Plant a tree for $5.50 & see it on Google Earth

If you are the kind of person who doesn’t like to get outside too much, and abhors the idea of getting your hands dirty, but are still concerned with how little you are doing for the health and beauty of our planet, consider this. You can, for as little as $5.50, have someone plant a tree for you in Indonesia, and watch it grow.

Tracking Foxes, Ducks, and Squirrels in Ottawa

The other day I had an interesting experience in the woods near the Rideau river. I was on the train going back and forth enjoying the scenery, as I often do with the hour before the radio show, when I happened to spot a couple of foxes sitting on the snow. I regretted not having [...]

The Rights of Plants and Animals in Islam – Islamic Ecology

Recap of the Previous two weeks:
First week: Islam’s attitude towards the Environment: 

balance
purpose
relationship:meditation, sustainable, utilization, care and nurture
Stewardship ( خلافة)

Second week: Conservation in Islam

Ecology: Water, Air, Land and Soil.
Conserve: DON’T waste – Allah says: “In deed those who are wasteful are the brethren of devils”
Justice and goodliness: DON’T harm – Allah says: “Do not cause ruin [...]

Air, Soil, Water, and Energy Conservation – Islamic Ecology

If you’ve been concerned, as many of us have been, about the state of the environment, you can learn more about it and how to become involved. I will be talking on the topic of Environmental Issues as seen from an Islamic perspective, and why it is important for Muslims to be concerned with this [...]

Why the Environment Should be Important to Muslims

ظَهَرَ الْفَسَادُ فِي الْبَرِّ وَالْبَحْرِ بِمَا كَسَبَتْ أَيْدِي النَّاسِ لِيُذِيقَهُم بَعْضَ الَّذِي عَمِلُوا لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُون
Surat Ar-Room, Verse 41
In the book Environmental Protection In Islam, Dr. Bagader et al explain Islam’s attitude towards the environment and the Universe (islamset.com):
 
 

All things that God has created in this universe are created in due proportion and measure [...]