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Our Vision

The Center for Earth Ethics envisions a world where value is measured according to the sustained well-being of all people and our planet.

Our Mission

We work to cultivate the public consciousness needed to make changes in policy and culture that will establish a new value system that is based on this vision of the world.

Programs Intro

We advance our mission through four core programs that complement and connect to each other in all our public programs, academics and movement-building.

Programs

Eco-Ministry

Fostering educational opportunities and dialogue about humanity’s relationship to the rest of the natural world for seminary students, faith leaders and local communities.
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Environmental Justice
& Civic Engagement

Working at the intersection of social inequity and injustice and the ecological crisis.
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Original Caretakers

Honoring, supporting and learning from Indigenous knowledge and traditions, especially regarding the spiritual dimensions of our ecological crisis.
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Sustainability
& Global Affairs

Engaging with policy-makers and civil society in order to bring faith, wisdom and Indigenous traditions to bear on the establishment of a new economic development paradigm that is based on long-term well-being of all life on Earth.
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From the blog.

Ethical Call to Action by Karenna Gore

Federal Climate Bills and Strategy Webinar on July 1, 2020 Ethical Call to Action by Karenna Gore   Ethics is simply about right and wrong and as a field of thought, it is most powerful when a widely held, deep sense of right and wrong is out of step with…

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Climate Equity and Inclusion

by Catherine Flowers Published June 22nd 2020 on World War Zero When people think about climate change and environmentalism, the image that comes to mind is a polar bear on a melting block of ice. However, that image neglects to include people, especially living in communities that are suffering from lack of…

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Laudato Si at 5: Climate Justice and Ecological Citizenship in times of Covid-19

Video: Please enjoy the Laudato Si at 5 webinar program hosted by Fordham Law, June 18, 2020 |12:00-1:00 p.m. Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home reaches its fifth anniversary, amid a pandemic which has the power to transform ways of working, commuting, and connecting. It also reveals…

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On the calendar.

Forging an Earth Ethic in a Time of Crisis

Forging an Earth Ethic in a Time of Crisis Karenna Gore Director, Center for Earth Ethics Union Theological Seminary Forging an Earth Ethic in a Time of Crisis Hosted by Charlemont Forum of the Charlemont Federated Church – Affiliated with the United Church of Christ Register HERE “The coronavirus pandemic…

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