Regular readers of Green Shinto will know that we previously featured the cruel and inhumane conditions in which bears at the Ainu Museum in Hokkaido are being kept. This is particularly egregious because of the deep connection of bears with … Read the rest
Category: Green issues (Page 5 of 16)
As Shinto spreads in the West, one hears more and more about it being a religion that prizes nature and is ecological in essence. Unfortunately that is far from the case in Japan, where the ancestral element in Shinto leads … Read the rest
Shinto, American natives find common ground: nature
By J. Tuyet Nguyen, United Nations Correspondent
United Nations – Tsunekiyo Tanaka, a mild-mannered envoy who likes a good joke, epitomized Japan’s uniqueness in the devotion to nature. For the first time in … Read the rest
A couple of recent articles in The Guardian tackle human relationships with non-sentient phenomena, and the way that trees relate to each other. The first is by Dr Penelope Dransart, reader in anthropology at the University of Wales.
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An article in today’s Guardian entitled Trees Make Our Lives Better in Unquantifiable Ways has appeared in response to news that a company is trying to measure exactly how much urban trees are worth. As Oscar Wilde said, some people … Read the rest
Earth Day is an annual day on April 22 to heighten awareness of the need for environmental protection. The April 22 date was adopted by the United Nations in 2009 and is celebrated in more than 192 countries. The concept … Read the rest
Change.org is running a petition addressed to the priests of Shimogamo Shrine and to the mayor of Kyoto to save the trees of the historical Tadasu no mori, which belongs to the shrine, from being felled to put up accommodation