Can religions help in the fight against climate change
In Sikh temples the world over, community kitchens offer free meals to anyone regardless of colour, creed or caste.
But the langars as the kitchens are called - often distribute food grown with chemical pesticides, which can contribute to pollution and leak into rivers and streams.
In 2015, a push by Sikh environmental groups drove the Golden Temple, the Sikh faith’s holiest which feeds 100,000 people daily, to start growing its own organic food to reduce its impact on nature.
There are many hints in our holy book to protect mother earth and to commit to the betterment of society for all life on earth, said Ravneet Singh, South Asia manager of EcoSikh, a Sikh environmental group.
The most vulnerable entity on the planet is the planet itself - the forest, the water, the air...