Dalai Lama stresses role of education on environmental issues
Lloyd Helferty
Dalai Lama stresses role of education on
environmental issues
2018/11/03
The Dalai Lama emphasized the role of education in addressing global environmental issues during a talk Saturday with Nobel laureate Lee Yuan-tseh (李遠哲), and he asked scientists to take more responsibility to communicate with the public.
In discussing with Lee
the challenges and opportunities for a sustainable planet ... the Tibetan leader said he hoped scientists could reach out
to the public on environmental issues instead
of focusing solely on research.
Though science has provided hard data
documenting changes to the environment, people will still be
resistant to changing their behavior unless they are made
fully aware of the situation around them through education, the Dalai Lama said.
It is therefore important for scientists to
have a voice and bring that
knowledge into the education system...
...
"People must go back to nature,
back to sunshine," he said, encouraging people to lead a
less materialistic lifestyle.
...The Dalai Lama replied that those
who are capable should "try to promote poor people's
living standards, their economic conditions, and teach
them more practices of contentment."
Regards,
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Dalai
Lama stresses role of education on
environmental issues
Global
warming has also resulted in more extreme
weather across the globe, according to Lee,
citing Typhoon Morakot that struck Taiwan
in 2009.
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