'DEVELOPING GLOCAL ENVIRONMENTALISM IN

THE COMMUNITY'

Hindu Jewish Association, Manchester

‘Planet Earth : It Ain’t Half Hot’

Seminar on environmentalism

21-11-2013

Dr. Chamundeeswari Kuppuswamy

STRUCTURE

1. The Problem 2. Our lost environmental heritage3. My role / an individual‘s role 4. Reviving our heritage – a community

project 5. Hindu Perspectives on the

environment 6. The future – Intercultural thinking 7. Global, not local in outlook 2/

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1. THE PROBLEM

Global warming/climate change – tip of the iceberg

The lack of environmental consciousness - problem

Multifaceted/ multiple interventions

MOSAIC project – an environmental awareness project that sought to recover our lost

environmental heritage, in the process create an environmental consciousness

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Why ethnic minority communities do not visit the National Parks? There are many reasons why ethnic minority people tend not to visit the National Parks including lack of awareness, , concerns and worries, and problems of accessibility.

The Mosaic project has tapped into of people across England who come from communities that do not traditionally use the National Parks and who want to share their love of the countryside with those communities

Ethnic minorities make up around 10% of the national population, they represent only about 1% of visitors to the National Parks.

The Delivery Model – Training, organising and leading group visits

issues of relevance

a previously hidden resource

Mosaic Community Champions, 2012

Taken from Mosaic project evaluation report 2012. To access full report go to http://heritagehindusamaj.wordpress.com/peak-district-access-for-all-vasudeiva-kutumbakam/

Environmental heritage

Have Mosaic partners achieved organisational change?The biggest achievement in terms of organisational change is in the Mosaic has helped the NPAs to develop new relationships with the local BME voluntary sector and to strengthen those relationships that were already in place.The Mosaic Community

Champions have introduced at least 28,000 people from ethnic minority communities to the National Parks during the project period. This includes at least 9,000 people who have been taken on visits to the National Parks for the first time and thousands more who have been engaged in formal or informal talks and presentations about the National Parks.

attitudes of the staff and Members of the partner organisations

Clive Betts, MP, Chair of All Party Parliamentary Committee on

National Parks, 2011

Richard Benyon, MP, Minister of State for the Environment, 2013

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With CEO Andy Wilson , North York Moors NPA, 2012

PhD student Immo with her kids at Derwent valley, 2012

Community champions learning new skills and team building, 2012

Mosaic ‘Lets do it’ Bike Ride, 2012

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The problem still persists…….

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