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September 1, 2010
The environment is focus of Christian prayers worldwide today
Christians around the world are praying for the natural environment today, in a tradition created in 1989 by the late Patriarch Demetrios I to mark the first day of the Orthodox ecclesiastical year (September 1).
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July 29, 2010
Water Schools - some important new material
In July 2009 ARC organized what a very significant meeting on faith schools and water. On top of its outcomes, the conference was full of so many inspiring stories and statistics that we have decided to issue a document in order to share them. |
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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. |
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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. |
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June 29, 2010
Latest ARC Newsletter - June 2010
The latest newsletter: the Mongolians create an eight year plan; ARC in O Magazine; news from the Himalayas; a Daoist story about uselessnes. |
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June 18 2010
O Magazine this month features the work by ARC and the faiths
OPRAH WINFREY’S Award-winning O Magazine this month featured ARC’s Windsor Event and the work of the faiths to protect the environment |
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June 10, 2009
Prince of Wales mentions Zanzibar programme in major Oxford speech
The Prince of Wales yesterday made a thoughtful speech about Islam and the Environment, in which he mentioned the Islam and destructive fishing project ARC was involved with in Zanzibar some years ago. |
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May 20, 2010
Mongolian Buddhists announce first draft of Eight Year Eco Action Plan
The Plan includes promoting traditional construction practices, providing solar energy to monasteries, raising public awareness on forest fires, educating young monks, reducing waste, and looking for the ancient ecological teachings that were lost under communism. |
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April 27, 2010
State-funded Faith School “the most ecological in England”
A faith school has been evaluated as the most ecological school in England. It is not, however, one of the 6500 Christian, Jewish and Muslim schools throughout the country, but the UK’s first state-funded Hindu school, based in Harrow, North London. |
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April 15, 2010
Shanghai Buddhists launch their Eight Year Eco-Plan with a celebration and a promise
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. |
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April 16, 2009
Armenian Orthodox start to replant their sacred forest - with a celebration
Orthodox Christians in Armenia today held a major tree planting celebration on a devastated area of former forest land. Hundreds of elm-saplings were planted in order to recreate the Nersisyan Forest, which surrounds the Mother Cathedral of Holy Etchmiadzin, and which has been devastated by logging for fuel. |
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March 12, 2010
Sikhs celebrate March 14th as Sikh Environment Day
Sikhs around the world are being invited to celebrate Gurgaddi Diwas of the 7th Guru, Guru Har Rai ji,as a Sikh Environment Day |
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