Browsing Tag: Ecosikh

He added, "There is no bigger tribute to the founding Guru of this Holy City, than to ensure a clean, green, sustainable city.

“Seva is only half done if we leave garbage behind processions, kirtan samagams or jagratas (religious prayer programmes), langars (free festival food) and chhabeels. We must take responsibility to clean up after religious, personal or public events,” said EcoAmritsar Chairman, Gunbir Singh.

300 people gathered for the EcoSikh Gala Event to support the environmental efforts by this four year old organization.

Nanded, a Southern Indian city considered holy by the Sikhs, represented by the Takhat Hazoor Sahib committee, joined the Green Pilgrimage Network, making a commitment towards becoming eco-friendly.

This year Eco-Amritsar started celebrating this day as an annual event with the environmental focus areas....

Amritsar, the city of the Golden Temple, will celebrate annually its Foundation Day, the day it was established by Guru Ram Dass, the 4th Sikh Guru, in 1577. This effort will be spearheaded by Eco Amritsar, a group formed by the Washington based EcoSikh.

EcoSikh is a 501c (3)* nonprofit organization currently seeking to fill the position of a full- time Campaign Manager based in the Amritsar area.

During a recent meeting of five Takhats at Amritsar, the Singh Sahibans (the spiritual heads of the Sikh community) declared that Gurgaddi Diwas (coronation day ) of the 7th Sikh Guru, Guru Har Rai, should be celebrated as a Sikh Environment Day each year especially ‘in light of the rising global environmental crisis’.

As aged fingers reached down through the dirt to create space for young saplings, this group of Sikh elders revived a centuries old tradition of planting culturally important plants at historic Sikh sites.

President of EcoSikh, Dr. Rajwant Singh, said, "We had set the audacious goal of 1,500 but the response has been overwhelming. It is amazing to see so much enthusiasm among the Sikh communities all around the world, and we believe that this is the largest direct action by the Sikhs for the environment in the history of Sikhism.

Environment awareness includes conserving energy, lesser reliance on fossil fuels, water wastage, greed motivated devastation of vegetation without proper rejuvenation, minimisation of garbage and encouraging recycling.

At age 15, one day from the window, Tavleen looked at her garden and asked her father, "My dear Dad, I want to live in this beautiful world, look at the butterflies, squirrels, roses, sunflowers, listen to the chirruping of birds, gaze into the vast sky. I want to live;...

Jathedar Sardar Kulwant Singh Ji, from Takhat Sri Hazur Sahib released a message for Sikh community to plant one tree on the occasion of Sikh Environment Day on March 14 as a token of love for Guru Har Rai Ji,..

EcoSikh’s initiative got a major boost by UNDP, SGPC, DSGMC and all the Takhats giving a supportive call to the entire Sikh community worldwide to observe the Sikh Environment Day.

EcoSikh invites you and your Gurdwara/ Institution to join Sikhs all over the world in celebrating March 14th as 3rd Sikh Environment Day. This important day marks the New Year in the Sikh calendar and the Gurgaddi Diwas of our Seventh Guru, Sri Guru Har Rai Ji, who is remembered in Sikh history for his deep sensitivity to nature and its preservation.

We are also hopeful that this year on Sikh Environment Day, the Sikhs around the world will receive and celebrate the message of Guru that: 'Being Sikh is Being Kind to Environment.'

During the week of March 14th, Sikhs across the world will gather to commemorate the Gurgaddi Diwas of Sri Guru Har Rai Ji as the 3rd Annual Sikh Environment Day. Last year more than 1050 Sikh institutions celebrated the day by holding divaans and events that bring us back to our connection with nature.

The International Biodiversity Conference (CoP-11) (XI Conference of Parties), the biggest event ever to be held in independent India has created great impact on the Sikh community to protect biodiversity and ecosystem.

EcoSikh brought the two historical Sikh Pilgrim cities Sri Amritsar and Sri Hazur Sahib, Nanded into this launch today at Hotel Katriya, Hyderabad.

A historic meeting envisaging Eco Amritsar took place in the city bringing together over 200 representatives of religious bodies, city administration, environmentalists, educationists and business leaders to commit to make the entire city eco-friendly by year 2017 when city celebrates 440th anniversary.

EcoSikh will launch an international campaign for Eco-Amritsar 2017, a five year plan to mark city’s 440th anniversary with the goal of making it eco-friendly and environmentally sustainable.

It is a matter of proud for the all Amritsarites that Eco Sikh, a UN based organization, is launching an international campaign for a ‘Green Amritsar’ this week.

Through a new pilot project, Gurdwaras across New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Philadelphia, will be able to access detailed information on how they can lessen their impact on the environment, and save on long-term energy bills.

EcoSikh in its first ever plantation drive in a village named Kalwa, in Haryana, a Northern Indian state, helped to raise 125 tree saplings including Lemon, Cheeku and Guava, to celebrate Earth Day on April 25, 2012.

The Climate Rally -- Earth Day Network's flagship event... drew more than 150,000 activists to demand that the U.S. Congress pass comprehensive climate legislation in 2010. The nine hour event featured more than 70 high profile speakers, including leadership from the faith, labor, civil rights, and environmental communities...

Kids are the real Earth heroes! Throughout the world they have found a special place in the media for all their efforts in cleaning the earth as a part of their school event,

“To say that we are inspired by the achievements that the Sikh community has made in the past eighteen months on the environment is an understatement. Each week we receive another story of a Sikh, a Gurdwara, a village, taking initiative to protect and care for the land, air, and water. We are seeing the beginning of a movement....

Representatives of various religious communities pledged to plant trees in their neighborhoods and also in their houses of worship, while speaking at a seminar on Sikh Environment Day.

The Sikhs remember Guru Har Rai ji for his sensitivity to nature and his passion for preserving it. The Seventh Guru was instrumental in developing Kiratpur Sahib on the banks of tributary of the river Sutlej in Punjab as a town of parks and gardens

Jus Reign, a Canadian born turbaned comedian of Punjabi origin, who has a fan count of half a million per month, is scheduled to appear at the EcoSikh Benefit Dinner on Saturday, March 17th in Washington to lend his support for the cause of saving the environment for Earth's future.