A faith commitment to sustainable living

Helens Rowlands reports from the Many Heavens, One Earth conference

by Helen Rowlands 12th November 2009

Friends were represented last week at the Windsor Celebration of faith groups’ commitments to action for climate change, jointly organised by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Among the faiths represented were Sikhs and Hindus; Christians of many flavours from evangelical to orthodox; Jews from Britain, America and Israel; Shinto priests from Japan and Daoist monks from China; Muslims from Egypt to Indonesia; Buddhists and Baha’is. Together the nine religions represented some four billion people worldwide. Also participating were a range of secular environmental organisations.