Parliament of Worlds Religion 1999 Capetown SA

Author(s): Parliament of the World’s Religions
Publisher: USA Parliament of the Worlds Religions

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1999 GIFTS OF SERVICE TO THE WORLD
A Model for Nurturing Self-Sustainable Communities
The SEED Foundation's mission is to inspire and cultivate awareness about the importance of a balanced and harmonious coexistence with Mother Earth through self-sustainable living, education, and action based initiatives. The Seed's first model in progress is a community of self-sustainable single family dwellings (Earthships) surrounding and supporting a holistic healing and community center, all made from recycled and sustainable materials. The Seed Foundation is an action based youth initiative supporting and networking like-minded individuals and organizations working to build a peaceful, just and sustainable future.
The SEED Foundation
USA
Community Biodynamic Farm
The SEKEM farm in the desert northeast of Cairo provides an example for Egypt and the world. This sixcompany initiative combines Biodynamic farming and production with cross-cultural and religious cooperation and community building. The farm was founded in 1977 on 70 hectares of desert where Biodynamic agricultural methods, which had been adapted for their effectiveness in arid zones, were used for the first time under the guidance of the German agronomist G. Merckens. Subsequently, the desert sands have been converted into fertile soil, and green, flowering landscapes, supporting livestock and bees. A steadily increasing group of Biodynamic farms in Egypt has served as the base for the modern development of Egyptian agriculture, with more than 150 farms, totaling approximately 2,000 hectares now cultivated.
SEKEM aims to contribute to the development of the consciousness of the Egyptian people through an enlightened understanding of our contemporary culture by embracing three aspects of modern life: the economic, the social and the cultural. SEKEM strives to create effective, modern, social institutions, so that women and men can carry out their responsibility towards nature, mankind and community.
SEKEM EGYPT
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NURTURING
просы пробой тела го и пророкот
The Caring for Creation Religion and Ecology Ministry and Program The "Caring For Creation" Religion and Ecology Ministry and Program is offered by the International Consortium on Religion and Ecology to involve, educate and empower religious institutions and communities of faith in order to bring about a socially and environmentally sustainable and regenerative world community. This is accomplished by enabling these groups to participate in a transformative process which assists local projects beginning with Earth Day 2000. This Gift of Service involves leaders from faith communities in Asia, Africa and the Americas. While scheduled to begin at the 1999 Parliament and on the worldwide web that day, many months have been spent in preparation for this immense international interfaith effort.
NACRE and International C.O.R.E. USA
WA
партамента по Center for Interfaith Studies and Joint Action (CISJA)
World Peace Ashram and the Community Holistic Growth Center Inc. proposes to establish a center for interfaith studies at Kanyakumari - an important pilgrimage and tourist center with connections to Swami Vivekananda and Francis Xavier. The center will:
1) Organize courses on all faiths for interested people helping them to understand the fundamentals among different faiths, and to see the commonalties of different faiths;
2) Organize interfaith seminars, dialogues and research on issues of common concern - caste, gender, and racial discrimination, poverty and socio-economic injustice, etc;
3) Bring together groups working on interfaith relations for periodical conferences and consultations; 4) Organize exchange programs with people from other similar multi-religious contexts, both within India and abroad;
5) Build up a small library and documentation on topics related to interfaith relations, and;
6) Produce literature on interfaith issues, including a Journal of Interfaith Studies (JIS).
Community Holistic Growth Center
USA
TRANSFORMATIVE COMMUNITY