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Humans Are Trustees Of Allah’s Creation: Islam & The Environment

2:51 pm in Culture & Celebrity, green spirit, religion by TreeHugger

islam and the environment photo photo: Nazir Amin/CC BY-SA The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into practice today. "The world is sweet and verdant green, and Allah appoints you the be His regents in it..." (ARC). Similar to the classic Christian view on the relation between humans and the ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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We Are An Intrinsic Part Of Nature, Not Separate From Anything Else: Buddhism & The Environment

5:00 pm in Culture & Celebrity, religion by TreeHugger

buddha head ayuthaya thailand photo photo: Joe Stump/Creative Commons The following post is part of an ongoing series of posts briefly outlining how the world's major religions have traditionally viewed the environment and are putting those beliefs into practice today. For many TreeHugger readers Buddhism is probably the primary introduction to Dharma-based spirituality and there are certainly a great number of green groups claiming some sort of inspiration from Buddhist teachings on compass...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Republican Presidential Hopefuls Out Of Step With Their Religions On Climate Change

12:31 pm in Business & Politics, Culture & Celebrity, global climate change, religion, united states by TreeHugger

cross on the ocean photo photo: Wonderlane/Creative Commons Here at TreeHugger we've long documented how every major religious group has come out supporting strong action on climate change, so the following irony, pointed out by Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Priest in Brazil Replaces Prayer With Tree-Planting

9:38 pm in brazil, Culture & Celebrity, religion by TreeHugger

tending to seedling photo Photo: Pink Sherbet Photography / CC Planting trees may be a great way to help save the environment, but thanks to one Catholic diocese in Brazil, it's having a similar effect on parishioners' immortal souls. In an effort to bring a bit of green back to the small city of Pires do Rio, a local priest has begun telling churchgoers that the only way to get square with the man upstairs and cleanse themselves of sin isn't through prayer, but by getting their hands dirty planting trees. So, the city's faithful are on a roll righting ...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Wind-Powered Mosque Planned for German Town

2:28 pm in Design & Architecture, germany, green building, religion, wind power by TreeHugger

mosque minaret silhouette turkey photo A mosque in Istanbul. Photo: Jennifer Hattam. The tall spire that is often the most distinctive architectural feature of a mosque, a minaret is important as the place from which the Islamic call to prayer is issued five times a day. In one small Muslim community in northern Germany, this religious symbol is set to become an environmental one as well: A mosque in the works will be partially powered by wind turbines in its minarets....Read the full story on TreeHugger

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River Ganga Running Dry – Climate Change, Hydropower, Unsustainable Water Use To Blame

9:20 am in agriculture, climate change, hydropower, india, religion, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

river ganga photo Every year there is massive fluctuation in water levels on the River Ganga in Varanasi. Now, in June, in some places you can more or less walk all the way across the river but at high water all the sand you see will be covered by meters and meters of water. The fluctuations discussed below are in addition to this age-old variation. Photo: Mat McDermott Post-World Environment Day in Delhi, I've been spending some time along the Read the full story on TreeHugger

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When He Help The Earth To Heal, We Heal Ourselves Too – And Vice Versa: Wangari Maathai

8:05 am in Culture & Celebrity, religion, wangari maathai by TreeHugger

via internet culture celebrity Some really good words from Wangari Maathai over in Yes! Magazine on the two-way connection between spirituality and environmentalism. I couldn't agree more:
I have come to believe that the physical destruction of the earth extends to us, too. If we live in an environment that's wounded--where the water is polluted, the air is filled with soot and fumes, the food is contaminated with hea...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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