Browsing Tag: Ecology

Tech conversion: India's richest shrine goes green

Now the temple is using its religious influence and economic might to change the way energy is used here. Developing reserve forests around the temple to act as carbon sinks, the management has transformed the environment. They are promoting the use of sustainable technologies and hope to influence public opinion.
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U.N. chief: Major climate deal unlikely

An all-encompassing climate deal "may be beyond our reach for now," the U.N. chief said Tuesday as China and India delivered a setback to European plans to negotiate a new treaty that would bind all parties to their pledges on greenhouse gas emissions.
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World Religions Form Green Network of Pilgrim Cities, including Amritsar

The Green Pilgrimage Network released a list of various efforts, pilgrims and pilgrim cities can make, such as choosing sustainable tourist agencies and travel arrangements, eating and drinking ethically, minimizing waste, and supporting work being done locally to help "green" the sacred destination.
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Sikhs part of Green Pilgrim Network inauguration at Assisi

Inaugural conference of Green Pilgrim Network (GPN) organized by Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC) opened in Assisi , (Italy) today. ARC has brought together major faiths of the world to form a Green network of pilgrimage cities across the globe.
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The Sikh that cleaned the holy river

Drawing on the Sikh tradition of kar sewa (voluntary service), he began to pull out the silt and sewage. Over the six years that followed, thousands of volunteers joined him, carrying out physical labour, raising funds for equipment, and launching a campaign...
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Propane Power Fuels Eco-Friendly Cremations

Indian authorities are mandating that major municipal cremation centres must switch to propane to reduce deforestation and protect the environment.
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Prominent Kar Sewa social workers to add eco-friendly features in the Gurdwara buildings

Prominent Kar Sewa Group have agreed to introduce eco-friendly features in Gurdwara buildings under its service and also to add green patches in the new designs for reconstruction of older Sikh structures.
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Leafing Through History

It was a pilgrimage of sorts, one that took Damanbir Singh Jaspal, a senior Punjab IAS officer, eminent scholar and academician, more than three years to complete. It was a journey that required both faith and fire.
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Happy Sikh Environment Day!

Today is Sikh Environment Day today, March 14th! Today is also the Gurgaddi Diwas (enthronement day) of Guru Har Rai ji, the 7th Guru of the Sikh who became Guru in 1644: he was a great humanitarian who inspired Sikhs to preserve nature and promote the well-being of animals.
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Sikh Diaspora Celebrates First Sikh Environment Day

Over 250 Sikh temples, schools and organizations across the world today are inaugurating the first Sikh Environment Day, taking part in mass planting of trees, installing solar panels, encouraging eco-friendly farming methods and more
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