ICH 2016
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Item Literature, environment and human rights: Reading the connectivities(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Sigdel, K.One of the commonalities between environmentalism and human rights is that both these ideas have a universal scope. Though we talk of environmental degradation in a particular place, it will certainly be of global concern because people in this earth share the same roof. The public discussion of global environmental problems such as loss of biodiversity and climate change made obvious the need for ecocritical discourse to develop new ways of addressing global interconnectedness which literature and other art forms have been doing since ages . Similarly, human rights literature resonates a kind of activism in writing. Writing then not only remains an artistic aesthetic exercise, but also a way on the part of the writers to realize the social commitment under the power of their literary creation that has a public impact. This is based on the theory of what French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre calls “engaged literature”, that assumes the moral duty of the author to promote change, and that every human has a power to make a social change. Apart from asserting that disciplines like literature, environment and human rights are contributing towards a planetary connectedness through a shared imagination of “safer earth”, from a discussion of selected poems of a few Nepali poets; Laxmi Prasad Devkota, Siddhicharan Shrestha and Mohan Koirala, this paper argues that because of the interest of environmental literature in aesthetic imaginations that deal with particular frames of storytelling, the real life interaction of human beings with the natural world is made possible, and in the longer run, these interactions influence human behaviour and attitudes towards nature at large.Item Pursuing environmental protection through religious doctrine and its relevance to the Sri Lankan context(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2016) Sachithanantham, P.; Thavapraba, S.Environmental protection is one of the important global issues in the contemporary word. Considering the emergence of the environmental pollution and effect, environmental protection has got a status as a burning topic among the researchers and several types of research and forums have been conducted in this connection internationally as well as locally. Religion is one of the social institutions. All the major religions, which are followed in Sri Lanka are very much concerned about the environmental protection based on the theories of cosmology, creation, immanence of god in creatures, relationship of nature, human, admiration of nature, worship of nature. Hence, religions encourage the environmental protection. Religion, nature and humans, are interconnected as one family. In the modern era, science and technology exploit nature for human consumption and human activities. This is widening the gap between the interconnectedness of the god, nature, and human and even venerate the nature. Religious doctrine has not been adopted in the human characteristics and value formation. As a result man looks at nature as alien and he has failed to protect the environment. Religions give a sound eco-friendly background to human community through doctrine. But it does not reflect on their life. At this point, this research analysed data and extracted from the literature on religious Holy Scriptures, textbooks, encyclopaedia, journals, and research articles on environmental issues and try to communicate the findings. Sri Lanka is a religious country. The role of religions in influencing the decision making of every issue in Sri Lanka is inevitable since the independence. The objective of the research was to introduce the interaction of religions and environment, identify the environmental protection principles in the religious texts, and propose religious ideas for environmental protection. Therefore, the research explores and reiterates the environmental protection ideas from the religious doctrine and suggests to incorporate and implement those ideas in the environmental protection endeavour in Sri Lanka.