Pipal Tree / Dialogues en humanité Invites you to February Dialogues on “The spiritual, intellectual and social-transformational Challenges before us” to be held at Fireflies Ashram (Bangalore, India) between 15th-19th February 2012 about :
Sagesses et savoirs traditionels pour construire l'avenir 15-19 February 2012, Fireflies Inter-religious Ashram, Bangalore, India
Never before has human civilization been faced with a challenge of such enormous magnitude. Climate change is already beginning to have devastating effects on the lives of millions. In India, the Himalayan glaciers are predicted to melt in the next 30 years or so. The great rivers, the Ganges and the Brahmaputra, are predicted to either run dry or have little water.
There will be millions of farmers and landless labourers who will become climate change refugees. Much of Bangladesh will go under water in the few decades. Where will the over 100 million people go? Many parts of the world will be in a similar situation.
C'est avec grand plaisir que nous vous annonçons l'événement des Dialogues en humanité 2012. Les thèmes principaux porteront sur le climat, la justice et les futurs durables. Nous espérons continuer à progresser en nous basant sur l'expérience des Dialogues précédents.
Chauqe année qui passe nous alerte sur le fait que nous devons développer la conscience universelle concernant la crise climatique et que nous devons agir en ressentant l'urgence de la situation.
Ces Dialogues rassembleront des mouvements sociaux, des ONGs, des syndicats de fermiers et de populations indigènes, des leaders religieux et de politiciens. Environ 75 participants du monde entier, dont la moitié en provenance d'Inde nous rejoindront.
04:00 pm : The February Dialogues: Objectives and Orientations
Siddhartha (Founder, Pipal Tree & Fireflies Inter-religious Ashram, Bangalore)
Genevieve (Co-Founder, Dialogues en humanite, Lyon)
05:00 pm : Self-introductions and Sharing of Expectations
06:00 pm : Mandala Ceremony
06:30 pm : Awakening the Dreamer
Sister Gail Worcello (Co-Founder, Green Mountain Monastery, Vermont)
Chair: Orla Hazra
09:30 am : Challenges Before Food Sovereignty in the Context of Climate Change
Devinder Sharma (Food and Trade Policy Analyst and Journalist, New Delhi)
Chair: Siddhartha (Founder, Pipal Tree & Fireflies Inter-religious Ashram, Bangalore)
10:30 am : Panel on 'Climate Justice and Sustainable Futures'
Jeevan Kumar (Director, Centre for Gandhian Studies, Bangalore University)
Ashwani Vasishth (Director, Sustainability Studies, Ramapo College, New Jersey)
Genevieve Ancel (Dialogues en humanite, Lyon)
11:30 am : Tea break
12:00 noon : Panel on ‘Climate Justice and Sustainable Futures’ continues
12:30 pm : Alternative Energy: Experiments from a Biomass Project
Adarsh Bavikatte (Mechanical Engineering Student, Bangalore)
01:15 pm : Lunch
02:15 pm : Alternate Eco-friendly Design and Construction
Satya Prakash Varanasi (Architect and Columnist in ‘The Hindu’ on Urban Planning)
03:15 pm : Creative Responses to Climate Change: Rethinking Knowledge, Transforming
Societies and Realizing Bio-happiness
Ananta Kumar Giri (Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai)
Henryane de Chaponay (Founder, Centre for Latin American Studies - CEDAL, Paris)
Chair: Anjali Gera Roy (Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences,
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur)
04:30 pm : Tea break
05:30 pm : Understanding Eco-spiritual Art of Fireflies
Siddhartha (Founder, Fireflies Inter-religious Ashram, Bangalore)
07:00 pm : Documentary
09:30 am : Climate Justice: Insights from Faith Traditions
Jean-Claude Basset (President, Inter-religious Platform of Geneva)
Siddhartha (Founder, Pipal Tree & Fireflies Inter-religious Ashram, Bangalore)
Debora Nunes (Professor, University of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil)
Trish Glazebrook (Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion Studies,
University of North Texas, USA)
Chair: Radha Kunke
11:30 am : Tea break
12 noon : Culture and Climate Justice
John Clammer (Visiting Professor, United Nations University, Tokyo)
01:00 pm : Lunch
02:00 pm : Durban: Fiasco or Modest Hope?
Walter Mendoza (Member, Indian Network on Ethics and Climate Change)
03:00 pm : Towards a Poetics of Possibility: Critical Spirituality as a Resource for Framing
Sustainable Futures
Marcus Bussey (Lecturer, World History/Sustainable Futures, University of Sunshine
Coast’s Sustainability Research Centre)
04:00 pm : Tea break
07:00 pm : Dialogues en humanite; Brazil event
09:30 am : Challenges Before Food Sovereignty: Experiences from the Field
Julie-Vivek Cariappa (Organic Farmers, Savayava Krishikara Sangha, Mysore)
Bablu Ganguly (Dharani Farmers Cooperative / Timbaktu Collective, Andhra Pradesh)
11:00 am : Tea break
11:30 am : Vision for Sustainable Futures
Patrick Viveret (Philosopher and Political Thinker, Paris)
12:30 noon : (To be fixed)
01:30 pm : Lunch
02:30 pm : Panel: Moving towards Sustainable Futures
Ashwani Vasishth (Director, Sustainability Studies, Ramapo College, New Jersey)
Jeevan Kumar (Director, Centre for Gandhian Studies, Bangalore University)
Henryane de Chaponay (Founder, Centre for Latin American Studies - CEDAL, Paris)
M.P. Parameswaran (Former Director of KSSP - Kerala Science Forum)
Emerson Sales (Professor, University of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil)
Nicolas Krausz (Foundation for the Progress of Human Kind, Switzerland)
Chair: Genevieve Ancel (Co-founder, Dialogue en humanite, Lyon-France)
04:00 pm : Tea break
07:00 pm : Documentary
09:30 am : Reflections on the Declarations from the 2012 February Dialogues
12:00 noon : Music Festival begins (12 Noon to 10:00 pm)
Les réflexions des Dialogues de Février 2012 termineront le dimanche 19 février matin où une déclaration sera partagée avec tous les participants.
Cette dernière sera lue au public du Festival de Musique annuel qui aura lieu du 19 Février de midi à 22H00. (Les participants sont invités à rester jusqu'à la fin du festival car les meilleurs groupes joueront à partir de 19H)
Nous nous occupons du logis et du couvert pour les participants du 15 février au 20 février.
Comme nous ne pouvons loger qu'un nombre limité de participants, merci de nous informer bien à l'avance. Pour les nouveaux participants aux Dialogues en février, merci de nous adresser un petite note concernant votre implication dans les thèmes mentionnés ci-dessus.
It gives us great pleasure to announce the February Dialogues 2012 event. The focus will be on Climate Justice and Sustainable Futures. We are hoping to build on the experience of previous Dialogues.
Each year that goes by alerts us to the fact that we must spread awareness of the climate crisis and act with a sense of urgency.
These Dialogues will bring together social movements, NGOs, unions of farmers and indigenous peoples, religious leaders and policy makers. About 75 participants will come from all over the world, with half from India.
The reflections of the February Dialogues 2012 will end on Sunday, 19th February morning, where a declaration emerging from the Dialogues will be shared among the participants.
The same will be read out to the audience of the annual Fireflies Festival of Music which will be held on 19th February from 12 noon to 10:00 pm. (Participants are requested to remain till the end of the festival as the best groups will perform after 7:00 pm)
We will take care of board and lodge of participants from 15th February to 20th February.
As we can only accommodate a limited number of participants, please inform us well in advance. For new participants to the February Dialogues may we request you to send us a short note of your involvement in the issues mentioned above.