Indonesia
A beacon of hope
Indonesian scholastic Tiro Daenuwy SJ shares what he learnt from his immersion experience in an Islamic boarding house in Garut, West Java, Indonesia. The five-day...read more
Serving the City, Serving the People
Thirty-eight students from Jesuit universities in four Asian countries gathered in Yogyakarta, Indonesia for this year’s Service Learning Programme (SLP), hosted by Sanata Dharma University. ...read more
A new way of being a Jesuit conference
One might have thought they would be exhausted after two long days of immersion, talks and group work, but the third and final day of...read more
Sustainability in the youth
Small-scale farming and indigenous practices in the uplands of Asia are not very sustainable and a great majority of the youth wants out. Given the...read more
Learning from Indigenous Peoples about the sacredness and sustainability of nature
The ecological crisis, the globalised call for environmental stewardship promulgated in Laudato si’ and the 2015 UN Conference on Climate Change in Paris have brought...read more
Islamic principles for sustainability and the environment
The environmental problems we face today are complex and the Church’s concern is shared by other faiths. In Islam, for example, we can find some...read more
Living on borrowed prosperity
Asia Pacific has been dubbed the world’s engine of growth, but at what and whose cost? China has been hailed by the world as an...read more
A temporary respite
As usual it began with a phone call. In the first week of February, a call came through from the staff at the halfway house...read more
Buddhist-Christian dialogue and the sustainability of life
Sustainability is a hot word today among scientists, economists, politicians, religious leaders, and others especially concerned with humanitarian values. It has been linked to economics,...read more