The planet is crying out for urgent, decisive action to halt climate breakdown, biodiversity collapse, and unsustainable development. The world’s major faith traditions can play a crucial role in helping to ensure a safe and sustainable planet for all.
Inspiring movement and positive change is key to assuring that the world passed onto future generations will be one that, not just survives, but thrives. The faiths are often described as ocean liners: they take a while to turn and shift, but once they do, the carrying capacity for change is incredibly large. It is this capacity that the Faith Plans programme harnesses to bring about universal and transformative change.
The Faith Plans, a programme organised by FaithInvest, are commitments by the world’s major faiths to develop real-world, long-term environmental action plans on key issues including climate change, the biodiversity crisis and sustainable development. They involve faiths aligning how they use and manage their assets and resources with caring for people and planet – from investments, buildings, education systems, youth centres, to land, purchasing power, influence, advocacy, and wisdom.
The Faith Plans provide a timely opportunity for communities and organisations across the world to use the richness of their faith as a catalyst for transformation. Today, commitments have been made from a wide range of traditions including Baha’i, Buddhist, Christian, Daoist, Hindu, Islamic, Jewish, and Sikh faiths. From individual grass-roots communities to national level organisations, faith communities are driving action that will collectively inspire and motivate others to do the same.
Would you like to join this growing Movement at this crucial time in the planet’s history? Visit www.faithplans.org where you can register your interest and commitment in the programme, read exciting and inspiring stories, and discover past and upcoming events.
The importance of faith in environmental action was a key focus during events co-hosted by FaithInvest and other communities at COP26 in Glasgow, Nov 2021.