2015

Healing Earth in the News

• WBEZ's Worldview interviews Nancy Tuchman and Mike Schuck, Co-Editors of Healing Earth as well as Father Garanzini, Chancellor, Loyola University Chicago.

• AUSJAL (publication of the Association of the Society of Jesus in Latin America) highlighted Healing Earth. (pgs 23-25)
  
  
• Ateneo schools to adopt ‘Healing Earth’ e-textbook

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2015 Climate Change Conference News

• Dr. Ping Jing, Ozone Scientist and IES Assistant Professor interviewed about her research: "Ozone and Climate Change." --Yale Climate Connections
  
  
• Gil Botham, Searle Biodiesel lab intern, speaks about the lab in: "Sustainable College Biodiesel Lab."--Yale Climate Connections
  
  
• Elke Weber of Columbia University and Susan Clayton of College of Wooster, speakers at our 2015 Climate Change Conference are mentioned in this National Catholic Reporter Article: "Psychological Barriers Complicate Overcoming Climate Change Denial."
  
• Jim Hug, S.J. blogs about our 2015 Climate Change Conference in PaxChristi USA: "Call to Action from Jesuit Universities."
  
• Dr. Susan Clayton of College of Wooster, speaker at our 2015 Climate Change Conference interviewed about her work: "Making Climate Connections at the Zoo." --Yale Climate Connections
  
• Dr. George Crabtree of Argonne National Lab, Keynote Speaker at our 2015 Climate Change Conference, interviewed about his work on creating a better battery: "Better Batteries Key to More Clean Energy." --Yale Climate Connections
• Dr. John Schalles of Creighton University, Poster Presenter at our 2015 Climate Change Conference, interviewed about his work on Mangroves: "Warming Winters Have Mangroves on the Move." --Yale Climate Connections

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Loyola's Response to Climate Change and Pope Francis's Encyclical on the Environment

Members of the Loyola University Chicago community are responding to Pope Francis's encyclical on the environment.  Take a look at these news articles below to see what Loyola's theologians and scientists have to say about climate change and the Pope's message.

Coverage Pre-Encyclical (Print):

• Mike Murphy, Director of the Catholic Studies Program at LUC, Huffington Post Blog: "Atonement, Pope Francis and Ecological Sin".
  
  
• Nancy Tuchman, Founding Director of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at LUC, quoted in this AP Article: "Catholics Organize to Promote Pope's Climate Change Message".
  

Coverage Post-Encyclical (Print):

• Nancy Tuchman, Founding Director of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability and Michael Schuck, Associate Professor of Theology at LUC, "Opinion: The Pope is Talking to You, Chicago."

• Mike Murphy, Director of the Catholic Studies Program at LUC, Crain's Chicago Business: "Pope: Time to Evolve on Environment (he's talking to you, GOP)."
  
  
• Nancy Tuchman, Founding Director of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at LUC, quoted in this blog article in America Magazine, "Picking up my Slack: Loyola and the Ecological Call of Francis."
  
• Nancy Tuchman, Founding Director of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at LUC, quoted in this article in Truthout.org, "Pope Francis Sounds the Alarm on Climate Change."
  
• Nancy Tuchman, Founding Director of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at LUC, quoted in this article at ChicagoInno, "The Pope Would Approve: Innovation at Loyola University Chicago Stems From Sustainability."
• Nancy Tuchman, Founding Director of the Institute of Environmental Sustainability at LUC, quoted in this article in the Times Higher Education, "Pope's Decree Fuels Debate in Academy on Fossil Fuel Divestment."

Coverage Post-Encyclical (TV):

• YouTube Clip of a Press Conference, Dr. Tuchman attended regarding Pope Francis's Encyclical and Chicago. Sponsored by the Environmental Law and Policy Center.
  
  
• Mike Murphy, Director of the Catholic Studies Program at LUC, Politics Tonight--CLTV, "Pope Francis on Climate Change."