Hi Mohamed,

In Canada, many faith communities have taken a leading role both in 
promoting the Earth Charter and in raising environmental issues and the 
climate crisis as ethical/spiritual concerns and taking/encouraging 
practical action.  You might get some useful perspectives from Faith and the 
Common Good, http://www.faith-commongood.net/.

John
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From: "Mohamed Yunus Yasin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2008 4:21 AM
Subject: Re: Way too much bandwidth



Dear All,

I was invited by the Archbishop of Canterbury to an interfaith dialogue to 
talk a little about the environment and how fath based communities needf to 
work together on this issue.

Now, with the bicentennial celebration of darwin's theory of evolution next 
year, i am helping a small group of people organise something, this time 
between faith based communities and evolutionist... and so i wrote something 
for the event, sounds like this (may not be that good, but i just wrote what 
came to mind)

The universe is great in all its splendor and majesty,Made up of many 
galaxies, some say thousands, others say millions,All of them moving, to or 
away from each other,And in this vast expanse of what we call the 
Universe,There is a tiny spec of dirt we call Earth,The only known blue 
planet,Blue due to a thin layer of water,Water a miracle in nature.But there 
is a much superior miracle on this spec of dirt,Some of us know, others do 
not realize,Life,Life of all shapes and sizes,Some are big and heavy, 
others - small and light,Some are complex and intricate, others - simple and 
plain,Some are bare and colourless, others - vivid in their colors,Where do 
they come from? Evolution or Creation,Either way, they are the Miracles of 
Miracles,Miracles who walk, swim, fly, breath – they live,And it is up to us 
to keep them that way.

I agree with Mandy, let move on - but agree on one thing, we are all Scr***d 
if we continue to live this way!
peace
yunus



Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:17:40 +0100From: [log in to unmask]: 
Re: Way too much bandwidthTo: [log in to unmask]



Dear all
May I make a crazy suggestion that people email some things privately? If a 
potentially offensive email goes to the whole list, then it could be seen as 
an attack. Despite several calls for restraint and reason, there are some 
who seem incapable of considering how hard Aubrey has worked. Tom Barker's 
put this much better than I - thanks Tom!

Just for the record, I love the idea of C&C & mention it in my talks (on 
peak oil) but as I have said to Aubrey himself, he has more faith in 
humanity than I do - and some of the exchanges on this list are just backing 
my feelings up. It's not just this list - I've seen this in Scottish Greens 
and other environmentalists. Facing up to the 'truth' of the situation we 
are in is not easy for anyone with their eyes open. Yunnis also put this 
better than me!

But I had to respond as this is getting so childish. We're all scared and 
frustrated but taking it out on each other is never going to help. The 
future, if we have one, is cooperation, compassion and understanding - all 
things I find really difficult a lot of the time but I don't stop trying!

Hope dies last!

Mandy Meikle
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