by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Mar 5, 2020 | News
Nearly half (42.8%) of U.S. adults were obese in 2017-18, according to a U.S. Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention report published Feb. 27. Obesity data is calculated with the body mass index (BMI), which uses a person’s height and weight to determine whether...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 28, 2020 | News
L’Arche International released on Feb. 22 a summary of its findings from an investigation into its founder Jean Vanier (1928-2019) regarding allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct. L’Arche began in 1964 as a ministry in Trosly-Breuil, France, to provide...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 26, 2020 | News
“Recycle, reduce, reuse and close the loop, we can close the loop” is a ditty many children learn, but closing the loop is more complicated than taking everything with a recycling symbol to a recycling center. While an increasing number of products bear a recycling...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 21, 2020 | News
With peace elusive and a return home uncertain, South Sudanese Baptist refugees have been meeting the physical and spiritual needs of their fellow refugees. Forced to flee their homeland due to a protracted civil war, Baptist refugees, like Edward Dima, have not been...
by EthicsDaily.com Staff | Feb 19, 2020 | News
An estimated 4.5 million people die prematurely each year due to health issues connected to the burning of fossil fuels, according to a Greenpeace report published Feb. 11. This includes more than 200,000 people who die each year in the U.S. alone, as well as 40,000...
