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Faith groups as agents of social change

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→‎Faith communities and water
Water is central to many religions. In every major faith, there are creation stories that feature water as an essential element of the start of life on earth but also as a problematic one. Water issues are a large part of a broader holistic framework of a spiritual commitment to care for nature. This is not simply 'health and hygiene' but also a general understanding of careful use of resources and how things inter-relate.
Faiths guide and direct the way we think, behave, and live our lives. But the power of faith is not solely spiritual. Collectively, faith-related institutions own almost 8 percent of the total habitable land surface and constitute the world's third largest category of financial investors. Their determination to address climate change or to protect wildlife has enormous potential to influence the fate of natural spaces and species. (From WWF US Sacred Earth - [http://worldwildlife.org/initiatives/protect-sacred-placesUS Sacred Earth]).
The act of recognising the belief system and the religious behaviours around water within a community can have a massive impact on the success of water projects in religious communities. We need to engage those religious leaders that understand their community’s relationship with water and have the power to influence.
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