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Rabbi Yonatan Neril talks about the Lubavitcher Rebbe stressing the obligation to shift to solar energy in the Unites Stated due to the detrimental effects that gas and oil are causing. “The real gift of God is the possibility to harness solar energy.”

For more on transnational agreements and faith, please see this video from UN COP22: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kWmUylFCb0&t=27s David Miron Wapner, board chair of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, speaks about the failure of the Copenhagen Climate Conference in tackling the crisis of human detachment to nature. Programs like Green Pilgrimage Jerusalem and the work of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development show the motivation, will and determination to change the status quo from a faith-based angle. The need for people of faith to take action and trust in scientific research is imperative if we are to tip the scale towards a sustainable human society.

The Jerusalem Eco Fair at the First Station in Jerusalem shows how people of different faiths and religions can create a new, sustainable community within an already existing communities. People at the fair experience sustainability first-hand through gardening workshops, organic food tasting, ecological products making, music and panel discussions. People are reminded of how much impact we all can have if we put aside our differences and come together.

Similar to the ship Titanic, humankind today faces a common challenge which is for the most part ignored. Many are unwilling to accept that we face a crisis, and others accept the problem but lack motivation to change course.

For more on climate change, please see “The Root Causes of Climate Change” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZ-V98PF-w Paul Beckwith at the UNFCC in Paris in December 2015, discusses how most people are underestimating the likelihood of abrupt change in the climate, especially in the Arctic Region.