Operation Noah reports from Copenhagen
Daily film videos from the UN climate summit starting on Copenhagen next week are part of a December plan of action to make sure that the voice of faith is heard at this "make or break" time in our history. These will be on the new ON website at: www.operationnoah.org.
Operation Noah, the ecumenical community which campaigns exclusively on climate change, is working with a US web-based organisation, Odyssey Networks, to bring you the voices of religious wisdom as monks, nuns, rabbis and holy men and women converge on the Danish capital.
"It's quite an ambition," said ON's Mark Dowd, who will be fronting many of the reports. "We're following everyone from the Archbishop of Canterbury, to youngsters from the Christian-Muslim forum, Benedictine and Franciscan nuns, Hindu gurus, Buddhist monks and American evangelicals." Using the full range of new media potential, there are plans for daily video diaries, blogs and film reports which will feature, for example, the huge religious gatherings on the weekend of December 12th and 13th.
"I am sure that much of Copenhagen will de dominated by the politicians and policymakers with endless talks of carbon trading, cap and trade and mitigation measures," said Mark Dowd. "That's all well and good, but we need to stand back and give the faith voice a platform. Creation is a gift and unless we include some sense of the sacred in our reflections, we are not going to get back on course to living in greater balance and harmony with the natural world."
Many of those travelling are making an unprecedented journey out of their home country for the first time in their lives.
A taster film is available from 2 December at: www.odysseynetworks.org and the daily reports will run from December 7 - 14 with an end of summit wrap-up on December 18.