Parliament of Worlds Religion 2009 Melbourne Australia

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

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PROGRAM
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
11:30am-1:00pm INTERRELIGIOUS SESSION
enjoys using knowledge and technology to make work more productive and life more interesting. She also enjoys motivating herself and others to rethink, retuse, reuse, reduce and recycle. Bader has been active in the Jewish Ecological Coalition since 2007 Dr Helen Gardner began her career as a research biochemist and moved into computer programming and systems analysis. In 1989, she became a Community Development Officer and then trained as a counselling psychologist, completing a PhD in family psychology in 1996. Gardner chaired the committee for the 2007 Jewish Christian Muslim Association winter conference and has been chair of the B'nai B'rith Environment Group. She has been active in the Jewish Ecological Coalition and is an active member of a modern orthodox synagogue.
Renewal: Religious Grassroots Environmentalism (Premier Film Series Selection) Mary Evelyn Tucker John Grim Room 110 Film
Soldiers of Peace Room 107 Film Contrary to popular belief, there are fewer armed conflicts in the world today than ever before. However, the world is faced with new challenges, from climate change to a lack of fresh drinking water, to ever decreasing biodiversity, to diminishing oil reserves and an ever-growing population. This documentary film examines the different ways in which governments and individuals can face these problems-through war or peace. The film was directed by Tim Wise.
Across the United States, people of faith are standing up for the environment-from Evangelical Christians fighting mountaintop removal, to Muslims supporting sustainable farming, to Jews helping children experience the bond between nature and spirituality. This documentary portrays the growing movement of religious communities united in their efforts to protect the precious life on our planet. Marty Ostrow and Terry Kay Rockefeller directed the film. A question and answer period will follow the film. Leading Scholar on Ecology and Religion. Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. Mary Evelyn Tucker is a Senior Lecturer in Religion and the Environment at Yale University, holding joint appointments as a Research Scholar in the Divinity School, the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and the Department of Religious Studies. With John Grim, she cofounded the Forum on Religion and Ecology IFORE). Tucker and Grim also coordinated a ten-conference series on World Religions and Ecology at Harvard's Center for the Study of World Religions. Tucker has been a committee member of the Interfaith Partnership for the Environment at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) since 1986 and is vice president of the American Teilhard Association, Author of many books on religion and ecology, she has recently published Worldly Wonder: Religions Enter Their Ecological Phase (Open Court Press, 2003). She is the co-editor of books on ecological views of Buddhism, Confucianism, and Hinduism. She has published the volume Confucian Spirituality co-edited with Tu Weiming, and, The Record of Great Doubts: The Philosophy of Chi lhttp:// www.religionandecology.org/About/founders.php) John Grim is currently a Senior Lecturer and Scholar at Yale University teaching courses that draw students from the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, Yale Divinity School, the Department of Religious Studies, the Institution for Social and Policy Studies, and the Yale Colleges. He is Coordinator of the Forum on Religion and Ecology with Mary Evelyn Tucker, and series editor of World Religions and Ecology. from Harvard Divinity School's Center for the Study of World Religions.)
Shared Security for the Earth Community Bishop Geoffrey Davies Tu Weiming Additional speakers to be confirmed Room 109 This session will address diverse aspects of security, including concerns ranging from the ecological, economic, and development perspectives, informed by religious understandings. What does it mean to frame security in it's broadest sense, including all people, and acknowledging the entire web of life? Security in a globalizing world is dependent on global relations among peoples, and mutual understandings and actions about preserving the environment. What does security mean for the individual and the many, in the light of global warming? What resources can be brought to bear to conceptualize a future that offers security for all? And how may religious resources support the steps towards such a future? Bishop Geoffrey Davies is Coordinator and founder member of the Southern African Faith Communities Environmental Institute, which works to raise awareness of environmental issues such as climate change among different faith communities. He participated in Christian Aid's Cut the Carbon march around the UK, which aimed to draw attention to global warming and the urgent issue of reducing our carbon footprint. Dr Tu Weiming has been a Professor of Chinese History and Philosophy and Confucian Studies in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University since 1981. He is former Director of the Harvard - Yenching Institute (1996-20081 and is currently interpreting Confucian Ethics as a spiritual resource for the emerging global community. As a renowned international scholar and thinker, he is committed to the study of Confucian teachings in the modern age.
Health and Healing: Healing the Person, Healing the Family Omie Baldwin, USA: Dine', Moderator Clarence Jackson, USA: Tlingit Oki Kano, Japan: Ainu Room 111 Panel Discussion Mental and spiritual illness manifests itself in a wide array of human difficulties, exhibiting symptoms such as substance abuse, destruction of families, child abuse and neglect and more. During this panel discussion we will explore the need for healing these ills, particularly within Indigenous communities-only by healing ourselves and healing our families and communities can we hope to heal the planet. Topics will include the use of traditional healing, the forced adoption of Indigenous children, and problems experienced by this lost generation.
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