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July 28, 2010: New report: Faith institutions find responsible investment difficult Despite the fact that faith institutions are widely considered to be the pioneers of responsible investment and make up the third largest demographic of investors globally, it appears that the stock market presents difficulties when it comes to aligning the needs of the faith with a responsible investment strategy.

July 28, 2010: River Jordan closed to pilgrims because of pollution Pollution has forced the closure of the river Jordan to pilgrims. It's a wake-up call for all of us who value nature and the sacred. By ARC's Martin Palmer for The Guardian.

July 27 2010: Sacred Bristol: a journey into the Christian feng shui of Bristol PRESS RELEASE. Martin Palmer, director of ARC and Canon Tim Higgins, City Canon Bristol Cathedral and priest-in-charge at St Stephen’s, will be leading a two-hour Sacred Bristol tour of invited guests this Friday starting from St Stephen’s Church.

April 15, 2010: Shanghai Buddhists launch their Eight Year Eco-Plan The ancient and influential Jade Buddha Monastery in Shanghai today launched the Shanghai Buddhist Eight Year Plan to Protect the Living Planet with a meeting of monks and nuns from all the monasteries in this vast city of 24 million people. They discussed and committed to practical and prayerful actions to protect the environment.

March 22, 2010: On World Water Day ARC launches the Faith, Schools & Water initiative To coincide with the UN's World Water Day, 22 March 2010, ARC is delighted to be launching our dedicated website on Faith, Schools & Water. The website will focus on the faiths protecting water sources, promoting clean water, good sanitation and excellent hygiene practices through faith schools around the world.

February 16, 2010: Eco-fasting for Lent Rather than the usual attempts to give up personal vices such as alcohol or cigarettes, this Lent many groups are promoting eco-fasting, which can benefit both the environment and some of the most disadvantaged people in our world.

February 12, 2009: Happy Year of the Tiger As Chinese, Mongolians, Tibetans and others all celebrate their New Year of the Tiger this weekend, faith leaders from all over Northern Asia are thinking about how they can work with the idea of the Tiger Year to promote the protection of tigers and other endangered species.

1 Feb, 2010: Commitments by secular organisations to work with the faiths At Windsor in November 2009, 18 secular organisations from around the world made commitments to partner with the faiths. This is the first time that so many environmental organisations have publicly committed themselves to take partnering with the faiths seriously.

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