Browsing Tag: Conservation

While the Sikh love of and respect for nature has not abated, over the last several decades life styles have changed dramatically, turning many of the older paradigms that helped maintain the ecological balance around us, redundant.

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’.

One day as a child, while passing through a garden, Guru Har Rai, the seventh Sikh Guru, damaged some flowers with his loose-flowing robe. The sight of scattered, crushed petals — separated from their stems — affected his tender heart and he resolved never to harm anything in the world.

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.

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.

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.

Small but simple actions by consumers and food retailers could dramatically cut the 1.3 billion tonnes of food lost or wasted across the world each year, according to an unprecedented global campaign launched on Tuesday.

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"Conservation and protection isn't just about the Ellora caves, it's about protecting the whole cultural ethos'

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.

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.

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...

Sheikhupura Fort, a precious heritage dating back to Mughal era seems to be left to decay in the absence of any serious efforts by the authorities concerned with regard to its preservation.

As I write to you, millions of gallons of oil are spreading across the Gulf waters, reaching close to the shores of the states of Louisiana, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. Millions of birds and marine life are at risk of suffocating in the oil and their food sources have been contaminated.

We Punjabis have an obsession for shopping for clothes. It is one thing that has not changed over generations. Sometimes we go beyond our means to show off our collection and to be up to par with the current trends.

The Sikh Five Year Plan is the next historic step in the Sikh communities' commitment to walk faithfully alongside the rest of Creation into a future which they believe they can make both better and greener