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Day 1 - Advent

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 29 Nov 2010
Professor John Wolffe asks: did you know Advent actually started 28th November so in theory we should have started eating chocolate then?

Sacred forests

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 03 Nov 2010
Martin Palmer is from the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC). He is joined by the Saving Species team to explore the role religion can...

Climate change: this time it

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Dec 2009
Children are the future so we have a responsibility to make it a better place, Shareen Iqbal puts forward her case from the Faith and...

Too little, too late?

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Dec 2009
Questioning whether there is still time to influence our changing climate, Reverend Jonathan Evens offers his insights from the London Faith and Climate Change Conference.

Getting back to basics

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Dec 2009
We shouldn’t worry about the future of the environment but trust in the present, Venerable Amaranatho of the Amaravati Buddhist Monastery shares his beliefs from...

Strengthening professional networks

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Introductory Level Duration 15 mins Updated 07 Dec 2009
Speaking from the Faith and Climate Change Conference held in London, Dr Mark Collins, shares his experience of how his foundation is working with civil...

Moving beyond a selfish world

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Dec 2009
Ways in which inter-faith communities can work together to better the environment, Sarah Naghi, Christian Muslim Youth Forum, describes her personal experience from the Faith...

Hope for a new world

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 07 Dec 2009
Speaking from the Faith and Climate Change Conference held in London, Rabbi Jeffrey Newman, Founder of Earth Charter UK, talks about how he makes connections...

Helping communities to rebuild

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Introductory Level Duration 10 mins Updated 30 Nov 2009
Working to promote a dialogue across cultures, Amjad Saleem, from The Cordoba Foundation, talks from the Faith and Climate Change Conference in London about how...

Respecting biodiversity

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Introductory Level Duration 5 mins Updated 30 Nov 2009
While attending the Faith and Climate Change Conference in London, Dr Atul Shah, CEO Diverse Ethics, takes time to explain how respecting human values and...

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Studying religion

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Studying religion Copyrighted imageCredit: Used with permission
Introductory Level Duration 20 hours Updated 26 May 2013
This unit will give you an opportunity to think about some of the key concepts and methods of the discipline of Religious Studies. You will...