Sikhs aim to plant million trees as 'gift to the planet'

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Sikhs aim to plant million trees as 'gift to the planet'
Global project will mark 550 years since birth of religion’s founder, Guru Nanak
Isabella Kaminski
Fri 5 Apr 2019 04.23 EDT
Last modified on Fri 5 Apr 2019 07.44 EDT



Sikhs around the world are taking part in a scheme to plant a million new trees as a “gift to the entire planet”.

The project aims to reverse environmental decline and help people reconnect with nature as part of celebrations marking 550 years since the birth of the founder of Sikhism, Guru Nanak.

Rajwant Singh, the president of the Washington DC-based environmental organisation EcoSikh, which is coordinating the Million Tree Project, said he wanted to mark the anniversary in a significant way.

“Guru Nanak was a nature lover. [He] had talked about nature as a manifestation of God and many of his writings talk about how we need to learn lessons of life from nature.”

One of Guru Nanak’s hymns, which many Sikhs recite as a daily prayer, includes the lyrical line: “Air is the teacher, water is the father, earth is the mother.”

Singh said he hoped the project would motivate Sikhs – especially the young – to improve their relationship with nature and would be seen more broadly as “a gift to the entire planet”.

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/apr/05/sikhs-sikhism-guru-nanak-550-anniversary-tree-planting?fbclid=IwAR3bzljAD5o-Ko1qNQHXZbd1q8Mov4q6n8JLx61N22DpHlV_SI1L6YVvbVY

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1. Nice!! nt

[octoberlib]

2. Sikhs are an awesome people!

[safeinOhio]

3. Sat Shri Akal

[ancianita]

4. I've admired every Sikh I've ever known, admittedly only a handful. But this reflects them. nt

[Gumboot]

5. Wonderful people!

This is something we could all be doing, regardless of faith.

[Master_Monstruwacan]

6. My father, who lives in KCMO

is a Sikh. This is just the kind of thing they are always involved in.

[Roy Rolling]

7. My favorite restaurant

A Sikh family runs a great Indian restaurant I go to. Generous and hard-working people. As a bonus, dislikes Trump and complains with me LOL.

[mainer]

8. It makes me want to know so much more about the Sikh religion

Every Sikh I've met (mostly through the medical profession) has been truly impressive.

[gtar100]

9. Meanwhile, fundamentalist Christians do all they can to support Israel...

to hasten Armageddon. Priorities, I guess.

My pessimism aside, what the Sikhs are doing is awesome. Imagine if planting trees by the millions was something every country and every religious group aspired to. Fill the Earth with trees! Shrubs too. We'll make our paths through the forests just to get to work.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

10. The best gift possible. Thank you, Sikhs!

We desperately need more trees!!