______Socially Engaged Buddhism______
REDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH:
Economic and Environmental Justice from Indigenous and Faith Perspectives
A conference which draws on faith traditions to present alternatives in the context of the global economic crisis – presented by the Interfaith Summer Institute
March 5 to 7, 2010
Maritime Labour Centre
1880 Triumph St, Vancouver (Coast Salish Territory)
British Columbia, Canada
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$35 – $100 sliding scale; no one will be turned away for lack of funds
“Now, decades after the first arsenic alerts were sounded, Bangladeshi authorities and Unicef are finally testing the tube wells in order to gauge the extent of the contamination.
“Their task is a daunting one. It will take longer to test all of the tube wells than it took to dig them.”
The Interfaith Summer Institute has invited David Loy to speak at a conference it is hosting in Vancouver in March: 3/5/10 to 3/7/10. If he accepts, he may also do something with Vancouver BPF while he is in town. Meanwhile you can read a draft of his latest article, posted below. Read the rest of this entry »
“The pernicious idea that democracy lies in the choice between competing brands and the freedom to accumulate … wealth at the expense of others has collapsed. The conflation of freedom with the free market has been exposed as a sham.” [article]
Chris Hedges writes in Truthdig on Mondays. He used to be Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times.
– sign the petition
– volunteer to fast for a week
– attend the “passing of the spoon”
– pass the message along
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. . . a talk by Margot Young
Responses from Deborah Campbell and Sean Condon
Moderated by Am Johal
Tuesday, March 24 – 7:30-9:00 pm
1202 East Pender
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Vancouver BPF 