Fwd: INVITATION: MFA SA Spiritual Leadership on Climate Change 20 Oct + Deep Ecology 19 Oct

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Cristel Chambers

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Oct 12, 2015, 7:17:10 PM10/12/15

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Hey SASEN & FEAG folks,

I hope you have all been well.
Please find below information on 2 events next week on faith & climate change that some of you may be interested in.

No matter what faith you hold, you are welcome at these events (ie: I'm not religious at all).
I will hopefully be at the Tuesday event.

There is also a stakeholder forum for the People's Jobs, Justice & Climate March to help with building the main event and making sure as many groups as possible are represented.
SASEN & FEAG are certainly 2 groups I reckon could contribute a lot.
It's on 6pm, October 28th @ the Joinery, 111 Franklin St. See the forum's facebook event here.

[The actual Job's, Justice, Climate March (PJJCM) is on November 29th. Please join, invite & share the PJJCM fb event!!!]

Cheers,
Cristel

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Please spread the word & invite your friends & family to 2 important events:

One at the Aldgate Village Well next Monday 19 October and one at the Hawke Centre UniSA on Tuesday 20th October

1. "Deep Ecology: Why Buddha Touched the Earth?" with John Seed - Monday 19 Oct

John Seed is coming to Adelaide to speak at Multifaith SA's event. He founded the Rainforest Information Centre, co-wrote 'Thinking Like a Mountain-Council of All Beings & worked for decades to protect the earth.

5.30 - 7.30pm on Monday 19th October

at the Village Well, 54 Strathalbyn Road, Aldgate

2. The Multifaith Association of South Australia warmly invites you to:

Humanity at the Crossroads: How Spiritual Leadership can Affect Climate Change

Inaction on climate change implies injustice on a vast scale and directly threatens core values of our faith, such as peace, justice, care and equality. This interactive free forum will leave you feeling empowered and motivated.

Tuesday October 20^th 6.30 - 8.30pm (finger food from 6.00pm, 6.20pm Welcome to Country/smoking ceremony)

Allan Scott Auditorium, Hawke Building,

UniSA City West, 55 North Terrace, Adelaide

Please Register online (free)

Keynote: Professor Lesley Hughes, Climate Council

Panel of Faith Leaders: Rev Dr Lynn Arnold (Anglican), Tom Price (Baha’i), John Seed (Buddhist), Jacqui Remond (Catholic), Imam Ensar Cutahija (Muslim)

While science has the technical solutions, spirituality and faith will give communities the will to act effectively. Tackling climate change is the greatest challenge and opportunity for humanity in the 21^st Century.

This is a forum with a difference. A multifaith and multidimensional approach to appeal for spiritual leadership on climate change. Five invited speakers from major faith communities and one senior climate scientist will share their views on the impacts climate change will have on us and how our faith and our communities are central to motivate us to bring about effective action on climate change.

The MultiFaith Association of South Australia has over the past contemplated the implications of climate change and faith. The letter titled Humanity at the Crossroads: An appeal to spiritual leadership on climate change and this forum are the culmination of this work by the Multifaith Association.

This forum is interactive with audience participation encouraged. All faith communities and spiritual leaders are invited to attend. Come with some ideas and questions, and be prepared to walk away feeling empowered and motivated. Register online for this free event

Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/edit?eid=18925380322

I've attached a flier for John's Deep Ecology event, and one also for the MFA SA Appeal for spiritual Leadership on Climate Change - Humanity at the Crossroads.

Come along to both events if you can - both are free and valuable contributions to our collective determination to tackle climate change for the benefit of all

Please spread the word!!!

In Peace - for the earth,

Philippa Rowland

0429 828412