Following Gandhi’s Path to Sustainability
While on a recent trip to Jerusalem, Swami Avdheshanand Giri and Swami Parmatmananda Saraswati were interviewed by Rabbi Yonatan Neril, founder and director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development. They shared ideas and Hindu wisdom about following Gandi’s path. If you are interested in seeing more Hindu ecology videos, please see this video on Dharma and sustainability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgyNJS8vrzg Swami Avdheshanand Giri, an enlightened Acharya and master of Vedanta, aims at making a spiritually awakened human being. Swamiji is the head of millions of saints. More than a hundred thousand of saints have been initiated by the Acharya. Swamiji has attracted a large number of intellectuals, teachers and social workers and has motivated them to work for the promotion of human rights, moral values, social harmony and social discipline. Over the last 19 years Swamiji has dedicated himself to the pursuit and sharing of the vast bounty of Vedanta. His…
The Dangers Of Consumerism
While on a recent trip to Jerusalem, Swami Avdheshanand Giri and Swami Parmatmananda Saraswati were interviewed by Rabbi Yonatan Neril, Founder and Director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development. They shared about the dangers of consumerism. If you are interested in learning more about consumerism and what faith leaders have to say about it, please see this video on the Earth and consumerism in Islam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKqVZ3WA5iQ Swami Avdheshanand Giri, an enlightened Acharya and master of Vedanta, aims at making a spiritually awakened human being. Swamiji is the head of millions of saints. More than a hundred thousand of saints have been initiated by the Acharya. Swamiji has attracted a large number of intellectuals, teachers and social workers and has motivated them to work for the promotion of human rights, moral values, social harmony and social discipline. Over the last 19 years Swamiji has dedicated himself to the pursuit and…
Egoism: the Spiritual Root of the Climate Crisis (UN Climate Change Conference)
The key spiritual root of climate change is egoism. Rabbi Yonatan Neril at UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco, in November 2016. If you are interested in watching more videos from the 2016 UN Climate Summit, please see this video on consumerism, a pseudo-religion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASL8S27jbbw&t=117s
Spiritual Empowerment to fight the Climate Crisis (UN Climate Conference)
Valériane Bernard talks about spiritual empowerment giving us the tools to fight the crisis at UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morrocco, in November 2016. If you are interested in seeing more from the UN Climate Change Conference, please see this related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OKG8b6dnQM&t=1s
Spiritual Transformation Needed to Address Climate Change (UN Climate Change Conference)
Imam Ibrahim Saidy speaks on a spiritual transformation needed to address climate change at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco in November 2016. If you are interested in seeing more from the 2016 Climate Change Conference, please see this video on the spiritual root of climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFYf4pwj0JU
Dr. Sailesh Rao on Responsibility towards the Planet (UN Climate Change Conference)
Dr. Sailesh Rao talks about the spiritual crisis of climate change and how individuals are disregarding the rules of spiritual living at the UN Climate Change Conference in Marrakesh, Morocco in November 2016. If you are interested in seeing more from the 2016 UN Climate Change Conference, please see this video on the spiritual transformation needed to address climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-FB3aMvLA4
The Spiritual Root of Climate Change (UN Climate Change Conference)
His Eminence Archbishop Seraphim Kykkotis talks about the spiritual root of climate change at a press conference held by Rabbi Yonatan Neril at the Marrakesh Climate Conference. If you are interested in seeing more from the UN Climate Change Conference, please see this video on responsibility towards the planet: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OKG8b6dnQM&t=1s
How can Faith Communities be Inspired to take Environmental Action? (UN Climate Change Conference)
Valeriane Bernard of the Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual Univerity and UN Representative talks about the means through which faith communities can be inspired to take environmental action at the COP22 in Marrakech. If you are interested in seeing more from the UN Climate Conference, please see this video on the spiritual root of climate change: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFYf4pwj0JU&t=10s
Rabbi on the US Elections, Faith and Environment (UN Climate Change Conference)
Rabbi Yonatan Neril, Founder and Executive Director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, talks about the link between preaching on the environment in faith communities and political votes at the COP22 in Marrakech. If you are interested in seeing more from the UN Climate Change Conference, please see this video on spiritual empowerment to fight the climate crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q1oI25bfiA