More than one billion people worldwide in 192 countries participate in Earth Day activities each year, making it the largest civic observance in the world. While it is a civic observance, it has become an interfaith holiday. Earth Day addresses something central to all faiths ­ our relationship with the planet Earth. Local faith communities will talk about projects they¹re working on, at an Interfaith Earth Day Gathering. Speakers from five different traditions - an Orthodox rabbi, Muslim community leader, Episcopal priest, Zen Buddhist, and Swinomish tribal elder, will be speaking on how faith puts people in touch with the natural world. ³Many Faiths, One World Interfaith Earth Day Gathering² is April 30, 2014 at 4 p.m. at Seattle University Student Center, 901 12th Ave, Seattle. For more information: <http://www.earthministry.blogspot.com>