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A Consultation on Water

May 30, 2022

The river Yamuna is one of India’s most sacred rivers. Closely connected to the stories of the Hindu deity Krishna, the Yamuna is venerated and worshiped by Hindus worldwide. Despite this, the river is considered to be “dead”, so heavily polluted that no life can exist within it. After leaving the Himalayas it reaches Delhi, where the water is diverted and replaced with untreated sewage water. It is this water, which contains dangerously high levels of toxic chemicals that Hindu devotees use for worship and rituals. Despite several high profile campaigns over recent years, the plight of the Yamuna is

Earth Day 2022

April 22, 2022

Earth Day 2022 is an opportunity for tapping into the creative energy that flows through each of us, a counterpoint to the overload of information and analysis that can leave us depleted and exhausted—and a boost to get us to the other side. Join us as we gather with artists, poets, thought leaders and climate scientists who are reimagining and recasting how we experience the greatest challenge of our time. Convened by the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, in collaboration with Paul D. Miller aka DJ Spooky and The Climate Museum, Earth Day 2022 will bridge the

UN Decade of Ecosystem Restoration

April 11, 2022

Join Lucy Mulenkei, executive director of the Indigenous Information Network, Tim Christophersen, head of the Nature for Climate Branch Ecosystems Division at UNEP, and Andrew Schwartz, director of Sustainability and Global Affairs at the Center for Earth Ethics for a conversation about the role of faith communities in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. This chat kicks off a series of consultations with faith-based and other spiritual groups during 2022 about the UN Decade.