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Earth Day 1970- Earth Day 2023
Earth Day will be celebrating its 53rd anniversary this year on Saturday 22 April 2023
Photo credit: Columbia University
It is estimated that Earth Day is marked by an estimated one billion people across more than 190 countries.
But what actually is Earth Day and why should we celebrate and honour it?
Harmony arises when we seek wisdom and beauty...when we live with an open heart...stillness and space with sacred world...in sacredness arises hope...in hope arises the desire and imagination to build a better world...by touching the earth, combining our inner spiritual path with the goal of creating an environmentally sustainable and socially just human presence on this planet.
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'Regardless of what traditions you follow, the spiritual significance of Easter is the enduring and joyous hope for humanity.'
The world needs hope; every person, everywhere, needs hope. HOPE gives us life. HOPE connects us. HOPE fuels us. HOPE moves us. HOPE keeps us. HOPE grounds us. HOPE protects us. HOPE anchors us.
At these times of profound global confusion and multiple crises, Easter offers a time of hope for us to reflect on the role of suffering and the possibility of coming together as a global community, taking action in the interest of the common good by becoming the architects of a new and better world
This Easter, let's think about the kind of world we’d like to create
The Easter lilies- The fragrant white flowers symbolising purity, hope, beauty, innocence, rebirth and renewal.-Photo:thehealthyhouseplant.com
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‘A reckoning with our past must shape our future.
‘This has profound contemporary relevance in terms of our international obligations; not just of specific instances of restorative justice, but in recognition that Britain’s prosperity is built off the backs of communities with far slimmer economic means. Our international aid programmes and refugee commitments are not a matter of benevolent charity to be dispensed with when politicians are feeling miserly: they are what we owe the rest of the world.’- Observer editorial, 2 April 2023
‘When colonial slavery was abolished in 1833 the British government paid £20 million to slave-owners as compensation for the loss of their "property". In today's terms that figure equates to around £16.5 billion. The enslaved received nothing.’
A print shows African captives being taken on board a slave ship. Photo: Print Collector/Getty/ The Guardian
'Slavery is a central and indisputable fact of the nation’s past. But our failure to remember what really happened is more than mere forgetfulness.'
‘Nearly two centuries after slavery was abolished, this country has still not fully acknowledged the shameful part it played. We must delay no longer.’
‘Today’s generation is not responsible for what happened two centuries ago – but it can be guilty of refusing to learn from it.’