Jun 30, 2015 | Conscious Consumer, Eco-congregation, Environmental Advocacy, Faith Leaders, Special Environmental Days
Human wants are well articulated, marketed and even expanded to a position of status. Most are ultimately provided by Nature: the landscapes whose scale, seasons and sense of place provide many of our spiritual needs; the raw materials that we process and combine into...
Mar 31, 2015 | Conscious Consumer, Eco-congregation, Environmental Advocacy
Have you noticed how busy March and April are on the faith calendars of the world? It is no co-incidence that the northern hemisphere faith traditions acknowledge spring as a time of spiritual renewal, hope and growth. The Baha’i celebrate New Year, or Naw-Ruz, which...
Mar 26, 2015 | Animal Justice, Energy Justice, Environmental Advocacy, Faith Leaders
The richly sewn One Earth quilt made by the First People Artists of the Bethesda Arts Centre, Nieu Bethesda beautifully parallels an ancient story from /Xam mythology of light triumphing over darkness with the struggle to stop fracking in the Karoo. The quilt was made...
Feb 3, 2015 | Eco-congregation, Energy Justice, Faith Leaders, Special Environmental Days, Youth
When last did you truly experience Nature, God’s original scriptures? SAFCEI is inviting you to celebrate Earth Keeper Day on the weekend of 14th & 15th of February. Huh?! How is this day different from all the other environmental days on our calendar?...
Jan 14, 2015 | Uncategorized
In the spirit of reawakening and restoring our heart and soul connection with nature in 2015, John Roff’s poem While We sleep reminds us that even as we sleep nature is vibrantly awake. To attend a Poems and Spirit event see invite at the end of this article. `While...
