In the name of Almighty God, the Creator of the universe and all that is in it, and the Creator of the most rebellious of His creation - human kind. Two years into this pandemic of Covid-19, I give thanks for still being alive, safe, and able. AlhamduilLlah.
Today we announce what we have been working hard on for the last 7 months; The Good Tree Sustainable Development Initiative.
Through this initiative, we aim to give hope and strengthen the faith of those suffering the worst from the evil acts committed by human beings (mostly men!). Our Initiative will focus on assisting women, youth and children whom society has victimized, punished and expelled without support.
The basic idea is to establish small, intentional ecovillage communities that provide the basic human rights (as we understand them from God’s guidance in the message of Islam); and empower these intentional communities with knowledge, education and technical assistance to help them function as self-supporting agribusiness cooperatives. Though these objectives are usually the responsibility of governments, it becomes the responsibility of communities, organizations and individuals when governments fail for whatever reasons.
Too many people take the low and easy road in life, preferring it over the high and difficult road. In so doing they tell themselves they are doing their best and are fulfilling their responsibilities to their Creator. That is, in fact, not true. More of us need to become inspired to engage more with solving problems around us - whther they be problems that affect other people or the ecosystem and environment of planet Earth. More people need to become actively engaged in problem solving. If for no other reason, the current on-going, human-pollution driven climate change crisis should scare us all into more justice action.
As people of faith in our Creator and the Creator of the Universe, we must step up and act our faith as well as speak it. The current human-pollution driven climate change crisis has everything to do with the message that all prophets and messengers sent by our Creator Almighty have preached - morality and justice.
We will be publishing a slide presentation about this on our website soon. Stay tuned!
For now, may God’s peace be with you - aka: assalamu alaikum!