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Round table "Rivers and the sacred: from spiritual practices to caring for the living"
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Open in the appThroughout time, communities have woven deep bonds with rivers through their traditions and spiritual practices. To what extent can these relationships foster a posture of care and reciprocity towards their living environments? As our era tends to reduce the living to a mere… Throughout time, communities have woven deep bonds with rivers through their traditions and spiritual practices. To what extent can these relationships foster a posture of care and reciprocity towards their living environments? As our era tends to reduce the living to a mere exploitable resource, can this connection to the sacred inspire other paths to explore? With Aurélie Netz, anthropologist and Gilles Mulhauser, former director of the Geneva Cantonal Water Office. / Moderation: Agathe Chevalier, Centre d'étude du bouddhisme tibétain de Genève. This round table is part of the programme accompanying the exhibition "Fleuve de vie, vie des fleuves", presented at the Maison de l'Avenir from November 2 to December 4. The programme also includes two guided tours of the exhibition on November 12 and 25 at 6:30pm, and invites exploration of the multiple dimensions of rivers: ecological, cultural, social and spiritual. A proposition of the Interreligious Platform of Geneva and the Maison de l'Avenir. Information: https://interreligieux.ch/