Hindu leaders in Britain have teamed up with Prince Philip and the UN to launch a long-term action plan that will engage with the community worldwide

Prince Philip joins British Hindus to fight climate change LONDON: Hindu leaders in Britain have teamed up with Prince Philip and the UN to launch a long-term action plan that will engage with the  community worldwide in the fight against climate change, an Oxford University centre said.  The Bhumi Project was launched Friday after a three-way meeting between Hindu leaders, Prince Philip - the husband of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II - and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as part of this week's environmental summit at Windsor Castle, attended by over 200 faith leaders from nine major world religions.  The meeting was called by the UN Development Programme and the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC), a secular body founded by Prince Philip to help world religions develop their own environmental programmes.  Over the next nine years, the Bhumi Project will implement a series of initiatives to help Hindus engage in environmental action to better care for the planet, Oxford University's Centre for Hindu Studies said.  "Hindu tradition and history is replete with stories and references to 'bhumi', to mother earth, and we want to help Hindus re-learn these sacred teachings and find new relevance for them in the modern world," said Centre director Shaunaka Rishi Das, who helped formulate the project.

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