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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.
UN Environment Programme Grants Accreditation to CEE and Union
The United Nations Environment Programme has accredited Union Theological Seminary through the Center for Earth Ethics. Accreditation grants Union observer status and other privileges at the United Nations Environment Assembly and its subsidiaries. The Center for Earth Ethics initiated the accreditation process and is Union’s official connection with this UN…
This is a Good Day – A Message for Summer Solstice
“This is a good day,” says Mona Polacca. “This is a good day to come together.” In this blessing recorded to mark the summer solstice, Polacca, a senior fellow at the Center for Earth Ethics, reminds us of “the many blessings that the summer season brings to us.” “We are…
Faith + Food Coalition: Reflections for WHO Health Week – June 10th
The Faith + Food Coalition: ‘Faith and Food: Reflections for WHO Health Week’ Thursday, June 10th, 11 am ET To contribute to the UN Food Systems Summit, the Faith + Food Coalition hosted five separate interfaith, multi-stakeholder dialogues corresponding to each of the five Action Tracks. The objective of the dialogues…
Our inspired team.
Genie Cooper
Office Manager
Tim Cross
Director of Communications
Karenna Gore
Executive Director
Darin Lamar Jones
Director of Operations
Mona Polacca
Senior Fellow, Original Caretakers
Andrew Schwartz
Director, Sustainability and Global Affairs
Shannon M.D. Smith
Communications Manager