Environment

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Environment

‘Personally, as I have grown in faith, I have seen my concern and love for the environment grow, too’

’By Beatrice Ekoko Young Canadians are at the forefront of climate justice action. Here are three youths who derive inspiration for this challenging work from the teachings of their diverse faiths and spiritual practices. Moriyah Kleiman studies economics in Ottawa. She is a volunteer with the environmental advocacy group Hamilton

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Faiths4Climate Conversations: celebrating multifaith sustainability success stories in the GTA

Art by Shannon Loomer of ThinkLink Graphics  By Saba Khan, EnviroMuslims On Sunday, October 30, EnviroMuslims and Faith & the Common Good (FCG) hosted Faiths4Climate Conversations, an interfaith event celebrating the sustainability success stories of faith groups across the Greater Toronto Area. Inspired by the Greening Canadian Mosques program - a

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Alberta Muslim community plants first of 1000 trees outside Mosque

To protect their environment, members of the Fort McMurray Islamic Centre, Alberta, planted 100 trees last Saturday as the first phase of the mosque’s plan to plant 1000 trees outside the Muslim worshipping house. “One of the prophets said that even towards the end of life, before the Day

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Areej Riaz’s faith-inspired, climate action spans the Globe

By Beatrice Ekoko, Faith & the Common Good Areej Riaz is Operations Manager at Green Economy Canada. She is Director of Climate Programs at EnviroMuslims, lending support on the Greening Canadian Mosque program of EnviroMuslims and Faith & the Common Good, a program that has developed a toolkit towards sustainable practices, as

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Calgary Islamic Centre Starts Conservation Initiatives With New Environmental Committee

By Anosha Khan - Writer, Youth Journalism Initiative Nazish Qureshi, a community member who frequented the mosque, was inspired to start the environmental committee after other attendees started voicing their concerns and suggesting that more needs to be done at the centre to make it eco-friendly. She says the committee

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‘Greening Canadian Mosques’ project receives funding from Olive Tree Foundation

The Olive Tree Foundation has announced that a grant has been awarded to Faith & the Common Good [https://www.faithcommongood.org/] and EnviroMuslims [https://www.enviromuslims.ca/] for the project, Greening Canadian Mosques: Climate Conversations. The project is the next phase of the initial Greening Canadian Mosques (GCM) program, which

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Climate change widespread, rapid, and intensifying – IPCC

Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released today. Many of the changes observed in the climate are unprecedented in thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of years,

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Green Khutbah Campaign Announced for April 16

The Green Khutbah Campaign is set to take place on Friday, April 16th, 2021 (Inshaa’ Allah). The Green Khutbah Campaign has been going strong for eight years (alhamdulillah!) and aims to mobilize Muslims to become better and more responsible stewards of the environment. Stay tuned for more information about this

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For the Love of Creation releases plans for local discussion groups and nation-wide online forum

Canadian churches and faith-based organizations under For the Love of Creation [http://www.fortheloveofcreation.ca/] have launched two programs to increase dialogue on climate change as part of its faith-based campaign to help Canada transition to net zero by 2050. “This invitation to deeper conversations is so important because we

EnviroMuslims

‘Greening Canadian Mosques’ Project Receives Grant from Olive Tree Foundation

The Olive Tree Foundation has announced that a grant has been awarded to Faith & the Common Good and EnviroMuslims for the project, “Greening Canadian Mosques.” The Greening Canadian Mosques program aims to empower Canadian mosque management teams to understand environmental issues and potential cost savings in their facilities. It will

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My Green Ramadan Journal

The first of its kind Green Ramadan Journa [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56870a332399a3a3e5f9eecb/t/5e9e3b027e14440accf10545/1587428132420/Green+Ramadan+Journal+-+small.pdf] l is the only planner and journal you’ll need this Ramadan. Jam packed with tips, quotes, challenges, facts and more, this journal is sure to inspire

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Let’s seize this opportunity to ‘flatten the curve’ of air pollution

By Dr. Hind Al-Abadleh While major news outlets track the number of illnesses — and deaths — caused by COVID-19, I have been looking for articles that report data on the concentration ofpollutants [https://www.compoundchem.com/2015/05/05/atmospheric-pollutants/] used as indicators for air quality. And in conversations with friends

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Save the date for Green Khutbah 2020!

Assalaamu ‘alaikum, We are popping into your inbox to let you know that the Green Khutbah Campaign [http://www.khaleafa.com/green-khutbah-campaign/] will be back this year. Please saveFriday, April 17, 2020for the next Green Khutbah day inshaAllah. The Green Khutbah Campaign has been going strong for seven years (alhamdulillah!

Elder Dave Courchene

Traditional Indigenous Knowledge on Climate Change

ByElder Dr. Dave Courchene (Nii Gaani Aki Inini – Leading Earth Man) Ki Ta Ski Naw Conference,University of Winnipeg, Canada, November 9, 2019 We are in a time, when the issue of climate change has become so politicized. So much effort has been put into creating greater awareness of the

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Islamic Council issues statement on Fossil Fuel Divestment

(ADOPTED BY MEMBERS OF THE FIQH COUNCIL OF NORTH OF AMERICA* DURING THE ANNUAL GATHERING OF THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA IN HOUSTON, TEXAS USA AUGUST 30-SEPETEMBER 1, 2019) We recognize and re-affirm the scholarly work regarding the issues of Islam and the Environment which are found in existing

Canadian Muslims

Muslims to celebrate Earth Day with Green Khutbah Campaign

Muslims across the world will commemorate Earth Day on Friday, April 19, 2019 with the Green Khutbah Campaign as religious leaders deliver a sermon to raise awareness on the environmental challenges facing humanity. “We are encouraging mosques, schools, universities and Islamic Institutions to devote their Friday Khutbah to celebrate the

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'Warning to Humanity' from 15,000 scientists

Twenty-five years ago, the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1700 independent scientists, including the majority of living Nobel laureates in the sciences, penned the 1992 “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity”. These concerned professionals called on humankind to curtail environmental destruction and cautioned that “a great change in our

Canadian Muslims

Beyond crisis: a film on social justice and hope for the climate

By Dr. Hind Al-Abadleh “Nature has a way to go on whether we’re part of it of not” – Film director Kai Reimer-Watts What a powerful line at the beginning of a film launch that marked the third year of the People’s Climate March on September 21, 2017 in

Canadian Muslims

Inaugural Great Lakes Water Walk Takes Place along Toronto Waterfront Trail, Sunday, September 24, 2017

The source of all life on Earth – water – is sacred to Canada’s First Nations Peoples. That special relationship is the inspiration behind this year’s first annual Great Lakes Water Walk on Sunday, Sept. 24 from 6:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Toronto’s Waterfront

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Tarbiyah Elementary experiences the joys of green space!

By Chantelle Misheal What happens when you introduce gardens and plants to your students? Well, they get awfully interested in learning more! We’ve had such an amazing time working with the students of Tarbiyah Elementary School in Milton, ON and a large part of that is due to the

Canadian Muslims

GTA Mosques aim for a waste-free Ramadan

Toronto Muslims are looking to reduce waste this Ramadan by replacing disposable water bottles with reusable ones in the mosques. “I couldn’t help but notice that Mosques become trashed with disposable plastic waste – particularly during Ramadan,” Tariq Syed, a founder of the #WasteFreeRamadan [https://www.launchgood.com/project/wastefreeramadan#

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Islamic Society of North America becomes world's first Muslim institution to divest

The global divestment movement received a boost today with the announcement the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) plans to become the world’s first Muslim institution to divest from fossil fuels. ISNA has promised to divest all its investments from fossil fuels and said it will be encouraging its

Canadian Muslims

Toronto Imams mark Earth Day with ‘Green’ Khutba

Imams in Toronto joined the worldwide Green Khutba Campaign on Earth Day and delivered sermons to raise awareness on the environmental challenges facing humanity. “Islam appreciates and celebrates the earth and the environment to the extent that some Qur’anic surahs are named after some creations such the cow, the

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Faith leaders urge action on climate justice

On 18 April 2016, four days before the signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on climate change adopted by UN negotiators on 12 December, a Statement from 250 religious leaders supporting this pact and urging much more ambitious action is being handed to UN General Assembly President, Ambassador Mogens Lykketoft.

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Muslims to celebrate Earth Day with Green Khutbah Campaign

Muslims will commemorate Earth Day on Friday, April 22nd, 2016 with the Green Khutbah Campaign as religious leaders deliver a sermon to raise awareness on the environmental challenges facing humanity. “We are encouraging mosques, schools, universities and Islamic Institutions to devote their Friday Khutbah to celebrate the blessings, graces and