TED’s Countdown Summit, the invite-only gathering in Detroit, Michigan, on July 11-14th, welcomed the world’s top leaders in technology, science, business, government, philanthropy, and faith to explore solutions to the growing problem of climate change. As part of their mission, the TED events gather “people from every discipline and culture who seek a deeper understanding of the world and connection with others, and we invite everyone to engage with ideas and activate them in your community.”
In light of this commitment, TED invited 15 religious leaders from multiple traditions to bring their unique perspectives to the problem and solutions for climate change. Among them was Krishna devotee Gopal Patel (Gopal Lila Das). Patel, who has worked for over a decade to educate and mobilize Hindu communities globally for environmental action, now advises several interfaith and environmental initiatives. He is a Senior Advisor to the Center for Earth Ethics in NYC, the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration advisory board, and currently co-chairs the United Nations Multi-faith Advisory Council. This UN council represents the first time in the UN’s 78-year history that it had created a religious advisory council of the world’s faiths. It is comprised of forty faith-based organizations that actively work and engage with the UN through the Interagency Task Force on Religion and Development.
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/ted-welcomes-faith-leaders-to-climate-change-summit/
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