"Eat and drink from the provision of Allah, and do not commit abuse on the Earth," says the Koran, the holy book of the Muslim faith. Though Islam's tenets contain similar calls for revering and protecting nature as does the Bible, the idea of Muslim environmentalism is far less known than that of Christian evangelicals promoting "creation care." No wonder a short film about a young Muslim scuba diver comes across as such a breath of fresh air--or, perhaps more appropriately given the subject, a cool drink of water.
San Francisco-based director Rolla Selbak's Green Blue Sea won first prize in the "Youth Story" category of the second annual "One Nation, Many Voices" online film contest. Sponsored by Link TV and the nonprofit group One Nation, the competition aims to bring "compelling stories about the American Muslim experience" to a larger audience and broaden people's images of who Muslims are. This film does a bit of the same for stereotypes about environmentalists as well.
Via TreeHugger.com
