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Japanese TV Company airs Assisi footage
December 6, 2011:
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Interview with KS Pannu of the Punjab Pollution Control Board and Rajwant Singh of EcoSikh |
Throughout ARC's Sacred Land event in Assisi last month our media partners UBrain TV recorded the celebration and conference as well as a number of interviews with key contributors, representing the many religions and cities involved in the Green Pilgrimage Network. .
They have prepared a number of short video clips from the material they filmed and these are available on their website www.ubraintv.com
Link here for more details of the Assisi event, and here to see our photo gallery from Assisi
Videos of the Conference
HRH Princess Michael of Kent reading the address on behalf of HRH Prince Philip
The opening procession through the streets of Assisi
ARC Secretary General Martin Palmer's introduction to Sacred Land
Environmentalist Tony Juniper reflecting on the role of religion in environmentalism
'Religion as partner and challenge to conservation' presentation by Martin Palmer.
Interviews
Kahan Singh Pannu, head of the Punjab Pollution Control Board and Dr Rajwant Singh, chairman of EcoSikh
Interview about greening Amritsar in India.
Alison Hilliard ARC's Green Pilgrimage Network director.
Yassin Garba Maisikell, Advisor to the Qadiriyyah Sufi Movement in Kano, Nigeria
Ven Davaapurev Sainkhuu, from Gandantegchenling Monastery.
This monastery at the centre of Mongolian Buddhists in Ulaanbaatar has been responsible for creating a Long-Term Environment plan for all Buddhists in Mongolia
Betsy Gaines Quammen,The Tributary Fund
Wolfgang Teubner, Managing Director of ICLEI
"We are suporting local governments worldwide in their efforts to become more sustainable... Holy places are all placed somewhere in a local constituency and if pilgrims want a sustainable pilgrimage they will have to look to the resources that the local government can provide."
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Green Pilgrimage Network Launch & Celebration, Assisi, October 31 to November 3, 2011
ARC will formally launch the Green Pilgrimage Network, in Assisi, Italy, on October 31-November 4, in the presence of our founder HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. At the same time, we will celebrate 25 years of faith action on the environment and the growing recognition of religions as playing a pivotal role in protecting the natural world. |
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November 1, 2011:
PPRESS RELEASE: Green Pilgrimage Network launches
A ban on cars on pilgrimage routes; solar panels for cathedral roofs; provision of fresh clean, water for pilgrims, and the planting of thousands of trees around sacred sites - these are just some of the initiatives which the founder members of the Green Pilgrimage Network today pledged to implement. |
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December 6, 2011:
Japanese TV Company airs Assisi footage
Throughout ARC's Sacred Land event in Assisi last month our media partners UBrain TV recorded the celebration and conference as well as interviews with key contributors. |
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