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Eco-religious Studies

Eco-religious studies, also known as the study of religion, nature and culture, or ‘religion and ecology’, examines the role of religious and spiritual texts, traditions, worldviews, ethics, practices and movements in shaping human perceptions of, and interactions with, non-human others and our shared environs. This chapter gives an overview of the formation and development of this multidisciplinary and cross-cultural field from the early 1990s, in conjunction with the rise of faith-based environmental activism.

Weaving Lost Traditions: A Comparative Transdisciplinary Reconstruction of a Welsh Cleft Hazel Basket

This study explored the reconstruction of traditional Welsh cleft hazel basketry through a transdisciplinary methodology that combines descriptive and thematic analysis with ethnographic methods. It aimed to document the reconstruction process in detail and compare the outcomes of a volunteer-led initiative with the practices of traditional makers.

Fifth Element discussion Paper Series: Dancing with paradigms... could systemic wisdom emerge?

The first publication of The Fifth Element’s discussion paper series: An integrative approach towards Earth-Humanity reconciliation. “Dancing with paradigms, could systemic wisdom emerge?” In the first of this discussion paper series, Carlos Alvarez Pereira, Secretary General of the Club of Rome, Nolita Thina Mvunelo, Principal of Cultural Transformations at the Club of Rome and Raad Sharar, Programme Lead of Cultural Transformations at the Club of Rome, take us through how systemic transitions can happen.

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