Hope Against Hope: Jungle Nama with Amitav Ghosh, Ali Sethi, and Salman Toor

Jungle Nama: Communicating Traditions of Spiritual Resilience in the Climate Emergency
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Award-winning author and environmental campaigner, Amitav Ghosh, is joined by his collaborators, the renowned musician Ali Sethi and celebrated artist Salman Toor, to discuss their retelling of a popular legend, circulating amongst inhabitants of the mangrove forests in West Bengal, which has urgent relevance to the current context.
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We chose the title Hope Against Hope for our COP26 vodcasts because we understand how serious the climate crisis is and how religious traditions have often been seen as offering 'false' hope when urgent action is needed to care for the planet. In this exciting series academics and artists, poets and activists, join with faith leaders in discussing how spiritual resources might generate resilience, courage, and real hope in the climate crisis.
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