Tooting Earth Talk Walk

Inspired by the example of recent interfaith walks in the locality, a group of Tooting residents working with Transition Town Tooting, are planning a similar interfaith walk on 31st January '09. Taking in a number of places of worship in Tooting, in addition to secular venues, the focus of this new walk will be a dialogue between each different faith and community group's view of its responsibilities towards the earth and its conservation. The walk will address concerns about climate change, oil prices and potential scarcity of the earth's resources in order to build up a common set of beliefs and values in this exceptional part of multi-faith London. Transition Town Tooting plans to collect pieces of scripture, poem or prose, in their original language and in translation, which speak of this matter in order to produce a handout to be given out around Tooting on the day. Tara Arts Centre's youth theatre group, Arts Beat, will devise a performance during the day - based on an ancient text from the Basra region about a council of animals taking ownership of the earth. The end result will be a powerful affirmation of shared values and writings around guardianship of the earth.

FOR FULL DETAILS AND A MAP TO FOLLOW Please send an email to transitiontowntooting@gmail.com

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Comment by Lucy Neal on January 30, 2009 at 10:02am

We are dusting down our walking shoes, preparing our poems and getting ready for tomorrow's Earth Talk Walk. Come along! We will be joined by we dont know who although The Mayor and MP Sadiq Khan have kindly said they will be joining us which is great. Start 12.00 at Holy Trinity Church on Trinity Rd (near Tooting Bec tube) and maps will be handed out there. Promises to be a special day to connect with earth and our role as guardians supremo.