The interaction between economics and environmental crisis has been increasingly acknowledged by numerous scholars. Capitalism, a dominant economic system in the present world, is accused as one of the main causes of environmental degradation. While environmental crisis is a dramatic, unexpected, and irreversible worsening of the environment leading to signicant welfare losses.
Accordingly, we are required to set up a systemic and holistic approach for better understanding on the reciprocal relationship between economics and environmental. Islam as a religion and civilization has its own principles and teachings on economics and environmental issues.
One of the challenge as the cause of capitalistic economic is the rapid exploitation to the natural resource that can cause the earth imbalance, increasing the carrying capacity, carbon foot print as well as degradation of nature. This critical condition is a crisis the might overcome difficulty to the future of life and humanity and human mission as khalifah on earth as well as taking care the planet earth as an ‘amanah due to the limitation of resources and the imbalance of nature.
Objectives
1. To delineate the dynamic and necessary interaction between economics and environmental condition.
2. To explore the causal factors of the environmental degradation and ecological crises in the view of economics.
3. To encourage the role of Islamic teachings in facing both financial crisis and environmental crisis at the present world.
Speakers and Sub-themes:
- Prof. Dr. Seyyed Mofid Hoseini, Sadra International Institute, Jakarta. Al-Quran Principles on Economics and Its Implications on Sustainable Development.
- Prof Dr. Masudul Alam Choudhury, Visiting Professor, Social Economy Center, OISE, University of Toronto, The Tawhidi Human Ecology on Sustainability
- Dr. Fazlun Khalid, Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science, Birmingham, UK : “The Relation between Economic Systems and Environmental Crisis in the Islamic Perspective
- Dr. Mohsen Zanganeh, Sadra Institute (Jakarta-Teheran): “Philosophical Perspective on Islamic Economics
- Prof. Umar Basalim, Universitas Nasional, Jakarta: “Principles of Economics and its Implication to the Environmental Issues”
- Dr. Irfan Shawki Beik, Chairman of Program Study Sharia Economy, Bogor Agricultural University: Sharia Economy on Islamic Perspective: Ideals and Practice in Caring for the Environment
Time and Venue:
Date/ Day : Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Time : 13.00 – 17.00 (7-11 am London Time)
Venue : Ruang Seminar Selasar, Lt 3 Kampus Universitas Nasional, Jakarta
Support:
This Pre-conference Seminar supported by:
Centre for Islamic Studies (PPI) Universitas Nasional, Sadra International Institute , International Institute for Islamic Tought (IIIT) and Islamic Foundation for Ecology and Environmental Science, Islamic Conference on Thought and Human Science in Islam (IC-THUSI)
