We honor the diverse traditions that heed our Creator's call to care for creation
"Do not corrupt or destroy my world; for if you do, there will be no one to repair it after you" (Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7:13, Judaism).
"Corruption has appeared on the land and in the sea because of what the hands of humans have wrought. This is in order that we have given them a taste of the consequences of their misdeeds that perhaps they will turn to the path of right guidance" (Quran 30:41, Islam).
"That which is inside a person, the same is outside; nothing else exists; By divine prompting look upon all existence as one and undifferentiated; The same light penetrates all existence" (Guru Granth Sahib, Sikh).
"Nature is God’s Will and is its expression in and through the contingent world" (Tablets of Baha’u’llah, Baha'i).
“The world grows smaller and smaller, more and more interdependent … Today more than ever before life must be characterised by a sense of Universal Responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life” (His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Buddhist).
"If there is but one tree of flowers and fruit within a village, that place is worthy of your respect." (Mahabharata, Hindu).
"You are that which you intend to hit, injure, insult, torment, persecute, torture, enslave or kill" (Mahavira, Jain).
“When he has cared for the creations, the care of the Bounteous Immortal is for him,
and he must teach this to all mankind in the material world” (Shayasht ne Shayast 15:6, Zoroastrian).
Quotes are cited from the Alliance for Religion and Conservation: http://www.arcworld.org/arc_and_the_faiths.asp
"Corruption has appeared on the land and in the sea because of what the hands of humans have wrought. This is in order that we have given them a taste of the consequences of their misdeeds that perhaps they will turn to the path of right guidance" (Quran 30:41, Islam).
"That which is inside a person, the same is outside; nothing else exists; By divine prompting look upon all existence as one and undifferentiated; The same light penetrates all existence" (Guru Granth Sahib, Sikh).
"Nature is God’s Will and is its expression in and through the contingent world" (Tablets of Baha’u’llah, Baha'i).
“The world grows smaller and smaller, more and more interdependent … Today more than ever before life must be characterised by a sense of Universal Responsibility, not only nation to nation and human to human, but also human to other forms of life” (His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, Buddhist).
"If there is but one tree of flowers and fruit within a village, that place is worthy of your respect." (Mahabharata, Hindu).
"You are that which you intend to hit, injure, insult, torment, persecute, torture, enslave or kill" (Mahavira, Jain).
“When he has cared for the creations, the care of the Bounteous Immortal is for him,
and he must teach this to all mankind in the material world” (Shayasht ne Shayast 15:6, Zoroastrian).
Quotes are cited from the Alliance for Religion and Conservation: http://www.arcworld.org/arc_and_the_faiths.asp
