Some 85 people participated in the event that started in the headquarters of the VNO-NCW, the Dutch employers' organization, and was continued in the Liberal Jewish Synagogue. The main focus of the event that connected these seemingly separate worlds was to facilitate a dialogue between international leaders from the fields of religion, youth organizations, civil society and business.
Inspirational Statements on Water
As a contribution to the Wings for Water Multistakeholder Dialogue and the International Celebration of World Water Day, the Soetendorp Institute is collecting inspirational statements on water from various religious and spiritual traditions. Please find these statements and words of inspiration here.
Feather Ceremony Report Released
The winter edition of SGI Quarterly features a report of the intergenerational feather ceremony that the Soetendorp Institute organized at the Rio + 20 Peoples Summit. Cooperating partner for this very emotional event was the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.
SGI Quarterly is published in an edition of 35.000 copies by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International that has over 12 Million members in 182 countries.
Please read the report here.
SGI Quarterly is published in an edition of 35.000 copies by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International that has over 12 Million members in 182 countries.
Please read the report here.
The Soetendorp Institute
The Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values provides the base of support from which and through which the award-winning peace-builder Rabbi Awraham Soetendorp works and is active as a public voice, World Connector, Earth Charter Commissioner and change agent in the Netherlands and internationally.
The Soetendorp Institute serves as a guiding force in the quest for a better future and is guided by the imperative of tikkun olam, repairing a world that is broken for those in need, for ourselves and our future.
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The Soetendorp Institute serves as a guiding force in the quest for a better future and is guided by the imperative of tikkun olam, repairing a world that is broken for those in need, for ourselves and our future.
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Impressions from the „Living Water - Towards a Water-secure World" Side-Event organized by the Soetendorp Institute
"It is a true miracle that we are able to assemble at this critical juncture to help forge a global partnership for living water for all." With these words did Rabbi Soetendorp open the "Living Water - Towards a Water-secure World"-Conference that the Soetendorp Institute organized together with Inner Sense and Earth Charter Netherlands on March 20 as a preparation to the Wings for Water Multi Stakeholder Dialogue and the official celebrations of World Water Day 2013 that took place on the two succeeding days.
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Some 85 people participated in the event that started in the headquarters of the VNO-NCW, the Dutch employers' organization, and was continued in the Liberal Jewish Synagogue. The main focus of the event that connected these seemingly separate worlds was to facilitate a dialogue between international leaders from the fields of religion, youth organizations, civil society and business. |
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