# Roundup: Food and water, loving your neighbour, gay ministers, Pacific solution, solar power, religious freedom

> Efforts to feed an extra 2 billion people by mid-century could lead to widespread destruction of forests, wetlands and other natural systems that protect and regulate the world’s water, researchers warn.

23 August 2011 · News

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## [Water systems at risk from growing demand for food](https://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/water-systems-at-risk-from-growing-demand-for-food-expert/)

Efforts to feed an extra 2 billion people by mid-century could lead to widespread destruction of forests, wetlands and other natural systems that protect and regulate the world’s water, researchers warn.

## [Practising the Way of Jesus](https://blog.sojo.net/2011/08/18/practicing-the-ways-of-jesus-a-new-book-by-mark-scandrette/)

What would it look like in your neighbourhood to love your neighbours?

## [Gay ministers show a Uniting front to lead congregations](https://www.smh.com.au/nsw/gay-ministers-show-a-uniting-front-to-lead-congregations-20110821-1j4rf.html)

Mr Gilmour, who served 10 years as an Anglican minister on the north coast, has joined the Reverend Nicole Fleming as gay ministers leading Uniting Church congregations.

## [Pacific solution must not be reintroduced](https://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/news/2011/74_11.html)

Human Rights Commission President Catherine Branson QC said she was concerned that the Government’s announcement about Manus Island may herald a return to the so-called ‘Pacific Solution’.

## [Behold, sun’s power displayed](https://www.couriermail.com.au/questnews/sunshine-coast/behold-suns-power-displayed/story-fn8m0yxo-1226118358253)

A Caloundra church with a giant solar panel cross on its roof has generated so much interest, other congregations across the state are set to follow suit.

## [Religious freedom under assault](https://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-08-21-religion-freedom-persecution_n.htm)

A new report by Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life has revealed a disturbing pattern: Nearly a third of the globe’s population — 2.2 billion people — live in countries where religious persecution increased between 2006 and 2009.