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Mapping Weak Signals

Inspired by: interviews » Eco religion

version: 5 / updated: 2011-10-25
id: #1834 / version id: #1834
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Originally submitted by: Ivan Montenegro Perini
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Source of inspiration

Interviews

The source of the Weak Signal is

Luke GEORGHIOU, "The University of Manchester", interviewed by MIOIR".

Signal's headline

(max. 9 words)
Eco religion

Signal's description

(approx. 150 words)
Please describe the Weak Signal (approx. 150 words)
According to Luke GEORGHIOU: "There are some small signs, e.g. Paganism is one of the fastest growing religions. It has been officially recognised and the police are entitled to leave on Pagan festivals if they state that it is their religion. I discussed this with a Catholic priest, whose view was that Catholicism could easily accommodate concern for the environment. So we may see a response in mainstream religion and a change in priorities, if you wanted a very weak signal. I got the idea at Stonehenge, where I saw a druid in robes whose posters were about environmental threats, stating that in his religion this was the top priority."

Keywords

Religion, environment, beliefs, eco-ideology.

Mini-description

(max. 250 characters)
There are religions whose priorities are about environment and ecology.

Signal's potential evolution

It could lead to...
issue type of issue/development potential impact on society timeframe for the issue to become at least 50% probable
#1 re-emerging
 		beneficial
#2 re-emerging
 		harmful

Importance

please specify
please select
Level 1: important for a particular country
Level 3: important for the European Union
Level 4: important for the whole world

Filters preventing the signal's monitoring

social filters (class, status, education level)
other, please specify:   Environment, Ethical.

Signal's relevance for European Grand Challenges

where? please justify:
particularly relevant Europe world
Social pathologies & ethics
Sustainability and climate change

Signal's relevance for thematic research areas

please justify:
particularly relevant
Environment (including Climate Change)
Social Sciences and Humanities