Prayers for the Earth

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2021-02-06

Country: South Africa
City: Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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This is a call to action for all people of faith. The great lesson of our time is that people of all faiths have common interests, such as our planet, that we must all pay attention to in order to survive. The pandemic is a great threat, but arguably, the climate emergency is an even greater one. Both challenges can only be overcome if we all work together. CTII has partnered with Southern African Faith Communities' Environment Institute (SAFCEI) to create this online event to celebrate the Earth which provides a home, nurturing, food, water and care for all of us no matter what faith we follow. Our food security, our very survival as a race is definitively contained in our ability to be Earthkeepers. We asked a very small group of  eco-conscious, grassroots faith leaders to participate with us, in a socially responsible way, always mindful of the pandemic,  as we helped plant a food forest for a township permaculture project run by five women. Ocean View Organic Farmers  is restoring land that was barren and unused: according to the Rastafarian representative who joined us for the planting and prayer ceremony, this action is helping to "call back our ancestors to the land."  The video of the ceremony held on Friday 29 January will be the centrepiece of our online Prayers for the Earth, when we invite people of all faiths, all over the world to pray with us for this one world that we all must share.