{"id":1672,"date":"2018-02-01T21:10:04","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T21:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/?page_id=1672"},"modified":"2020-01-06T11:21:31","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T00:21:31","slug":"ecology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/ecology\/","title":{"rendered":"Hindu Ecology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Hindu Ecology <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Earth, in which the seas, the rivers and many waters lie,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>From which arise foods and fields of grain,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Abode to all that breathes and moves,<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>May She confer on us Her finest yield.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bhumi Suktam, Atharva Veda xii.1.3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our beloved Earth, so touchingly looked upon as the Universal Mother, has nurtured mankind through millions of years of growth and evolution.<\/p>\n<p>The Hindu tradition understands that man is not separate from nature, that we are linked by spiritual, psychological and physical bonds with the elements around us. Knowing that the Divine is present everywhere and in all things, Hindus strive to do no harm. We hold a deep reverence for life and an awareness that the great forces of nature-the earth, the water, the fire, the air and space-as well as all the various orders of life, including plants and trees, forests and animals, are bound to each other within life\u2019s cosmic web.<br \/>\n<strong>Ecology<\/strong> is the study of the relationship of living <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Organism\">organisms<\/a> with each other and their surroundings in nature. Nature maintains an ecological balance amongst all these ecological systems and human beings are part of that whole ecosystem. By over exploiting the nature\u2019s abundant resources human beings have created an imbalance resulting in the current situation of climate change whereby nature is not able to generate the resources at the rate they are being consumed.&nbsp; This imbalance has created various problems of environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity, soil erosion, water and food shortage etc.&nbsp;&#8211; (Statement from the \u201cHindu Declaration on Climate Change\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;at 2009 Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CommonBelief.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2176 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CommonBelief-217x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CommonBelief-217x300.jpg 217w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CommonBelief-150x208.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CommonBelief.jpg 331w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/a>Realising this as a moral and ethical issue, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climateinstitute.org.au\/\">The Climate Institute (Australia) Ltd<\/a> in 2006 invited various religious organisations in Australia to submit their views according to their faith on the problem of climate change facing the world community. <strong>Hindu Council of Australia<\/strong> (HCA) made its submission on Hinduism\u2019s view on climate change. The Climate Institute published that document entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net\/arrcc\/pages\/61\/attachments\/original\/1443343972\/Common_Belief.pdf?1443343972\">\u201cCommon Belief \u2013 Australia\u2019s Faith Communities on Climate Change\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This marked the beginning of the involvement of HCA in the Climate Change movement. Its representatives have attended various interfaith Conferences and forums on the subject and have made their contributions.<\/p>\n<p>On 2<sup>nd<\/sup> October 2008 (Mahatma Gandhi\u2019s Birthday) HCA with the support of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrcc.org.au\/\">ARRCC (Australian Religious Response to Climate Change) Inc<\/a> launched a campaign for observing <strong>\u201cMeat-Free Day\u201d<\/strong> to tackle the problems relating to climate change, global warming, cruelty to animals and human health. Since then HCA is actively involved in addressing the climate change problem in association with a number of multi-faith organisations:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrcc.org.au\/\">Association with ARRCC<\/a><\/strong><strong> \u2013 <\/strong>ARRCC is a multi-faith organisation committed to addressing climate change issues. HCA took its \u201c<strong>Meat Free Day<\/strong>\u201d campaign to ARRCC in order to extend its reach to people of different faiths who are in majority meat-eaters and named it:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrcc.org.au\/eat-less-meat\">\u201cEat Less Meat\u201d<\/a> <\/strong>campaign. The main aim being to reduce meat consumption which is one of the main reasons for climate change.<\/p>\n<p>We were the first in Australia to launch this campaign, since then a number of similar organisations have joined in, namely: Meat Free Mondays, Meatless Mondays, Meat Free Week, Meat Free Fridays, No Meat May, Less Meat = Less Heat.&nbsp; We have participated with these organisations to further the cause of reducing meat consumption.<\/p>\n<p>There are other organisations which address this issue from different angle of cruelty-free treatment of animals. These are: Voiceless, Animal Australia and RSPCA. We have associated with some of these organisations as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.voiceless.org.au\/\">Voiceless<\/a> \u2013 <\/strong>an animal protection charity, whose work is focused on raising awareness of animals suffering in factory farming and the kangaroo industry in Australia. Retired Justice of the High Court, the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby is the Patron of <strong>Voiceless<\/strong>. HCA Director, Vijai Singhal participated with him as a member of the panel on ABC\u2019s Radio National program: \u201cSunday nights with John Cleary\u201d on the topic of <strong>\u201cEthics of Abstinence\u201d<\/strong> on 21 Sept. 2011.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hindu Council<\/strong> organised a <strong>multi-faith Eco-Forum<\/strong> in 2011:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/MutliFaithEcoForum.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2166\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/MutliFaithEcoForum-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/MutliFaithEcoForum-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/MutliFaithEcoForum-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/MutliFaithEcoForum-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/MutliFaithEcoForum.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2181 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate2-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate2-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate2.jpg 444w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2182\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate3.jpg 256w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate3-150x86.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hindu Council<\/strong> helped prepare and launch the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrcc.org.au\/climate-action-kits\">Hindu Climate Action Kit <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2183\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate4-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate4-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate4-150x205.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate4.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Hindu Council<\/strong> has also been involved in <strong>ARRCC\u2019s Advocacy<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>work with the federal politicians in Canberra&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2184\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate5-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate5-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate5-160x120.jpg 160w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate5.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithecology.net.au\/\">Association with Faith Ecology Network (FEN)<\/a> <\/strong><strong>\u2013 <\/strong>FEN is an interfaith network of people connecting faith with ecological awareness and care. HCA has participated with FEN since 2008 as an active member of its Working Group, participating in its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.faithecology.net.au\/videos\">annual seminars<\/a>, prayer vigils and other promotional activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"foodfaith.com.au\">Association with FoodFaith<\/a> <\/strong><strong>&#8211; <\/strong><strong>FoodFaith aims to build bridges across different faith, cultural and community groups through our shared learnings and practices of food and sustainability. <\/strong>Hindu Council has been associated right from the launch of the <strong>FoodFaith<\/strong> initiative in March, 2015.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2185\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate6-300x133.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"191\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate6-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate6-150x67.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate6-768x341.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Climate6.jpg 890w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>HCA\u2019s Shri Sai Paravastu and family has been involved in setting up the Community Garden in Lane Cove.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FaithGardenCompressed.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2165\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FaithGardenCompressed-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FaithGardenCompressed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FaithGardenCompressed-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FaithGardenCompressed.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Useful links on Hinduism and Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/pdf_downloads\/hindu-climate-change-declaration.pdf\">Hindu Declaration on Climate Change at the World Parliament of Religions in 2009 &#8211; (Statement from the \u201cHindu Declaration on Climate Change\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;at 2009 Parliament of World Religions in Melbourne).<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcworld.org\/faiths.asp?pageID=5\">What Hinduism teach us about ecology?<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrcc.org.au\/hindu_scriptures_and_stories\">Hindu Scriptures and Stories <\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arrcc.org.au\/reflect-prayers-hindu\">Hindu Prayers on Ecology<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.asiantribune.com\/index.php?q=node\/6083\">Hindu contributions to environmental protection<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/fore.yale.edu\/religion\/hinduism\/\">Hinduism, Jainism and Ecology<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<div id=\"featured-post-23\" class=\"widget featured-content featuredpost amr_widget\"><div class=\"widget-wrap\"><h4 class=\"widget-title widgettitle\">Ecology &#8211; Recent Activities<\/h4>\n<div class=\"post-28759 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-hindu-council-chapters category-community-engagement category-environment entry has-post-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/right-action-for-safe-environment-hindu-perspective\/\" class=\"alignnone\" aria-hidden=\"true\" tabindex=\"-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ARRCC-150x150.png\" class=\"entry-image attachment-post\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ARRCC-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ARRCC-499x502.png 499w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ARRCC-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/ARRCC-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/right-action-for-safe-environment-hindu-perspective\/\">Right action for safe environment &#8211; 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