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List of green Pilgrimage Network members
This page has not been updated since June 2014.
Assisi 2011
These are the founder members of the Green Pilgrimage Network, launched at the Sacred Land Celebration in Assisi, Italy, from October 31 to November 2, 2011.
• Bahá’í World Centre
• The City of Haifa, Israel
• The Armenian Orthodox Church
• The City of Etchmiadzin, Armenia
• The Franciscan Order in Assisi
• The City of Assisi, Italy
• The Coptic Orthodox Church, Egypt
• St Pishoy Monastery, Egypt
• St Albans Cathedral, Church of England
• The City and District of St Albans, England, UK
• Nidaros Diocese, the Lutheran Church of Norway
• The City of Trondheim, Norway
• The National Pilgrimage Centre, Norway
• Luss Parish Church of Scotland
• Luss, in the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, Scotland, UK
• The Qadiriyyah Sufi Movement in Nigeria
• The Kano State Government and Kano Metropolitan Local Government Councils, Nigeria
• The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), Amritsar, India
• The City of Amritsar, India
• Jinja Honcho, Japan
• The Association of Shinto Shrines, Japan
• Louguantai Taoist Temple and the China Taoist Association of Shaanxi
• The City of Louguan, People's Republic of China
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Map showing the world-wide distribution of the new GPN member places. |
Trondheim 2013
Listed below are a further 16 important pilgrimage places which joined the original 12 members at an extraordinary meeting of the network in Trondheim, Norway on July 26, 2013.
• Bethlehem
• West Bank, Palestinian National Authority
• Canterbury Cathedral
• Canterbury, UK
• Friends of the Earth Middle East
• Lower Jordan River Project
• The Iona Community
• Iona, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
• Matale
• Matale, Sri Lanka
• Our Lady of Guadelupe
• Mexico City, Mexico
• Nanded
• The shrine of Takhat Sachkhand Sri Hazur Abchalnagar Sahib
• Norwich Cathedral
• Norwich, Norfolk, UK
• Puri
• Puri, Odisha, India
• Rajaji and Ranthambore Tiger Reserves in India (which attract millions of pilgrims to the temples in or near them)
• Rajaji National Park, India
• Ranthambore Tiger Reserve, India
• Rishikesh
• Rishikesh, Utterakhand, India
• Santiago de Compostela
• Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
• Ujjain
• Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
• Vadstena Pilgrim Centre
• Vadstena, Sweden
• Varanasi
• Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
This list was last updated on March 10, 2014. Link here for summaries of environmental work undertaken by these pilgrim places.
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Green pilgrimage network members
The vision is of pilgrims on all continents and the pilgrim cities that receive them, leaving a positive footprint on the Earth |
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October 6, 2011:
PRESS RELEASE: Green Pilgrimage Network to launch in Assisi
The first global network aimed at greening pilgrimage - the largest movement of people worldwide - will be launched in the presence of Prince Philip at the Sacred Land celebration in Assisi, Italy, later this month. |
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October 4, 2011:
ARC to contribute to International Taoism Forum in China
ARC Secretary General Martin Palmer will speak about Daoism and the Environment at a major Daoist gathering in October, 2011. The event will take place in Heng Shan, Hunan province - and for the first time is a Daoist event sponsored by the Government. |
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