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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.

CEE Spring / Summer Update

WORKING TOGETHER TO CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME: Dear Friends,In Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, Pope Francis wrote, “It is essential to show special care for Indigenous communities and their cultural traditions. They are not merely one minority among others, but should be the principal dialogue partners, especially when…

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CEE Hosts Indigenous Leaders and Vatican Representative for Dialogue on a New Development Paradigm

In Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home (2015) Pope Francis wrote, “It is essential to show special care for Indigenous communities and their cultural traditions. They are not merely one minority among others, but should be the principal dialogue partners, especially when large projects affecting their land are proposed.”…

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Original Caretakers Participate in the UNPFII 2019 and Side Events in photos

Dr. Mindahi Bastida and Geraldine Ann Patrick Encina of the Center for Earth Ethics Original Caretakers Initiative joined indigenous leaders from around the world in dialogue at the United Nations Headquarters and at events throughout New York City during Earth Week.  Topics included care for the environment, trade agreements and…

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On the calendar.

Ministry In The Time Of Climate Change 2019

The 2019 Minister’s Training will be held at Methodist Theological School in Ohio in partnership with MTSO, the Climate Reality Project and the Initiative for Food and AgriCultural Transformation at Ohio State University. “The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the…

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Karenna Gore in Dialogue at St. Barts with Peter DeMenocal

St. Bart’s – NYC church focuses on Earth stewardship this spring! CEE’s Director, Karenna Gore to join Peter de Menocal on May 22nd! Join us for an evening with Karenna Gore, Director of Union Theological Seminary‘s Center for Earth Ethics. A leading activist at the intersection of religion and the environment, she…

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