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Japanese Buddhist priest joins movement to divest from fossil fuels and nuclear power

 Lions Roar, BY HALEIGH ATWOOD| MAY 31, 2018    A Japanese Buddhist priest is trying to encourage Buddhists in Japan to withdraw money from banks that finance environmentally harmful energy projects.

Tomonobu Narita, Buddhist priest at Totsuka Zenryo Temple in Yokohama, transferred some of his temple’s funds to one of Japan’s 45 “earth-friendly” banks. Narita told NBC Newsthat he will speak with priests in other temples about the importance of divesting from banks that finance the fossil fuel or nuclear sectors. ………
“Right now the greenery that we have, the earth, the soil — everything is a product of the things that people who have come before us have left behind,” Narita told NBC News. “We can’t just treat those things carelessly.”

350.org Japan states that 146 people have reported divestments worth $5.1 million since the divestment campaign started last year. https://www.lionsroar.com/japanese-buddhist-priests-joins-movement-to-divest-from-environmentally-harmful-banks/ 

June 1, 2018 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | business and costs, climate change, Japan, Religion and ethics