During the closing plenary session of the fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly, or UNEA 5.2, earlier this year, representatives gave a standing ovation for the passing of
I was grateful for the opportunity to speak at a dialogue, “Faiths Respond to Stockholm+50,” organized by Faith for Earth Initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme on March 4,
“Power must be challenged by power,” wrote Reinhold Niebuhr in “Moral Man and Immoral Society,” and so it felt during the COP26 gathering in Glasgow. There were the representatives of the
On the 49th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, Executive Director Karenna Gore penned a guest column, “The common wealth of water,” in the Virginia Mercury. Gore urged Virginia’s state government
Tomorrow is World Food Day. World Food Day began in 1979 to raise global awareness on poverty and hunger. This year, it is being observed just a few weeks after
More than 800 million people worldwide could go hungry by 2030. At the same time, agriculture accounts for a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions and agricultural practices damage global biodiversity.
International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources World Conservation Congress Tuesday, September 7, 2021 Faith communities are calling on governments to strengthen the Global Biodiversity Framework. For too
“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
Faith + Food: Reflections for WHO Health WeekThursday, June 10th, 11 am ET To contribute to the UN Food Systems Summit, the Faith + Food Coalition hosted five separate interfaith, multi-stakeholder
REFLECTIONMarch 29, 2021Seven weeks for water7 Weeks 2021 Share this document Ecumenical Water Network Text: Isaiah 42:1-9 There’s a town in the Central Valley of California named Allensworth. It’s a few hours