On Sunday 9th October, ARRCC joined with the Hindu Council, the UWS Multi-faith Chaplaincy and the Faith and Ecology Network  to host a multi-faith forum on Environmental Ethics. The afternoon was a great success!

Program

The afternoon began with a welcome by Prof Nihal Agar, Chair of the Hindu Council, before a distinguished panel of six speakers, representing each of the main religious faiths, addressed attendees, including:

Bahá'í Edwin Humphries

Buddhism Bhante Sujato

Christianity Rev David Reichardt

Hinduism Prof D. P. Chaudhri

Islam Ms Zuleyha Keskin

Judaism Rabbi Paul Jacobson

Following the speakers, and the vote of thanks by Chair of ARRCC, Thea Omerod, attendees broke for lunch and then attended one of three participatory workshops on:

• Sustainable use of natural resources by reducing consumption and wastage (Ms Trish Madigan)
• Sustaining biodiversity by preserving plants and animals; (Ms Anne Lanyon)
• Living a simple, happy and peaceful life-style free from greed, hatred and fear (Ms Shehara Vishwanathan).

 For full details, including biographies of the speakers, view the program.

Presentations

Videos of each of the key speakers will be made available in the coming weeks. In the meantime, below of the presentations from those speakers who used powerpoint slides.

Baha'i

Christian

Islamic

Jewish

Click here to see the videos of each of the 6 speakers.

Photos

Below is a selection of photos from the forum. All photos will be uploaded to ARRCC's photo gallery soon, but all are available to view on our facebook page.

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