AWAKENED ACTION; FACTS AND FAITH TOGETHER Dekila Chungyalpa

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The Third Pole

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World Belief Systems

• 85% people in the world follow a spiritual faith

• Faiths collectively own almost 8% of total habitable land surface

• Faiths set up, run or are otherwise involved in 50% of all schools worldwide

• They constitute the world’s 3rd largest category of financial investors

• The Catholic Church is the 3rd wealthiest property owner in the world. It owns over 27,000 institutions in the US alone

“Among the institutions of our society, only the communities of faith can still posit some reason for human existence other than the constant accumulation of stuff.”

-- Bill McKibben

Importance of Faith-led

Climate Action

2015: the World Council of Churches

stated publicly they wouldn’t invest in

fossil fuels.

2017: Islamic Society of North America

made commitment to divest within 3

years.

2018: Over 40 Catholic orgs including

Caritas divested from fossil fuels – they

self reported amount of 5 trillion

dollars.

2019: Church of England divested from

fossil fuels.

2019: Following Laudato Si, Catholic

Energies installed the largest solar array

in DC ever.

"When I was 11 I became ill. I fell into depression. I stopped talking and I stopped eating. In two months, I lost about 10 kilos of weight." -- Greta Thunberg

• HUMILITY

LOKA VISION: To Connect Inner,

Community, & Planetary

Resilience

Psychological Resilience: Emotional ability to withstand trauma, tragedy, threats or significant sources of stress.

Sociological Resilience: Human society’s ability to adapt to changing circumstances so that we can survive with our most valued collective norms, behavior and knowledge systems intact.

Ecological Resilience: The capacity of an ecosystem to respond to a disturbance by being able to resist damage and recover quickly.

The universe shivers with wonder in the depths of the human – Brian Swimme