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A Global Climate Strike is a strange idea. Usually you strike against an employer. A good image for his strike is lightening. You see it strike and then you hear the thunder.
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Fifteen thousand people walked through the streets of Brussels last Friday. Alba Requejo, on her second day at work on the JESC team was among them. Her thoughts - and the thoughts of those she interviewed - can be read (and listened to) right here.
Photo credits: Ricardo Zaragoza, JESC
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One striking feature of the climate change movement is the making of pledges and promises. Governments are doing it, companies are doing it and even individuals are doing it. Attached is the Laudato Si' pledge. Its worth a look
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The UN Climate Summit 'as it happened' is a pithy and informative account from Climate Home News. A good - and distinctly underwhelmed - overview.
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The Amazon Synod - revving up!
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Preparations for the Amazon Synod opening, on 7 October, have had their tensions. This is a sign of richness according to Mauricio López Oropeza in EcoJesuit.
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The European Social and Economic Committee plays a significant role in the formation of EU environment policy.
Loreto Machés Blázquez, JESC intern, looks at Opinion 192 adopted on 17 July in the light of Laudato Si'.
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THE AMAZON SYNOD, 6-17 October 2019
On 6 October, Pope Francis will open the Synod of Bishops on the Amazon. This event will be featured in next'months edition of Eco Bites.
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Let us pray this month that politicians, scientists and economists work together to protect the world’s seas and oceans.
Pope Francis – September 2019
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Eco-bites is a monthly online newsletter of the Jesuit European Social Centre (JESC) on integral ecology.
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