Salish Sea Bioregional Gathering

http://interspiritualcentresociety.com/bioregionalgathering/

“Interspiritual Contributions to Social And Ecological Sustainability”
You Are Invited!

When:
From dinner on Friday evening, October 20th, until after lunch on Sunday, October 22nd, 2017.

Where:
On the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples, at the University of British Columbia in beautiful Vancouver BC.

Who:
We’re excited to bring spiritually-and-environmentally interested peacebuilders together with interfaith delegates from the United Religions Initiative (URI), all of whom are active in the bioregion. We hope this meeting will strengthen ecological leadership and interspiritual connection from Campbell River at the north end of Vancouver Island to Seattle and surrounding areas in the south.

Why:
The Salish Sea Bioregional Gathering will focus on turning the negative climate change narrative into a story of public hope and commitment. The task of the meeting will be to re-imagine how to live here in this bioregion in a carbon-constrained future, and in harmonious and just relationships with other peoples, other species, and the life-support processes of Earth. We’ll root climate solutions in our common humanity and our intrinsic connection with the natural world. And we’ll start to colour-in a practical picture of the benefits that lie in store when we’ve retooled our communities to support authentic partnerships with the peoples and natural ecosystems of this place.

Hosts and Sponsors:
The Salish Sea Bioregional Gathering will be jointly hosted by URI North America and the InterSpiritual Centre of Vancouver Society, a URI Cooperation Circle based in Vancouver. A growing list of co-sponsors including the Multifaith Action Society, Vancouver School of Theology, the Vancouver Unitarians, and two local Cooperation Circles in the metro area (Clergy for Global Harmony and the Surrey Interfaith Council) will assist with practical and logistical support.