies, sexual violence, structural evil, UN, United Nations, whistleblower
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Building a Better Future
Two years ago, Peter Gardiner CP took a group of volunteers to Cambodia to build houses for poor families. The trip was done with the organization, “Volunteer Building Cambodia” (VBC). Peter had been keen to take a group to do … Continue reading
Volunteering
I have spoken to you all about Peter Gardiner CP before. He is a Passionist Priest and member of our JPIC Committee, and the organizer of our immersion experiences to Vietnam and Cambodia. In these immersions, he has taken groups … Continue reading
Posted in Justice
Tagged Exodus Foundation, Gospel ministry, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Poverty, Soup kitchen, volunteering
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The Price of Palm Oil
If you look up Wikipedia for general information on palm oil, it explains that it is an edible vegetable oil derived from the reddish pulp of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm. Along with coconut … Continue reading
Posted in Integrity of Creation, Justice
Tagged abuse of workers, ACRATH, Amnesty International, bonded labour, Child labour, child slavery, Environment, Environmental Concern, Free Market, habitat destruction, Human Trafficking, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, labour exploitation, Natural habitat, Orangutan, Palm Oil, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Poverty, Slave labour, structural evil, trickle down effect, Wilmar International
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Cobalt and Congo
In my blog article last March I gave an update on my further research into Coltan (Columbite Tantalite), a ‘conflict mineral’ whose importance in modern technological devices has fueled a bloody civil war that to date has resulted in around … Continue reading
Posted in Justice
Tagged Apple, artisan miners, battery powered cars, CDM, Child labour, child slavery, Cobalt, Coltan, conflict minerals, Congo, Congo DongFang International Mining, Congolese Civil War, Congolese Cobalt, Electric cars, Free Market, Human Trafficking, human-rights, JPIC, JPIC Passionists, Justice, LG Chem, lithium batteries, Passionist, Passionist JPIC, Passionists, Poverty, Samsung, Slave labour, structural evil, Tantalum, UN, UNICEF, United Nations, Washington Post, Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt
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