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FAITH & CLIMATE CHANGE
A workshop organised within a London International Forum on Climate Change.
Date: Sun 15th June 2008
Time: 11.30am - 1pm*
Venue: Room S 2*,
South Camden Community School, Charrington Street, London, NW1 1RG (Nearest Tubes: Warren Street, Kings Cross or Euston) ; Streetmap: Click here
Speakers:
Vivienne Cato (The Noah Project)
Mark
Dowd (Christian Ecology Link/Operation Noah)
Joyce Edmond-Smith (Network of Engaged Buddhists)
Muzammal Hussain (London Islamic Network for the Environment)
How do different faiths perceive climate change? What contribution is being made by faith groups in meeting the challenge that climate change presents? The speakers will offer their perspective from their own faith background, after which the workshop will open up to a participative discussion.
Speaker Bios:
Mark Dowd was raised a Roman Catholic, and read politics at Exeter University. Mark went on to read International Relations at St Antony's Oxford, and from there entered into journalism with The Times newspaper. Since 1987, he has worked in TV with Weekend World , Newsnight and Panorama . In 2001 he went freelance, specialising in presenting programmes on religion. Amongst his documentary output are Abused and Catholic (2003), the award-winning Children of Abraham (2004), Hallowed Be Thy Game , (Jan 2005), and Tsunami: Where was God? which won the Radio Times best religious documentary of the year award in 2006. Following this, Mark won the national award for Religious Broadcaster of the Year from the Churches' Media Council. Mark's last documentary was God Is Green which aired in 2007. Since then, he has taken up a full time post with Operation Noah, a faith based organisation which campaigns full time on climate change.
Joyce Edmond-Smith has been a member of the Network of Engaged Buddhists, of which she is the Chair, for 15 years. She has a degree in Sociology and an MA in Multi Racial Studies. She was a Labour Councillor for 20 years on Brighton & Hove Council, where she was responsible for many improvements in her ward. She was also the first Chair of the Women's Committee; Joint Deputy Leader; Chair of the Environment Committee, and Convenor of the Council's Sustainability Commission, where she successfully put sustainability and climate change at the forefront of the Council's agenda. Joyce left the Council and the Labour Party last year. She has campaigned for many years on environment and sustainability, especially on climate change. She also works with several local groups and is presently member of the Brighton & Hove Transition group, as well as the Brighton & Hove Food Partnership, and is a member of the Committee of the Brighton & Hove United Nations Association.
Muzammal Hussain has been involved with social change and environmental campaigning for many years. Whilst building strong links with the wider environmental movement, he was amongst the first to mobilise the UK Muslim community on climate change and GM foods. In 2004, he established the London Islamic Network for the Environment (LINE), and more recently gained an MA in Environment, Development and Policy from Sussex University, writing his final dissertation on Islam and climate change. In the past he has also been a volunteer for the World Development Movement in Brighton. Muzammal is also a medical doctor and has worked in the field of mind-body healing.
Vivienne Cato : Awaiting Bio
This is one of a number of workshops at the weekend forum. Donations are welcome on entry to the forum. (Recommended donation of £5 for 1 day, £8 for 2 days. Please contact the conference organisers if you have difficulty paying this.)
To register in advance for the forum see http://www.campaigncc.org/forum.shtml . Registration guarantees access to the Forum and preferential entry to oversubscribed seminars & workshops but is not essential.
*Please also visit http://www.campaigncc.org/forum.shtml for up-to-date information.
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