Tag: Religion - Page 5
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Fruit for Thought? Tu B'Shevat with TreeHugger and 92YTribeca
I've always been a big fan of holidays that celebrate food and of meeting up with my TreeHugger colleagues in person. So when the invitation
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Hindu Leader Urges Temples to Go Green
I find it quite heartening to see that religious leaders are increasingly seeing that being green and their path of worship can go hand in hand. The latest example of this came through the TreeHugger editorial inbox in the form of an email from Rajan
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Film Review: Mad Cow Sacred Cow
Karma Films Mad Cow Sacred Cow depicts the personal journey of filmmaker Anand Ramayya, a self-professed meat eating Hindu. Ramayya and his crew travel from his in-law's small cattle operation nestled in the heart of the Canadian prairies to the
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Free NY Event: Buddhism and the Environment
If you're in the New York area and want to hear an interesting talk tonight, we have just the event for you. Our very own Jessica Root is giving a talk about Buddhism and the Low-Impact Living. Read on for event details. The free
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De Smog Blog on Tar Sands, Inhabitat Loves Wine Cask Hotel, TeensyGreen Goes to the Carnival, and More
De Smog Blog: Are Canada's Tar Sands in Peril? by Mitchell Anderson "Stephen Harper could be in for rude awakening. For years, he has been dealing with likeminded climate change deniers in the Bush Administration who were only too happy to buy as much
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Green Beanie Awards For Jewish Environmentalists
In the Jewish community, there are many innovative initiatives
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There's Nothing Religious About Smuggling Endangered Monkey Meat into New York
Three years ago, customs agents discovered dozens of pieces of endangered baboons and monkeys hidden in a package filled with smoked fish at Kennedy Airport. (Guess huge pieces of monkey meat in fish filets
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Asahi: "What Is Happiness? Where Is Peace To Be Found?"
"People at all times," Shuken Kiyoshi, 56-year-old head priest of the Zuikoji Temple in Osaka, Japan says, "are plagued by desires, unable to cast off their passions. But a chance encounter can transform the nature of these desires of ours. Especially
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Let There Be Solar Panels...And There Were: Vatican Completes Rooftop Solar Array
As part of its efforts to become the world’s first carbon neutral state (a much easier proposition for a nation only 108 acres in size and with 800 citizens), the Vatican has completed installation of a 5,000 square meter rooftop solar
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Free "Holy Ground" Book To First 20 TreeHuggers
It's not too early to start thinking about holiday gifts (sorry, I know it's not even Thanksgiving yet), so we thought we'd help out by offering a copy of Sierra Club Books' latest publication ,"Holy Ground: A Gathering of Voices on Caring for Creation,"
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British Charity Launches Climate Change Green Guide for Muslims
Tomorrow in London the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES) will launch a Muslim Green Guide to Reducing Climate Change at the Islamic Cultural Centre and the London Central Mosque. The 20-page guide explains the impact of
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Solar Roof Brings Vatican Closer to Becoming World's First Carbon-Neutral State
This week, the Vatican did its part to make the move to renewable energy, as workers began installing the first of 2,400 solar panels on the roof of the papal
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Party Like It's 5769 And Have Yourself a Sustainable Jewish New Year
Christian Americans have one. So do the Chinese, Muslims —— and the Jews. I am talking about New Years celebrations. While January 1st is the obviously date when most Americans and Europeans party and drink copious amounts of organic champagne
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Natural Clay Ganesh Idols Encouraged to Reduce Pollution on Hindu Holiday
While I'm not sure exactly how many Hindus read TreeHugger, but considering that tomorrow is Ganesh Chaturthi I thought I'd pass along this video clip.
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Rabbis, Sheiks, Lamas and Missionaries See Green Eye to Eye at Israel's Sulha
It's becoming an annual thing and growing every year. Suhla, which means reconciliation in Arabic, is a three day meeting between Israelis and Palestinians. Although they live next door to each other, Israelis and Palestinians have little day to day
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Green Your Mosque, Learn Imams in Israel
(Image credit marantzer) Gurus in India are doing it. So are evangelical Christians in America. Jewish rabbis have been doing it for some time now, all over the world. Thanks to an initiative of an Israeli Arab activist Mohammad Rabah Aghbarieh and the
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Eco-Rabbi Jack Reichert Talks Green God Shop
Green values don't have to conflict with one's spiritual and religious values. In fact, the wisdom of ancient teachings can give us insight into problems we have today. This is something that Jerusalemite Jack Reichert, a rabbi-in-training has been
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"Creation Care" - A Growing Movement
It is a common misconception that communities of faith and environmentalists have little in common. In the United States today, 67% of Americans say they care about the environment because it is "God's creation" - and close to half of our members say
