Gopal Patel is co-founder and director of Bhumi Global, a non-profit organization that works to educate and mobilize Hindu communities globally for environmental action. He is co-chair of the United Nations Multi-faith Advisory Council and a member of the Advisory Board to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. He also serves as an advisor to several interfaith and environmental initiatives, including the Center for Earth Ethics, WWF Beliefs and Values Programme, the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology and the Parliament of the World’s Religions.