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Reverend Angela Zimmann from the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem at the ICSD’s women’s seminar “Between Faith and Ecology”. For more from Zimmann, please see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jneVZoPwj-4&t=1s Check out our website : https://www.interfaithsustain.com

Rana Khalef, principal of the Afack School for the Learning Disabled, talks about how an ecologically friendly way of living starts at home and who you can immediately influence at the ICSD’s women’s seminar, “Between Faith and Ecology.” For more from the seminar, see Naomi Tsur’s commentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmiTBD0rWOM Check out our website : https://www.interfaithsustain.com

Rabbi Naamah Kelman, Dean of Hebrew Union College in Jerusalem, discusses how Shabbat traditions relate to the environment at the ICSD’s women’s seminar “Between Faith and Ecology.” For more from Kelman, please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOpYEaydX0I&t=114s Check out our website : https://www.interfaithsustain.com

Yasmin Barhum, landscape architect and facilitator at “Living in the Levant,” discusses the connection between her beliefs in Islam, environmentalism, and traditional lifestyles at the ICSD’s women’s seminar “Between Faith and Ecology.” For more from Barhum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHTYfel6qcE&t=14s Check out our website : https://www.interfaithsustain.com

Over 55 women from Christian, Druze, Jewish, and Muslim backgrounds came together for the Women’s Multifaith Eco Gathering 2013 at the Sisters of Sion Convent in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem from June 17-18, 2013. If you would like to see more videos on ICSD-involved conferences, please see:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DWlsrAELS8&t=10s This event was the follow-up to the Women’s Gathering in the Garden of the Mothers in Daliat HaCarmel held January 15, 2013 in which 60 women began working together for the environment and the future of our children in our land. Many of the same women gathered in Jerusalem to continue the relationships and the commitment to learn about the environment from the point of view of our four religions, and to devise practical activities together. During January and June 2013, the TRUST WIN (Women’s Interfaith Network) of TRUST-Emun (TRUST) and The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) worked together on a collaboration. TRUST…

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H.H. Dalai Lama addresses the audience in New Delhi, India and encourages Indians to “show genuine concern” for their environment, particularly the issues of water scarcity and the warming of the Tibetan Plateau. More at: http://lessonsfromavagabond.tumblr.com/

Interview with Fazlun Khalid, Founder-Director of the Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Sciences (IFEES). Khalid spoke at the ‘Sustainability in Crisis’ conference, Cambridge, 26-28 September 2011

Parliament of the World’s Religions 2009 Melbourne, Australia Featuring Prof. Dr. Din Syamsuddin, Chairman of the Centre for Dialogue and Cooperation Among Civilizations. Syamsuddin is an author and President of Muhammadiyah, Indonesia’s largest modernist Muslim social and educational organization. He is Vice General Chair of Indonesian Ulama Council, Professor of Islamic Political Thought at the National Islamic University in Jakarta and President of the Asian Conference for Religion and Peace, based in Tokyo. LINKS Parliament of the World’s Religions Parliament of World Religions – Welcome 350.Org http://www.350.org