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The Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values is a guiding force in the quest for a better tomorrow. The Institute is inspired by the universal principles of tikkun olam, the mandate to repair a world that is broken, making it a better place for those in need, for ourselves and our future.

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  • Protect the Earth
  • Work towards social and economic justice
  • Build Peace and foster Reconciliation
  • Promote interfaith and intergenerational dialogue
  • Improve the lives of children worldwide

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Soetendorp Institute launches the Earth Charter Guide to Religion and Climate Change
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Jacob Soetendorp Institute for Human Values gladly presents the second, revised edition of the Earth Charter Guide to Religion and Climate Change that has been produced by Earth Charter Program Coordinator Michael Slaby in a two-year process of research and consultation with scientists and experts in the Earth Charter Initative and the larger interfaith community. 

The Guide presents some core facts about climate change and its interrelated social, environmental, political, economic and ethical challenges; provides an overview of good practice examples of religious engagement on global warming, and suggests a methodology for integrated ethical reflection on climate change.

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Soetendorp Institute supports the Jewish Climate Pledge

The Jewish Climate Campaign has been launched as a way of formulating a Jewish response to climate change. Climate change challenges us to live better and walk more responsibly on the earth. How can we use the wisdom of Jewish teaching and the collective passion and ingenuity of the Jewish people to inspire a vision for the future?

Learn more about the Campaign at http://www.jewishclimatecampaign.org and sign the Jewish Climate Pledge to help realize the goal that by September 2015, six years from now (at the end of the next sabbatical year in the Jewish calendar), Jewish communities worldwide will have integrated sustainability into the fabric of all that they do.  

 

Peres Center launches "600 Goals, One Peace" - Campaign

The Peres Center for Peace has launched the "600 Goals, One Peace" Campaign that brings Palestinian and Israeli children together in a safe, healthy, and fun environment. This is your chance to ensure the continuation of the longest running coexistence youth sport project in the Middle East.

Launched in 2002, the Twinned Peace Sport Schools program annually engages 1,500-2,000 600_goals_-_one_peace
children aged 6-14 from twinned communities in Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

In each locality, the Peres Center and Al Quds Association for Democracy and Dialogue establishes
 a football or basketball school, provides the children with weekly sports training, peace education activities and inter-language learning. The children meet with their twinned school for monthly joint Palestinian-Israeli activities and other special events.
 
600 Palestinian & Israeli children urgently need YOUR help in order to participate in the program this coming school year. Click here to view the campaign and make a difference to the future generation of leaders in the Middle East.


 

Support the Flood Victims in Pakistan

pakistan_flood"The situation is one of the most difficult we have ever faced," said Mengesha Kebede, UNHCR representative in Pakistan. "We are smack in the middle of a catastrophe, people in need are everywhere, some routes are blocked, and even when we deliver tents some people may lack dry land where they can be erected."

Harsh rains and torrential floods have affected at least 12 million people in Pakistan, including many children. Urgent help is needed. Please help UNHCR immediately provide flood victims with shelter and other emergency supplies, click here to donate now and help restore the lives of those displaced in the Pakistan floods.

 

Soetendorp Institute launches the Feather Project

At the Earth Charter + 10 Conference in the Peace Palace in The Hauge on June 29, the Soetendorp Institute launched the Feather Project, which is a collaborative effort to build intergenerational dialogue and collaboration between elders and youth, and to draw upon the wisdom of the world’s spiritual traditions to address the major global challenges humanity is facing.


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Agenda
31 October 2010 Rabbi Soetendorp and Michael Slaby will co-facilitate a workshop focused on the Earth Charter Task Force on Religion, Spirituality, and Ethics in Ahmedabad, India
   
1 - 3 November, 2010 Rabbi Soetendorp and Michael Slaby will take part in the Earth Charter + 10 Conference in Ahmedabad, India
   
11 November 2010 The Day of Respect will be celebrated in over 3.000 schools in the Netherlands
   
11 November 2010 Charter for Compassion celebration to be held in Amsterdam