BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Center for Earth Ethics - ECPv6.15.19//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for Earth Ethics X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://centerforearthethics.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Center for Earth Ethics REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T143000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20251028T200656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T190947Z UID:10000620-1762347600-1762353000@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Science and Spirituality: An Ethical Stocktake Dialogue to Inspire COP30 DESCRIPTION:Why do we deny or ignore what both science and other ways of knowing teach us about the climate crisis? How can we learn from spiritual traditions and practices to live in balance with nature? \n\n\n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics and Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology online on Wednesday\, November 5\, at 1 p.m. (ET) for “Science and Spirituality: An Ethical Stocktake Dialogue to Inspire COP30.” Part of the Global Ethical Stocktake—an initiative of the COP30 presidency led by Minister of the Environment and Climate of Brazil\, Marina Silva—this dialogue will inform the GES report for COP30 and amplify the newly released Living Earth Community website. \n\n\n\nKey Questions \n\n\n\nThe Global Ethical Stocktake seeks answers to five strategic questions. Each dialogue must address at least one of them: \n\n\n\n\nWhy\, even when aware of the risks\, do we deny or ignore what science and traditional knowledge tell us about the climate crisis?\n\n\n\nWhy do we maintain models of production and consumption that harm the most vulnerable and contradict the goals of Mission 1.5°C?\n\n\n\nWhat can be done to ensure that wealthy countries accelerate their transitions and contribute financially to the most vulnerable?\n\n\n\nWhat cultural or spiritual traditions and practices from your community teach how to live in balance with nature?\n\n\n\nHow can we mobilize more people\, leaders\, businesses\, and nations to support fair and ethical change? What values can inspire this mission?\n\n\n\n\nHost: Karenna Gore | Executive Director of Center for Earth Ethics  \n\n\n\nModerator:  Mary Evelyn Tucker | Co-Director of Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology\, Living Earth Community \n\n\n\nParticipants: \n\n\n\nLyla June Johnston | Musician\, scholar and community organizer of Diné (Navajo)\, Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages \n\n\n\nUrsula Goodenough | Professor Emerita of biology at Washington University in St. Louis; Author of “Sacred Depths of Nature.” \n\n\n\nMelanie Harris | Professor of Black feminist thought and womanist theology at Wake Forest School of Divinity; Director of Food Health and Ecological Well-Being Program  \n\n\n\nMirian Vilela | Executive Director of Earth Charter International Secretariat\, Executive Director of the Center for Education for Sustainable Development at University for Peace \n\n\n\nSteve Kolmes | Editor of Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development; Professor Emeritus of environmental studies at University of Portland  URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/science-and-spirituality-an-ethical-stocktake-dialogue-to-inspire-cop30/ CATEGORIES:Arts,Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs,Theology ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/SPIRIT-OF-PLACE-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240618T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240621T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20240612T140242Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240612T140731Z UID:10000583-1718697600-1718989200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:World Peace and Prayer Day DESCRIPTION:Established in 1996\, World Peace and Prayer Day was initiated by Chief Arvol Looking Horse\, a spiritual leader and keeper of the Sacred Pipe of the Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Sioux Nation. The gathering first brought together Indigenous Peoples of North and South America\, but spread to the rest of the world. \n\n\n\nOn June 21st—the summer solstice—everyone\, regardless of origin\, nation\, religion or belief\, is encouraged to gather at sacred sites to pray: “All Nations\, All Faiths\, One Prayer.” \n\n\n\nThere will be in-person programming centered in Pipestone\, MN. Events will be live-streamed on the 19th and 20th. Speakers include CEE’s Karenna Gore\, Steve Newcomb\, Sikowis Nobiss\, Lisa Bellanger\, Morning Star Gali\, Kanahus Manuel and Faith Spotted Eagle. \n\n\n\nFor a full list of events and programming\, visit the event website. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/world-peace-and-prayer-day/ CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/world-peace-and-prayer-day-.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T103000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20240325T151750Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240423T131703Z UID:10000576-1713949200-1713954600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Freedom to Be: Indigenous Perspectives on How Development Models Affect Their Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday April 24th at 9 a.m. EDT\, join the Center for Earth Ethics for “Freedom to Be: Indigenous Perspectives on How the Mainstream Development Model Affects Their Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief\,” a conversation about the intersection of Indigenous issues\, the concept of freedom of religion or belief\, the development paradigm and the ecological crisis. This virtual discussion will feature Indigenous voices who will explore how international Indigenous communities are affected by the same extractionist industries\, domination mindset and land removal policies that damage the biosphere as a whole. This conversation will also dive into the sustainable development paradigm and challenge its tendency to elevate economic development and devalue biocultural heritage and Earth-honoring ways of life.  \n \n \nTaily Terena of the Terena Indigenous peoples in Brazil and Yolanda Teran of the Kichwa Nation of Ecuador will join us for this panel. Roberto Múkaro Borrero\, Guainía Taíno\, strategic advisor to CEE\, will moderate. CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore will introduce and close the program.  \n \n \nThis conversation is another in the Freedom to Be series that builds on the 2022 report on Indigenous communities by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. This event is a virtual side event to the 2024 United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. \n \n \n\n \n \n\n \n \nDr. Yolanda Teran is from the Indigenous Kichwa Nation of Ecuador. She obtained her doctorate degree at the College of Education at the University of New Mexico\, with a concentration in Language\, Literacy and Socio-Cultural Studies. In recognition for her educational work done for Indigenous education at local\, national and international levels\, she achieved two postdoctoral fellowships from 2014 to 2016 under the sponsorship of the University of New Mexico’s Division of Equity and Inclusion and the Native American Studies Department. She is currently researching Indigenous peoples\, languages and biodiversity. Her goal is to create awareness among students\, teachers and Indigenous communities about international issues that affect Indigenous peoples’ life and rights\, and to build a bridge between the community and academia based on mutual respect and understanding. \n \nTaily Terena is an indigenous woman from the Terena Nation in the pantanal the wetlands of Brazil. A land defender and climate advocate\, she has being working for many years for the rights of indigenous peoples. As an anthropologist\, she has studied the history of her people through intergeneration knowledge and through the lens of decolonization. Part of the Terena youth collective\, Inamatí Xâné\, she currently works with Environmental Health and Food Soverty at the IITC – international Indian Treaty Council. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/freedom-to-be-indigenous-perspectives-on-how-the-mainstream-development-model-affects-their-right-to-freedom-of-religion-or-belief/ CATEGORIES:Biodiversity & Ecosystem Restoration,Climate & Health,Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Rights of Nature & Ecocentric Law,Sustainability & Global Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Freedom_to_Be-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240312T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20240216T151052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T164538Z UID:10000571-1710266400-1710270000@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Online | Rights of Nature – From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism DESCRIPTION:In this webinar organized by Riverkeeper\, CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore\, a Riverkeeper board member\, will be joined by Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights and Riverkeeper Advisory Board Member Steven “Owl” Smith of the Ramapo Munsee Nation to discuss the movement for the “Rights of Nature.” This movement is focused on securing legal standing for natural entities such as rivers\, forests\, and whole ecosystems in a way that provides a necessary counterbalance to the legal doctrine of corporate personhood. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/online-rights-of-nature-from-anthropocentrism-to-ecocentrism/ CATEGORIES:Biodiversity & Ecosystem Restoration,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Rights of Nature & Ecocentric Law,Water ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Webinar-series-banners-Rights-of-Nature-1-1536x865-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T181500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240229T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20240214T230718Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T164507Z UID:10000570-1709230500-1709236800@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Book Launch | "Gu'ahia Taíno: We Speak Taíno" DESCRIPTION:Join CEE as we celebrate the publication of “Gu’ahia Taíno: We Speak Taíno” by human rights advocate\, consultant\, cultural adviser\, writer\, and artist Roberto Múkaro Agueibaná Borrero. Compiled in collaboration with the United Confederation of Taíno People’s Taíno Language Committee\, Borrero’s classical Taíno dictionary and grammar guide contributes to the important work of Indigenous language preservation. \n\n\n\nThe launch will be held in Room AD30 at Union Theological Seminary\, Broadway at 121st Street\, in New York City. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public\, but guests are encouraged to R.S.V.P. via the link below. \n\n\n\nCopies of the dictionary will be available for sale. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/book-launch-guahia-taino-we-speak-taino/ LOCATION:Union Theological Seminary\, 3041 Broadway\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States CATEGORIES:Educational,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Guahia-Taino-We-Speak-Taino-Roberto-Mukaro-Agueibana-Borrero-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240201T123000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20240130T202435Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240131T110336Z UID:10000567-1706788800-1706790600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Brigid's Day | Global Pause for Peace DESCRIPTION:Solas Bhride Centre for Spirituality and the Brigidine Sisters in Kildare\, Ireland home to Brigid’s perpetual flame\, call people from around the world to join in a global Pause for Peace on St. Brigid’s Feast Day\, Thursday\, February 1\, 2024. The Pause for Peace movement invites people for one minute of silence and reflection at noon at your local time. \n\n\n\n“This new Pause for Peace movement is a unique event which breaks new ground in recognising the cultural and historical importance of St. Brigid beyond boundaries and aims to form a spirit of solidarity and peace in societies all over the globe.”  President of Ireland\, Michael D. Higgins\, February 2023 \n\n\n\nIt is part of Lá Fhéile Bhríde\, the celebration of Bride’s Day or Brigid’s Day which is an annual week long event centered in the town where Brigid\, patroness of Ireland built her monastery and where the flame of Brigid was lit for over 1000 years before the monasteries were closed. The Flame was rekindled in 1993 where it continues to burn at Solas Bhride under the care of the Sisters. Kildare is English for Cille Dara (The Church of the Oak) so named for Brigid’s original church. 2024 marks the second year Brigid as Saint and pre-Christian Goddess will be celebrated with a national holiday as well as the 1500th anniversary of the Saint’s passing. \n\n\n\nThis global Pause for Peace movement was launched jointly by Solas Bhride Centre and Into Kildare – Kildare Tourism Board\, at Solas Bhride Centre in Kildare\, Ireland\, on January 12\, 2023. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/st-brigids-day-global-pause-for-peace/ CATEGORIES:Arts,Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/IMG_9858-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231208T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231210T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20231103T193250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231103T193252Z UID:10000557-1702022400-1702227600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Conference | The Religious Origins of White Supremacy: Doctrine of Christian Discovery DESCRIPTION:In the 1823 US Supreme Court decision\, Johnson v M’Intosh\, Chief Justice John Marshall wrote\,”…discovery gave title to government…[and] the sole right of acquiring the soil from the natives.” This decision underpins US property law. Marshall’s deliberate use of the word “discovery” is an intentional reference to 15th-century Catholic papal bulls\, which stated that any Christian who “discovers” a land populated by non-Christians has superior title\, or rights of ownership\, over that land. In essence\, Johnson codifies into US law the principle of Euro-Christian domination over Indigenous peoples. In the most devastating sense\, the Doctrine of Christian Discovery (DoCD) legitimized exploitation\, extraction\, and enslavement globally and enshrined these practices as the basis of U.S. property law still cited today as recently as 2005 (in Sherrill v. Oneida) and 2020 (McGirt v. Oklahoma).  \n\n\n\nIn Johnson’s 200th year\, there is an urgent need for global recognition of the decision’s implications as reifying the DoCD and its exploitation of Indigenous peoples and their connection to land\, regarded as a living being (Mother Earth in English.) This conference builds on the history of collaboration at Syracuse University with Indigenous communities across Central New York by expanding dissemination of the pernicious ideologies of DoCD and Johnson\, leading to further repudiation of these ideologies and towards healing and repair. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/conference-the-religious-origins-of-white-supremacy-doctrine-of-christian-discovery/ LOCATION:Syracuse University\, 900 S Crouse Ave\, Syracuse\, New York\, 13244\, United States CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Educational,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Theology ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/skanonh-center-colonial-image.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231206T163000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20231020T223545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231205T165852Z UID:10000556-1701874800-1701880200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Online | Freedom to Be: Perspectives on the 2022 UN Report on Indigenous Peoples and the Concept of Freedom of Religion or Belief DESCRIPTION:RSVP\n \n \n \nOn Wednesday\, December 6 at 3 p.m. EST\, join the Center for Earth Ethics for Freedom to Be\, a conversation about the intersection of Indigenous issues\, the concept of freedom of religion or belief\, and the climate crisis. This virtual discussion will feature Indigenous voices who will explore how international Indigenous communities are affected by the same extractionist industries\, domination mindset\, and land removal policies that drive climate change. \nConfirmed speakers include Pavel Sulyandziga of the Udege people in Russia\, Laulani Teale of the Kanaka Maoli people in Hawai’i\, and Åsa Larsson Blind of the Sámi Peoples in Sweden. Roberto Múkaro Borrero\, strategic advisor to CEE\, will moderate. CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore will introduce and close the program. \nThe conversation will investigate how Indigenous spirituality’s intrinsic connection to the environment and earth can support an ecologically balanced future. \nThis conversation is another in a series of CEE events that build off the 2022 report on Indigenous communities by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief. \n  \nConfirmed Speakers: \n \nÅsa Larsson Blind is vice-president of the Sámi Council\, of which she has been a member since 2008\, having served as president from 2017 to 2019. She was the first woman to chair the National Sámi Association in Sweden\, serving from 2019 to 2021. Between 2011 and 2015\, she represented the Sámi Council at the Indigenous Peoples’ Secretariat\, while also serving as the Head of Department for the Sámi Council at Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) council meetings. She has been active in several Sámi organizations in Sweden\, including the National Sámi Association (2007-2011)\, the Sámi Educational Center in Jokkmokk (2007-2009)\, and Sáminuorra\, the Sámi youth organization (2002-2007). Larsson Blind was born and raised in a reindeer herding family and holds a Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management and Development from the University of Umeå. \n  \n \nPavel Sulyandziga is the founder and president of the Batani Foundation\, an Indigenous rights organization representing the Indigenous peoples of the Russian Far East. In the late 1980s\, he became a leader of the Udege people. Between 2001 and 2010 he served as the first vice-president of the Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North (RAIPON). Between 2005 and 2010 he performed duties as a member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and was a member of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights between 2011 and 2017. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the Institute of Economics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. \n  \n \nLaulani Teale is the coordinator of Hoʻopae Peace Project. She is an Indigenous Kanaka Maoli peacemaker\, activist\, musician\, teacher\, artist and writer. She is culturally trained in laʻau lapaʻau (traditional herbalism) and hoʻoponopono (traditional peacemaking)\, specializing in Indigenous health issues related to activism and colonization. She has been a front-line activist in major Kanaka struggles and serves the Kanaka movement in many capacities. She is a cultural bard and haku mele (songwriter)\, training under Liko Martin\, a master bard and long-time force in the Hawai’ian movement. She is a spiritual practitioner involved in the hands-on restoration and protection of sacred places and waters\, as well as a minister and birth worker\, protecting and reviving religious practices of birth\, death\, healing\, aloha ‘āina (love for the land) and sovereignty. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Hawaiʻi School of Public Health.  \n  \n \nRoberto Múkaro Borrero is a long-time advocate for the rights of Indigenous Peoples\, a chief of the Guainía Taíno Tribe\, president of the United Confederation of Taíno People\, and a special advisor for the Center for Earth Ethics. He has a distinguished and diverse background in policy and program development\, and human rights advocacy\, including a specialization on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. He has more than 25 years of experience actively engaging the United Nations system in thematic areas such as sustainable development\, climate change\, the Information Society and the Organization of American States. He served on the staff of the International Indian Treaty Council and the American Museum of Natural History and was a consultant for UNESCO\, UNDP\, UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and PBS. A published writer\, an accomplished artist and musician\, he is a member of the Taíno Tribal Nation\, an Indigenous people whose traditional homelands extend through the Greater and Lesser Antilles to the southern tip of Florida. In 2012\, he was traditionally sanctioned a kasike (chief) of the Guainía Taínotribal community.  He has an educational background in communications and cultural studies. In 2013\, Borrero was awarded an honorary doctorate in humanities from Kayiwa International University\, Kampala\, Uganda. \n  \n \nKarenna Gore is the founder and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York. Karenna formed CEE in 2015 to address the moral and spiritual dimensions of the climate crisis.  She is a visiting professor of practice of earth ethics at Union Theological Seminary\, an ex officio faculty member of Columbia University’s Earth Institute\, and an expert in the United Nations’ Harmony with Nature Knowledge Network. She serves on the boards of the Association to Benefit Children\, Pando Populus\,  the Sweetwater Cultural Center and Riverkeeper. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RSVP URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/freedom-to-be-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-among-indigenous-peoples/ CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Educational,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Rights of Nature & Ecocentric Law,Sustainability & Global Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Freedom-to-Be-Dec-6-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231117T133000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20231114T162742Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231114T162745Z UID:10000560-1700222400-1700227800@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Online | An Urgent Call to Protect the Amazon: A Livestream Premiere Ahead of COP28 DESCRIPTION:At the 2023 Parliament of the World’s Religions (PoWR)\, The Interfaith Rainforest Initiative brought Indigenous leaders from the Amazon across the world to share an urgent plea to protect the Amazon Rainforest. This assembly featured keynotes from some of the most prominent Indigenous leaders of the Amazon sharing the urgent call to protect the forest and the traditional knowledge of Indigenous peoples\, as well as highlighting the vital role of multilateral interfaith action to support the critical and often dangerous work of the leaders of the Amazon. For the first time\, PoWR is releasing this incredible event online for you to watch! \n\n\n\nAs we prepare for COP28\, the UN Climate Change conference taking place this December\, we hope this plea reaches all of those gathered in Dubai who hold the fate of our planet in their hands. We urge our global leaders to hear this call to action and take concrete steps to protect the Amazon and its guardians. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/online-an-urgent-call-to-protect-the-amazon-a-livestream-premiere-ahead-of-cop28/ CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_8512.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230918T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230918T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230824T191338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230915T151823Z UID:10000550-1695060000-1695063600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Discussion | Hearing Nature’s Voice: Perspectives from Law\, Ethics\, Business and Science DESCRIPTION:How can the world transition from anthropocentrism to ecocentrism? Join us on Monday\, September 18 at 6 p.m. for “Hearing Nature’s Voice\,” a discussion of why humans must shift away from their extractive and destructive dispositions towards nature. \n\n\n\nUsing modalities such as rights of nature\, rights of future generations\, earth ethics and nature-based governance\, the conversation will explore how to help facilitate this transition so that we can combat climate change\, biodiversity loss\, and other forms of massive environmental degradation\, as well as the human rights violations that go with them. \n\n\n\nPanelists scheduled to speak include Natalia Greene (Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature)\, Nathan Lujan (Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto)\, Gopal Patel (Center for Earth Ethics)\, Alexandra Pimor (Earth Law Center)\, and SD Smith (advisor to Ramapough Munsee Nation). CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore and Earth Law Center Executive Director Grant Wilson will introduce and moderate the program. \n\n\n\nThis event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/discussion-hearing-natures-voice-perspectives-from-law-ethics-business-and-science/ LOCATION:James Chapel\, 90 Claremont Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States CATEGORIES:Educational Initiatives,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Rights of Nature & Ecocentric Law ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Brown-Minimal-Polaroid-Multiple-Photo-Collage-Free-Instagram-Post.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230728T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230730T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230720T164436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230726T214638Z UID:10000543-1690531200-1690736400@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:2023 Waterfall Unity Festival DESCRIPTION:The Waterfall Unity Alliance invites you to join them at the 2023 Waterfall Unity Festival\, a benefit concert and celebration. From July 28th-30th\, the Alliance will be celebrating\, honoring and giving gratitude for the growth of our vision. Join us as we honor the Kanien’kehá:ka rematriation and return to ancestral homelands.  \nCEE will host a discussion on Sunday\, July 30th at 11am. Join us to discuss traditional ecological knowledge and ways of knowing. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/2023-waterfall-unity-festival/ LOCATION:Waterfall Unity Alliance\, 1160 Bear Ladder Road\, West Fulton\, New York\, 12194\, United States CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/0441e4_823e363dcc7c4e288b19bccf7ff7d771mv2.jpg.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230425T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230425T120000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230419T004605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230425T134428Z UID:10000532-1682424000-1682424000@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Virtual Event | Freedom to Be: The role of Indigenous spiritualities in averting climate catastrophe and safeguarding planetary health DESCRIPTION:This virtual panel will explore how this Indigenous spiritualities intersect with the climate crisis. Panelists will explore at how global Indigenous communities are affected by the same extractionist industries and land removal policies that drive climate change. They will investigate how Indigenous spiritualities’ intrinsic connection to the environment and Earth can support an ecologically focused future. The panel will address the recommendations offered by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief’s 2022 report in the context of planetary health. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/freedom-to-be-the-role-of-indigenous-spiritualities-in-averting-climate-catastrophe-and-safeguarding-planetary-health/ CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/With-the-support-of.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230414T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230415T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20221107T175904Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230404T173706Z UID:10000510-1681477200-1681578000@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Online Course | Crossroads and Confluence: Gender and Race in the Movements of Ecological and Economic Justice DESCRIPTION:Crossroads and Confluence: An Examination of Gender and Race in the Movements of Ecological and Economic Justice \n\n\n\nIn this online course offered from Union Theological Seminary\, Kelly Brown Douglas\, Karenna Gore and Liz Theoharis critically explore the biblical and theological traditions that have helped to cause economic and ecological injustice as well as biblical\, theological and ethical mandates for addressing it. The two day intensive course highlights the intersecting and interlocking realities of racial\, economic and ecological injustice as well as the impact and implications of binary ways of viewing human and non-human creation. \n\n\n\nThe application deadline is Wednesday\, April 5. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/crossroads-and-confluence/ CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Theology ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Life-Long-Learning-Douglas-Gore-Theoharis.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230323T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230323T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230307T201302Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T152324Z UID:10000527-1679580000-1679583600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Online Event | Impacts of Extractives on Water and the Environment DESCRIPTION:Impacts of Extractives on Water and the Environment: Protection and Accountability through a Human Rights Framework \n\n\n\nThis virtual side event will coincide with the UN 2023 Water Conference\, to be held from March 22-24\, 2023 at United Nations Headquarters in New York\, USA. This online panel will  highlight the challenges in addressing the human right to equitable access to clean\, safe water. Particular attention will be paid to the role that extractive industries\, like mining\, pose toward meeting the targets of SDG6\, as well as cross-cutting issues\, including but not limited to: health\, migration\, gender\, Indigenous rights\, education\, climate change\, and biodiversity loss. These are crucial considerations as we build toward a Water Action Agenda that is scalable and committed to action. \n\n\n\nFeatured Speakers: \n\n\n\nTalia Boyd – Indigenous Environmental Network – Dine / Navajo Nation \n\n\n\nRosita Silvano Cuscchinchinari – Red Eclesial Panamazonica (REPAM) \n\n\n\nMary Tahu – Solomon Islands Climate Action Network \n\n\n\nSusan Power – Al-Haq \n\n\n\nBlair Nelsen – NGO Mining Working Group \n\n\n\nSponsored by: NGO Mining Working Group and Center for Earth Ethics URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/impacts-of-extractives-on-water-and-the-environment-protection-and-accountability-through-a-human-rights-framework/ CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs,Water ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/IMG_8028.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230322T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230322T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230315T190145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T215937Z UID:10000528-1679500800-1679511600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Indigenous Representatives Reception and Talking Session on World Water Day DESCRIPTION:Indigenous elders\, peoples and representatives attending the UN 2023 Water Conference\, the Indigenous Peoples Pre-Summit for the UN Water Conference\, NY Water Week\, and related events are invited to gather and share their perspectives\, experiences\, and desired outcomes for this week’s events to care for our World’s Waters. \n\n\n\nHosted by CEE Senior Fellow\, Mona Polacca (Havasupai\, Tewa and Hopi) and the Center for Earth Ethics \n\n\n\nThis event has limited capacity. Please complete this Registration Form: www.bit.ly/CEEWater and we will send location of the event if your registration is accepted. We hope to see you there. \n\n\n\nCenter for Earth Ethics supports the UN 2023 Water Conference and the Indigenous Peoples Pre-Summit for the UN Water Conference URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/indigenous-representatives-reception-and-talking-session-on-world-water-day/ CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Water ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Reception-and-Talking-Session-no-location-3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230321T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230321T200000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230315T194643Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230315T200339Z UID:10000529-1679425200-1679428800@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Online Presentation | Water: An Indigenous Perspective DESCRIPTION:It is important for the world to consider Indigenous world views in relation to water. We invite you to listen. \n\n\n\n“Water: An Indigenous Perspective” is a Fireside Chat between Havasupai\, Tewa and Hopi Elder Mona Polacca and Karenna Gore from the Center for Earth Ethics. This dialogue co-sponsored by the United Confederation of Taíno People\, the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Climate Heritage Network lifts the voice of Indigenous Peoples with an inter-generational legacy of knowledge to protect and care for nature’s clean water sources. \n\n\n\nAvailable to Stream during NY Water Week\, March 18 – 24\, with a special stream on Tuesday evening\, March 21 at 7 p.m. (New York time) on our website and social media platforms. \n\n\n\nSubscribe below for a link to access and a reminder to tune in. \n\n\n\nThe Center for Earth Ethics supports the UN 2023 Water Conference and the Indigenous Peoples Pre-Summit for the UN Water Conference and especially the integration of Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge to discern meaningful action items for achieving the Water Action Agenda by 2028 and related 2030 goals. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/water-an-indigenous-perspective/ CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Rights of Nature & Ecocentric Law,Water ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FrHHxPRWwAA4Idh.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230321T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230321T150000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230202T204251Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230316T194655Z UID:10000520-1679407200-1679410800@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Water is Life: Angel of the Waters Ceremony DESCRIPTION:Water and Heritage: Connecting Past\, Present and FutureAn Official Side Event to the UN 2023 Water Conference \n\n\n\nOn the afternoon of March 21\, 2023\, the eve of World Water Day and the opening of the Mid-Term Review of the United Nations Decade of Action\, the Central Park Conservancy will host a ceremony at the Angel of the Waters Fountain at Bethesda Terrace in Central Park (at 72nd Street). The ceremony will celebrate the tangible and intangible value and enduring significance of water-related cultural heritage around the world and highlight living heritage stewardship challenges of today and tomorrow. The ceremony also will recognize New York City’s more than 180-year history of managing water and water related heritage. \n\n\n\nAt the ceremony\, the Angel of Waters Fountain will be marked as a heritage site for water inspiration\, and the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Water & Heritage will award the Water & Heritage Shield to New York City representatives to raise public awareness of the city’s water-related heritage. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/water-ceremony-icomos-presentation/ LOCATION:Bethesda Terrace\, 72 Terrace Dr\,\, New York\, New York\, 10021\, United States CATEGORIES:Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Water ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Water-is-Life.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230321T170000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230221T220738Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T192224Z UID:10000522-1679302800-1679418000@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Indigenous Peoples Pre-Summit for the United Nations Water Conference DESCRIPTION:Supporting and Affirming Indigenous Peoples’ Rights\, Knowledge and Vital Roles as Water Protectors and Defenders \n\n\n\n\nRegional updates \n\n\n\nWater and the Climate Crisis\n\n\n\nIndigenous Peoples’ Knowledge\, Practices & Methods for Water Conservation\, Restoration and Health\n\n\n\nWater and Food Sovereignty\n\n\n\nDefending Water from Extractives\, Damming\, Contamination and Commercialization\n\n\n\nIndigenous Women as Water Keepers and Knowledge Holders\n\n\n\nSupporting Indigenous Youth Leadership \n\n\n\nImposed “Protected Areas” and other False Solutions\n\n\n\n\nThis event is co-sponsored by the International Indian Treaty Council\, Assembly of First Nations\, United Confederation of Taino People\, the Center for Support of Indigenous Peoples of Northern Russia\, and the Indigenous Peoples of Africa Coordinating Committee. \n\n\n\nLunches both days and interpretation in Spanish\, English\, Russian and French will be provided. \n\n\n\nFor more information contact: Roberto Borrero\, International Indian Treaty Council\, communications@treatycouncil.org\, (917) 334-5658. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/indigenous-peoples-pre-summit-for-the-united-nations-water-conference/ LOCATION:Salvation Army International Social Justice Commission\, 221 East 52nd Street\, New York\, New York\, 10022\, United States CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs,Water ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/331073905_863873588177850_6342649462555445002_n-e1678130528170.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230318T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230324T235959 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20230306T191131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230310T153934Z UID:10000523-1679097600-1679702399@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Online Event | Water: An Indigenous Perspective DESCRIPTION:It is important for the world to consider Indigenous world views in relation to water. We invite you to listen. \n\n\n\n‘Water: An Indigenous Perspective’ is a Fireside Chat between Havasupai\, Tewa and Hopi Elder Mona Polacca and Karenna Gore from the Center for Earth Ethics. This dialogue co-sponsored by the United Confederation of Taíno People\, the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Climate Heritage Network lifts the voice of Indigenous Peoples with an inter-generational legacy of knowledge to protect and care for nature’s clean water sources. \n\n\n\nAvailable to Stream during NY Water Week\, March 18 – 24\, with a special stream on Tuesday evening\, March 21 at 7 p.m. (New York time) on our website and social media platforms. \n\n\n\nSubscribe below for a link to access and a reminder to tune in. \n\n\n\nThe Center for Earth Ethics supports the UN 2023 Water Conference and the Indigenous Peoples Pre-Summit for the UN Water Conference and especially the integration of Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge to discern meaningful action items for achieving the Water Action Agenda by 2028 and related 2030 goals. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n \n Subscribe to Newsletter\n \n "*" indicates required fields \n \n Name*\n \n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n Email*\n \n Location (optional)Affiliation (optional) URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/water-a-fireside-chat/ CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Water ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/FSCsimple.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221026T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221026T190000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20221010T214058Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T125754Z UID:10000276-1666803600-1666810800@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Freedom of Religion or Belief for Indigenous Peoples: The 2022 UN Report DESCRIPTION:On Wednesday\, October 26\, the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary will host “Freedom of Religion or Belief for Indigenous Peoples: The 2022 UN Report.” This high-level forum will discuss the report about Indigenous peoples that the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion or Belief will present to the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York earlier that week. \n \nThis forum will feature a keynote address from Professor Ahmed Shaheed\, the former special rapporteur who supervised the report’s drafting. The current special rapporteur\, Nazila Ghanea\, will participate as well. The forum also will feature respondents from North American Indigenous communities\, who will reflect on the report\, offer insights\, and discuss how protecting Indigenous rights\, including the right to freedom of religion or belief\, relates to global environmental issues. Link to Speaker Information \n \nThe forum\, which is free and open to the public\, will take place in James Memorial Chapel\, Union Theological Seminary\, 90 Claremont Avenue\, New York from 5 – 7 p.m. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/freedom-of-religion-or-belief-for-indigenous-peoples-the-2022-un-report/ LOCATION:James Chapel\, 90 Claremont Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States CATEGORIES:Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/unnamed.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211019T070000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211019T082000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20221024T185510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T150704Z UID:10000472-1634626800-1634631600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation: UNFCC COP 26 DESCRIPTION:Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation: A Community WebinarTuesday\, October 197 a.m. New York | 1 p.m. CEST \nREGISTER \nWhat does a spiritual view on climate challenges look like? Can spirituality prove to be a source of resilience to climate change effects? How do we build upon our water-related cultural heritage to forge strategies for climate change adaptation? \nOn Tuesday\, October 19\, join Senior Fellow Mona Polacca\, CEE Advisory Board member Marvie Misolas\, and other representatives of Indigenous groups and faith-based communities for a dialogue that will address these and other questions about water-related spirituality. \nPeople have always understood the dependence on water to sustain life\, health\, economies and ecosystems. All societies and religions have developed visions\, rituals and practices related to water. Despite this water-related cultural heritage\, its significance for present and future climate challenges is not widely recognized\, because of the complexity of our relations with water and disciplinary and institutional divides between water managers and heritage experts. \nThe dialogue aims to initiate a converation among spiritual leaders in advance of the UN Water Decade Midterm Review in New York in 2023. \nThe program (subject to change) includes the following: \n\nModerator: Sergio Ribeiro\, Director General of CIRAT\, Brazil\, and Board Member of ICOMOS ISC Water\nA vision on adaptation to climate change in the Laudato si’\, the second encyclical of Pope Francis: Maria Hammershoy\, Secretary General\, Caritas Denmark\nA vision on adaptation to climate change: Austin Núñez\, Leader of the Wa:k Community\, San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation near Tucson\, Arizona\, USA and Mona Polacca\, Native American Spiritual Elder: Hopi\, Tewa\, Havasupai traditions\, Arizona\, USA\nA vision on adaptation to climate change: Valériane Bernard\, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University UN Representative\nA vision on adaptation to climate change – A Buddhist Perspective: Dharma Master Hsin Tao\, Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society and founder of the Museum of World Religions\nA vision on adaptation to climate change – Iberê Guarani Mbyá\, Leadership\, Guanary People\, Brazil\nA vision on adaptation to climate change – Sister Marvie Misolas\, Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic’s\nReflection on the dialogue by representative of the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\n\nThe dialogue aims to initiate a conversation among spiritual leaders to inspire the UN Water Decade Midterm Review to be held in New York in 2023. It is organized by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Water and Heritage\, or ISC Water\, which bridges these divides through dialogues among political\, professional and spiritual leaders\, interdisciplinary research\, collecting and disseminating best practices\, and developing guidance. \nREGISTER \n \n  URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/water-and-spirituality-for-climate-adaptation-for-adaptation/ CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/115DEBB3-B39D-4B44-8B07-CF9F0A881776.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211007T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211007T140000 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20221024T185510Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T150512Z UID:10000460-1633608000-1633615200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/indigenous-water-ethics-a-traditional-dialogue/ CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/CEE-Home-Page-Options-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200201 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200208 DTSTAMP:20260423T070753 CREATED:20221024T185500Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230212T150635Z UID:10000390-1580515200-1581119999@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Holy Land Living Water DESCRIPTION:The Center for Earth Ethics is grateful to be continuing to work with our friends at ECO-PEACE MIDDLE EAST following the inspired Sacred Rivers Interfaith ceremony at Union Theological Seminary and the Hudson River during Climate Week. \nThe Center’s Mindahi Bastida will join UNITY EARTH’s international delegation for an historic pilgrimage in February 2020. Holy Land Living Water will be a 7 day journey of spirit and ecology that will include sacred site visits\, music and ceremony\, as well as ecological tours to the Jordan River. \nCELEBRATING UN WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY WEEK\n \nHoly Land Living Water will raise awareness about the groundbreaking efforts of regional NGO EcoPeace Middle East in facilitating collaboration and regeneration throughout the Jordan River Valley and beyond. The event is also presented in partnership with the United Religions Initiative and will celebrate UN World Interfaith Harmony Week\, an annual celebration in the 1st week of February. URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/4307/ CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Rights of Nature & Ecocentric Law ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/82485397_2940800689273236_4931702751752093696_n.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR