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   Holy Sites discussed - but as places for Conflict or for Dialogue?
   Sustainable Living Islam Camp Promotes Faith and Nature
   Eco Article in the Malaysian Sun cites ARC's work as good initiative
   Hua Shan to be managed as a DAOIST mountain for the first time in 70 years
   UN/ARC Seven Year Plan for Generational Change
   Eco-twinning offers a chance for action and understanding
   Churches Together produce new resource pack for Creation Time
   Religious leaders remind G8 summit that the eco crisis is a crisis of the heart
   New eco-faith initiative launched
   Catholic Schools Eco Newsletter No.4
   A New Home and Buddhist Blessing for a Rare Hairy Nosed Otter
   Buddhists commit to the environment on UN Vesak Day
   Keynote Address by Rt. Rev. Dr. Nyansako-Ni Nku, AACC President, on Climate Change and Water Consultation
   Cambodian monks make eco-Buddhism video available to all
   What others have said about religion, the natural environment - and ARC
   CSI Synod urges greater ecological awareness
   For the first time, a practical MuslimTheology of the Sea
   Revisiting Khalsa wood: a Sikh woodland and a model faith and environment project
   Catholic Schools Eco Newsletter No.3
   New eco-Congregation Website Launched
   ARC on NPR yesterday and in Climate Change debate at Bath Abbey tonight
   The 27th Earth Day includes more religious initiatives than ever
   Southern Baptists Convention challenged on global warming - by its own youth
   Catholic Schools Eco Newsletter Number 2
   The Church of South India becomes ARC's latest partner
   Listen to dawn again: the sound of many waters and many birds
   Year of Catholic Eco Action continues Sunday with Dawn Chorus
   First Islamic Conservation Guide launched, helping fishermen protect their seas
   Switch off your lights for Earth Hour tomorrow night
   Mexican Huichol protest road passing through their sacred land
   Polluting the environment one of 7 “new” mortal sins, Vatican says
   ARC launches Catholic Schools Eco Newsletter
   Catholic Schools Eco Newsletter No.1
   Innovative faith and forest programme starts in Lebanon
   Jews celebrate the Birthday of the Trees
   Quiet Garden Trust celebrates 15 years... and 300 gardens
   Successful event on religions and climate change at Bali COP
   Thought for the Day, 11 December 2007
   A sweet world and verdant green: faith quotes for Bali
   UN and ARC launch programme with faiths on climate change
   THEY MUST HAVE FAITH: poem about faiths & forests conference
   Humane Society in America begins working with faiths
   Leading Huichol expert John C Lilly dies
   World's first “green Bible” is published in the USA
   “Eco-Sikh” leads Indian campaign to save the Kali Bein river
   Bahá’ís in PNG improve their villages' health and education
   Sierra Club director pledges to work with religions
   The Story of a Box
   Christian leaders in PNG protect mountain from quarry plans
   PRESS RELEASE for St Brendan's eco challenge
   Year of Catholic Eco-Action launched in the UK
   Catholic
   Ancient Yews celebrated in new book
   Bishops go to Parliament to urge care for the Earth
   Millions of hectares of religious forest managed ecologically by 2013
   World Water Week recognises religions can make splash
   Druze publish a theology of the forest
   Church of Sweden Pledges to Protect Ancient Meadows
   Faiths protect Forests: English press release
   Cow dung to cooking gas: an Ethiopian nunnery converts
   Cambodian Monks Join Efforts to Preserve the Cardamoms
   PNG pastors clear rubbish where others have failed
   Making Muslim Brum Beautiful!
   Buddhist film is audience's choice at Cambodian festival
   Major stakeholders to attend Visby meeting
   Lao Zi to be Daoist God of Ecological Protection
   Photographs of the opening of the Daoist Ecology Temple
   Daoist Ecology workshop hugely oversubscribed
   Archbishop Tutu leads Environment Day prayers at Arctic Cathedral
   Whales, turtles and timber: news from Indonesia
   UNESCO recognises relevance of faiths in sustainable development
   ARC urges action at the International Dao De Jing Forum
   THE ATLAS OF RELIGION
   Untimely death of our colleague, Tony Poulter
   Churches begin to go green for Palm Sunday
   Climate Change documentary wins two Oscars
   God is Green and the Religions are too
   CI works with Colombian Catholics to save parrot from extinction
   ARC features in UNEP's Tunza Magazine
   The Big Green Jewish Website
   Benedictines listen to the Earth
   Powerful vision statement for AMEN
   WWF and ARC highlight sacred protected areas
   Pope tackles issues of ecology and energy use
   Australian Climate Institute asks faiths about climate change
   It's time to ask faiths to be partners: major donors say
   New bid to protect full 400km Mexican pilgrim route
   The Religion Approach works for Turtles in Indonesia
   With Deep Sadness
   Mongolians clean up sacred hillside
   Daoists pledge to protect sacred landscapes
   Al Gore tells An Inconvenient Truth
   AFDC helps refugees in Lebanon
   Major Religion and Development Conference scheduled for Oslo
   Prince Andrew visits Mongolian eco-ger
   ARC joins Sacred Orchid Project in Mexico
   Daoists announce first ecology workshop on sacred mountain
   Faiths and Forests
   BBC works with ARC for special climate change Songs of Praise
   Buddhists in China issue two major environment agreements
   Buddhists run inspirational projects in Cambodia
   Prince Charles visits Sacred Gift project in Egypt
   Mexican faith leaders back the carbon trading initiative
   New Mongolian calendars include ancient no-hunting guidelines
   An Orthodox Monastery in the Shropshire Hills
   World Council of Churches holds Ninth Assembly
   New vision statement and new offices
   West African Benedictines to adapt Eco Handbook
   ARC invites the faiths to conduct their own energy audits
   Thousands respond to ARC campaign against toxins
   Daoists dedicate temple and ecology centre on Taibaishan
   Churches around Europe gear up to counter toxins
   Anti-toxins service in Piccadilly, November 1
   ARC launches liturgy to combat toxins
   Ethiopian Church Launches Organic Farming Programme
   Plans to boost eco-training for clerics in Africa
   Vacant Position in ARC - Communications officer
   ARC offers ideas for the Harvest Festival
   ARC celebrates tenth anniversary with stories
   Northern Buddhists agree 12 major environmental initiatives
   Northern Buddhists launch new ecological network
   3iG launches with 27 founder members and partners
   BBC Thought for the Day on faith-consistent investment
   Bishop of London urges religions to invest positively
   3iG launches on April 11
   Formation of new Africa Muslim Environment Network
   Eco-Islam hits Zanzibar fishermen: BBC STORY
   Cambodian monks create environmental association
   Website for International Interfaith Investment Group (3iG)
   ARC advises BBC on religious angle to tsunami disaster
   Queen's Christmas speech features ARC
   Africa's well-kept secret revealed
   Six new grants for ARC
   African–Christian Leaders' Gathering held in November
   3iG to be launched in April 2005
   Church of Sweden to establish forests in Mozambique.
   Monks and nuns in Southeast Asia pledge to save their forests
   Pagodas become eco-campaigners
   Cambodian conference schedule
   Membership for Nepal's Bagmati River
   Funding hopes for Cistercian Way
   WWF writes major series of features on ARC
   Looking for Mongolia's lost temples
   Pledges for the Cistercian Way
   Welsh pilgrims
   Reflections for Christmas
   Manchester Eco-Diocese
   ARC and World Bank launch book
   Holy Valley Protected
   Religions Should Teach About Money too: Patriarch urges
   International Interfaith Investment in Istanbul
   “Sacred Site” to be recognised term
   The Prince, the Prime Minister and the Patriarch
   Papua New Guinea Christians restore forest
   Mongolian Prime Minister first International President of ARC
   East Timor Christians join the Conservation cause
   Laos set to join the Asian Buddhist Network
   Indonesia’s religions meet for first time since Bali bombing
   Religions to challenge the definition of “good” investments
Features archive
   ARC's diary of events
   What the media have said about ARC
   ARC Newsletters
   Prayer and Worship Resources
   Videos and Podcasts on Religions and the natural Environment
   Globe & Mail features Catholic eco-action and Benedictine Handbook
   ARC's work in The Economist and on BBC World Service
   Geographical Magazine article: Can God Save the World?
   ARC featured in Western Daily Press and Bath Chronicle
   Faith in nature: young people, religions and the great outdoors
   The Guardian cites ARC in story on religions and environment
   千里之行始于足下: ARC Presentation at Daoist Forum (in Chinese)
   Independent highlights ARC's work in Easter edition
   Why did we start to waste so much? An Islamic View
   Writing the Benedictine Eco-Handbook: a personal account
   Friesch Dagblad reports on Gotland forest discussions (in Dutch)
   Thought for the Day: Beware Neo-puritan responses to climate change
   Faiths and Finance
   Archbishop of Dublin explains role of faiths in development
   CIrecognises importance of faith involvement
   ARC's speech at First World Buddhist Conference: in English
   ARC's speech at First World Buddhist Conference: in Chinese
   Dutch Foundation shows how marginal action can have mainstream impact
   The ARC liturgy against toxins: shorter version
   World Council of Churches supports All Hallows REACH initiative
   Full Hallowe'en/All Saints Liturgy to support REACH
   The World Bank and ARC
   Muslim African projects
   A Daoist story at Lambeth
   The religions and climate change
   EMF and the Daoist Mountains
   The story of the Benedictines and ARC
   Religions and the Banking Community
   Ten Years of the Sacred Land Project
   ARC and the Asian Buddhist Network
   The Asian Buddhist Network: a Buddhist's perspective
   ARC and Kyoto
   ARC and WWF - the next 10 years
   ARC, 3iG and partnerships
   Social investment a weapon of change for the world's faiths
   From Princes to Paupers: the Story of ARC.
   A monk sets a fine example in poor Zambia
   BBC Thought for the Day on Africa
   Ecumenical Patriarch writes about the seas
   WWF on ARC: Manchester’s green plan calls for action
   WWF on ARC: Church in Lebanon plays key environmental role
   WWF on ARC: Move to socially responsible investment
   WWF on ARC: Religions commit to global land conservation
   Lebanon Youth Action
   Prestigious Mott Foundation supports ARC
   Qadisha document
   Keeping faith with nature
   Church heads can help environment: Prince Philip
   Inner City Sanctums
   ARC publish new book with World Bank
   Interview with Prince Philip
   Goroka Declaration on Christians and the Environment
   Spiritual capital across the divide
   ARC’s celebration of Creation: fit for a Queen
   How to do business for good
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Faiths and Ecology
ARC and the Faiths
What do Baha’is teach about ecology?
   Baha'i origins
   Baha'i news
   What do Baha’is believe?
   Baha'i Faith Statement
   Baha’i ecology in practice
Buddhist ecology
   Buddhist origins
   Buddhist news
   What do Buddhists believe?
   Buddhist Faith Statement
   Buddhist quotations
   The Dalai Lama on protecting the environment
   Buddhist ecology in practice
What does Christianity teach us about ecology?
   Christian origins
   What do Christians believe?
   Christian Faith Statement
   UK Catholics: The Call to Creation
   An Orthodox Statement on the Environmental Crisis
   Church of South India statement
   Words of the Forest from the Maronite Tradition
   Christian news
   Christian features
   Christian quotations
   Anglicans on Climate Change
   Catholics on Climate Change
   Advent and Ecology Liturgy
   Ideas for Services Celebrating the Harvest
   Christian ecology in practice
What does Daoism teach us about ecology?
   Daoism origins
   Daoist news and features
   What do Daoists believe?
   Daoist stories and quotes
   Daoist Faith Statement
   Daoist ecology in practice
What does Hinduism teach us about ecology?
   Hinduism origins
   Hindu quotes and stories
   Hindu news
   What do Hindus believe?
   Hindu Faith Statement
   Hindu ecology in practice
What do Muslims teach us about ecology?
   Islam origins
   Islamic news
   Islamic quotations about creation and nature
   What do Muslims believe?
   Islamic Faith Statement
   Druze theology of the forest
   The Muslim Declaration on Nature
   Islamic ecology in practice
What does Jainism teach us about ecology?
   Jainism origins
   What do Jains believe?
   Jain Faith Statement
   Jain ecology in practice
What does Judaism teach about ecology?
   Jewish origins
   Jewish quotations about faith and nature
   Jewish Eco-Festivals
   Jewish news
   What do Jews believe?
   Jewish Faith Statement
   Jewish ecology in practice
What does Shintoism teach us about ecology?
   Shinto origins
   Shinto history
   What do Shintos believe?
   Shinto forestry
   Shinto Faith Statement
   Shinto news
   Shinto ecology in practice
What does Sikhism teach us about ecology?
   Sikh origins
   What do Sikhs believe?
   Sikh Faith Statement
   Sikh eco-news
   Guru Granth Sahib
   Sikh ecology in practice
What does Zoroastrianism teach us about ecology?
   Zoroastrianism origins
   What do Zoroastrians believe?
   Zoroastrian Faith Statement
   Zoroastrian news
   Zoroastrian ecology in practice

Projects
Projects overview
   Projects by region
   Projects by faith
   Project criteria
Africa Projects
      TANZANIA: Fishermen say no to dynamite - using Islamic environmental principles
   Africa Muslim Environment Network
      Africa Muslim Environment Network FAQ
      Speech on AMEN by Maimuna Mwidau
   Eco-coffins in South Africa
Americas Projects
      MEXICO: Huichol people take responsibility to protect ancient pilgrimage route
      A documentary of the Huichol pilgrimage in Mexico
      Golden Eagles and Sacred Sites in Mexico
      Sacred Orchids and Sunday Palms
Asian Buddhist Network Overview
   Mongolian Buddhist Ecology
      MONGOLIA: Buddhists reintroduce traditional hunting and logging bans
      Uncovering the lost sutras and ancient sacred sites of Mongolia
      Sacred Mongolian Environmental Texts
      Restoring Geser Sum monastery
      Mongolia report 2004
      Some thoughts on Buddhist philosophy and economics
   Monasteries in Southeast Asia
   Cambodian Pagodas become eco-centres
      Monks promote community forests in Cambodia
      Cambodian Monks Help Preserve the Cardamoms
   Thai Forest Traditions
      Khorat Forest Conservation Project in Thailand
      Khorat educational work
      Bangkok’s Rare Storks
   Lao Fellowship of Buddhist Organizations
   Vietnam: extending the network
   Phnom Penh 2004 Environment Conference and Field Training
      Monks and nuns pledge to save forests
      Phnom Penh 2004 conference schedule
      Phnom Penh 2004 field training programme
   
   Church of South India's audit list
Seven Year Plans for Generational Change
      What causes Climate Change?
      The Kyoto Protocol
   UN/ARC: The Seven Year Plan
      The Seven Year Plan: FAQ
      The Seven Year Plan: Use of Assets
      The Seven Year Plan: Education
      The Seven Year Plan: Pastoral Care – theology, tradition and wisdom
      The Seven Year Plan: Media and Advocacy
      The Seven Year Plan: Lifestyles
      The Seven Year Plan: Partnerships, Eco-Twinning and Eco Departments
      The Seven Year Plan: Celebrations
   Eco-Twinning
      UN/ARC: eco-twinning model projects
   Sound of Many Waters: UK Catholic eco-action
      UK Catholic Schools Eco-Audit initiative
      Sound of many waters brochure
   Church of South India's eco-audit list
   ARC Climate Change Partnership
      Why involve the Faiths?
   Sikh Gurdwara project
   Liberal Synagogues environmental audit
   Interfaith Power and Light
   Churches in USA expand campaign to fight global warming
   Do your own environmental audit
      Eco Audit - Quick Guide
      Step 1: Make a statement of commitment
      Step 2: Review your current position
      Step 3: Improve Energy Efficiency
      Step 4: Communicate your achievements
   Energy links
China Projects
   Daoist monks and nuns to manage sacred mountains
      July 2006 Daoism and Conservation workshop
      Daoist Monk describes his ecological awakening
   Sacred Buddhist Mountains in China
      Mountain of Five Peaks
      Sacred Mountain of Emei Shan
      ARC's work with sacred mountains - in Chinese
      Two major eco-agreements from Chinese Buddhists
   Urban Conservation in China
   Traditional Chinese Medicine
Faith and Forests
      Prayers about forests
   Religious Forestry Standard: the road to Ise
      Ise Grand Shrines
      Initial Agreement on Religious Forestry Standards
   Visby Gathering of Forest Owners and Users FAQ
      Faiths protect Forests: English press release
      Faith and Forests: Swedish press release
      Visby Faith & Forest Meeting: Programme
   INDIA: Hindus restore sacred forests in Orissa
      The Orissa forests and their management
   Orthodox nuns in France conserve forest
   INDIA: Zoroastrians Establish Sacred Baval Tree Groves
   JAPAN: Shintos commit to sustainable management of sacred forests
   LEBANON: Church protects the Harissa Forest, one of the Mediterranean’s top 10 “Forest Hot Spots”
      LEBANON: Church protects the “Valley of Saints”
   SWEDEN: FSC Certification for Church Forests
   The Story of a Box
Living Churchyards
   Yews for the Millennium
   The Beltingham Yew
Norway Process
      Norway Conference: Details of the sessions
What is a Sacred Gift?
   CANADA AND USA: Catholic Leaders speak out for Columbia River Conservation
   EGYPT: Cairo rubbish dump converted into public park
   Cambodia's Green Shade movement
      Monk and Environment Programme
      Education and training
      Cambodia's pagodas become eco-centres
   INDIA: Jains build a sustainable community in earthquake village
   INDIA: Parsis recycle tonnes of flower offerings from Fire Temples
   INDIA: Rural women trained in literacy, health and conservation
   INDONESIA: Indigenous Batak Christians fight back against lake pollution
   NEPAL: Hindus pledge to clean up sacred Bagmati River
   SAUDI ARABIA: Rare species protected in first national biosphere reserve
   UK: Christian Environmental Network promotes eco-awareness
   UK: Major Jewish groups unite to protect the environment
   UK: World’s first Centre for Islam and Ecology announced for Welsh University
   USA: Benedictines engage students in civic eco-action
   USA: United Methodists commit $40 billion to ethical investments
   USA: United Methodists say “no” to dioxins
ARC's Sacred Land project
      Prince Philip speaks on Sacred Land
      What makes a place sacred
      How we can help
   Beyond Belief: groundbreaking WWF-ARC publication
   Sacred Gardens
      Vrindavan Garden
      Jamyang Buddhist garden of contemplation
      The Symbolic Garden of Holy Island
   Poems of sacred places
      About the poems
      Five poems
   Holy water
      The holy well of North Petherwyn
      Sacred seas
   Pilgrimage trails and shrines
      Walsingham pilgrimage trail
      The Cistercian Way
      Cistercian Way map
      Words along the Cistercian Way
      Story of a 20th century shrine
      Shropshire’s Orthodox monastery
   Environment Policy for the Diocese of Manchester
   Community projects
      Hindu temple grounds in Birmingham
      Gorton Monastery in Manchester
   Arts and sacred places
      The Ashbrittle Yew
      Our Lady of the Crag
      Buddhist Garden of Contemplation
   How to start a Sacred Land project
   Sacred Land links
   Theology of Land
ARC and the World Bank: Faiths and Biodiversity
      Aims of the Faiths and Biodiversity project
   Asian Buddhist Network
   Benedictine network
      Benedictine Handbook
      Benedictine Handbook: Preface
   Multi-faith environment meeting in Bogor
   Indonesia: promotion of Christian ecology
      Batak Church forestry in Sumatra
      Restoring the forest round Lake Toba
      Toraja Church Forestry in Sulawesi
      How the Toraja project works
   East Timor: Timor Verde Project
   Papua New Guinea: Theology in Pidgin English
      Goroka Declaration on Christians and the Environment
      Environment Handbook for PNG Christians - an Introduction
   Religion and economics
Other Projects
   Kalmykian Buddhists revive ancient nature hunt
Faiths and Finance
   3iG mission and core values
   The definition of a good investment
   3iG key issues
      What is ethical investment?
      Venture Capital
   What the press have said about 3iG
   Ethical Investment Resources

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