{"id":6030,"date":"2019-10-18T10:48:24","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T07:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=6030"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:37","slug":"durbans-first-green-diwali-shines-light-on-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/10\/18\/durbans-first-green-diwali-shines-light-on-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Durban&#8217;s First Green Diwali Shines Light On Climate Change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Kaveel Singh<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Hindus\nworldwide gather to observe Diwali, a group of forward-thinking Durbanites are\nattempting to change the perception of the auspicious day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While many associates it with fireworks that scare pets and disturb neighbourhoods, some Durban residents want to take Diwali back to its roots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Organizers of the city&#8217;s first-ever Green Diwali festival say they are moving in a direction to observe the beloved Hindu celebration in a more environmentally safe manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Festival\norganizers hosted their first event this past weekend and received positive\nresponses from the crowds who gathered at Mitchell Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the\nevent&#8217;s organizers, Dr Sanil Singh, a veterinarian by profession, said the\ncelebration was meant to bring people together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Instead\nof Diwali creating division over fireworks, we looked for a way to promote\nsocial cohesion and sustainable living by bringing people together in a safe\nspace,&#8221; he said\u2026<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/Green\/News\/pics-durbans-first-green-diwali-shines-light-on-climate-change-20191016\">Read more&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kaveel Singh As Hindus worldwide gather to observe Diwali, a group of forward-thinking Durbanites are attempting to change the perception of the auspicious day. While many associates it with&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6030"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6030\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}