Iată mai jos de pe site-ul Patriarhiei de Constantinopol că Patriarhul Bartolomeu duce o politică de a atrage atentia asupra mediului din 1994, adica de 13 ani. Iar mai nou, Papa Benedict încearcă din răsputeri să-l ajugă din urmă pe Patriarh în această privință.
- Five International environmental seminars on the island of Heybeliada (Halki), “Environment and Religious Education” (1994),
- “Environment and Ethics” (1995),
- “Environment and Communication” (1996),
- “Environment and Justice” (1997),
- “Environment and Poverty” (1998);
- “Symposium II – The Black Sea in Crisis” (1997), seeking to discern appropriate action on preserving the Black Sea region;
- “ The Halki Ecological Institute” (1999) an interdisciplinary learning opportunity for scientists, clergy, journalists, educators and students;
- Symposium III – “A River of Life” (1999), highlighting the grave environmental problems facing Europe’s greatest waterway.
- This third floating Symposium travelled down the Danube from the river’s headwaters to the Delta and Black Sea.
- Scientific Conference, Istanbul, (2000);
- the Religion, Science and Environment International Symposium IV: “The Adriatic Sea: A Sea at Risk, a Unity of Purpose” (June 2002)
- Symposium V: “The Baltic Sea: A Common Heritage, A Shared Responsibility” (June 2003).
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