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URL:https://footstepsbcf.org.uk/events/tread-lightly-on-this-earth-2023/
SUMMARY:Tread Lightly on this Earth 2023
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to Footsteps' annual interfaith conference\, sh
 aring how faiths and their teachings provide hope\, inspiration\, and moti
 vation to act in the light of the climate and biodiversity crisis we are f
 acing.  We will also explore how Footsteps is incorporating faith teachin
 gs into our activities\, and share future plans.\n\nThis is an in-person e
 vent with an emphasis on table discussions between participants\, and a pa
 nel discussion with our speakers. Unfortunately we are not able to offer a
  remote option to join\, but will share a comprehensive illustrated report
  on our website after the event.\n\nThere is no need to register\, just le
 t us have your details when you arrive.\nProgramme:\n6.30 Doors Open for l
 ight refreshments.\n\n7.00 Speakers and discussion\, including:\n\n 	Islam
  and the Environment - Dr Zoheir Ali Esmail\, Al-Mahdi Institute\n\n 	Sikh
  and Hindu wisdom on the 'illusion of separation' from nature - Sonia Bham
 ra\, photographic artist.\n 	Incorporating 'care for the Earth' into Chris
 tian sermons - Rev John Nightingale.\n 	Table discussions and networking\n
  	Panel discussions and questions (Dr Zoheir\, Sonia Bhamra\, John Nightin
 gale)\n 	Faith in Action - Footsteps' plans and activities\n 	Closing read
 ing from the Buddhist tradition\n\n9.00 Close\nSustainable travel to Al-Ma
 hdi\n\n 	Bus: X21 (from priory Queensway in town) stops close to the insti
 tute on Weoley Park Rd.\n 	Cycle: follow the Bristol Rd cycle route\, turn
  off at Weoley Park Rd\, just south of Selly Oak high street.\n\nPhoto: Sa
 ve Our Forests\, by Sonia Bhamra\, from the series ‘The Illusion of Sepa
 ration’. Used by permission of the artist.\n\n'The greatest Illusion in 
 this world is the illusion of separation and is ultimately the cause of th
 e negative human impact we continue to have on our planet. In this series 
 I am researching ancient wisdom from Sikh and Hindu theology to address th
 ese contemporary issues\, such as the way we live\, consume and act. The G
 oddess Maya means illusion\, that which is temporary and is the one who bl
 inds everything in illusion\, but at the same time\, she’s the one who s
 hows the truth. She’s the source of all illusions\, stating that we view
  life through a series of distorting veils that prevent us from seeing "ac
 tual reality".' - Sonia Bhamra\n
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LOCATION:Al-Mahdi Institute\, 60 Weoley Park Rd\, Selly Oak\, Birmingham\, 
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