Course curriculum

    1. Class 1 Description

    2. Introduction to Class 1 and Topics to be Covered

    3. What is the Jain Tradition? Non-violence as the highest ethical principle

    4. Jainism's interconnected web of life

    5. Reflect

    6. Reading (pdf): “Jainism and Ecology: Views of Nature, Nonviolence, and Vegetarianism” (Tobias 1993)

    7. Climate Change: Imbalance in the interconnected web of life

    8. Reading: “World on brink of five ‘disastrous’ climate tipping points, study finds” (Carrington in The Guardian September 8, 2022)

    9. Reflect

    10. History of Climate Change

    11. Reading: “How do we know climate change is real?” (NASA 2022)

    12. Evidence of Climate Change

    13. Reflect

    14. Causes of Climate Change: Food, Consumption and Industry

    15. Apply these 3 Jain Principles to help our climate recover

    16. Commit

    17. Enroll in the full course at Arihanta Institute

About this course

  • Free
  • 17 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content