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. On June 20 and 21—the summer […]

During London Climate Week, join leaders from the Brazilian Government and the Global Ethical Stocktake (GES) network for the official launch of the International GES Initiative & Documentary World Premiere. The launch event focuses on the intersection of ethics, social justice, and climate implementation. With the legacy of COP30 as its foundation, the Global Ethical […]

More than fifty years after the Clean Water Act established the national goal of making all waters fishable and swimmable, recent legal decisions and rulemaking have dramatically weakened the Act by narrowing the definition of “Waters of the United States.” This redefinition threatens to remove federal safeguards from more than 80 percent of the nation’s […]

CEE is excited to co-sponsor the Women’s Water Walk, a 108 mile women-led prayer walk to stop the proposed Constitution Pipeline. The walk, which men are also encouraged to join and support, begins September 19 near Damascus, N.Y., and will continue for two weeks, until October 4, through towns along the proposed pipeline route. We will […]

Join us for a ceremonial gathering and walk to the river in honor of water and in solidarity with water protectors. We will begin in the Union courtyard, sharing words, songs, and water, which we will pour into a shared vessel. Then we will walk a path on the edge of Riverside Park, to the […]

On Sunday, September 20, CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore will participate in a gathering hosted by The Fetzer Institute Environment Collaborative at Columbia University's Lee Bollinger Forum. This free event will feature ceremony, dialogue and reflection to celebrate and explore the sacred spirit that connects us to each other, all living beings, and our Earth […]

On Wednesday, September 23,Inuit Nunaat Fund will host a day of panel discussions curated by Arctic Indigenous Peoples at Union Theological Seminary. The gathering will convene Indigenous Peoples from across the circumpolar Arctic to speak on cultural wellbeing and interconnection—and the impacts of climate change and extraction.

The Global South Summit convenes leaders, organizers, scholars and community advocates committed to building a just and sustainable future. This year's theme centers on the powerful intersections of faith, environmental justice, nature-based solutions and Indigenous knowledge—lifting up wisdom traditions and frontline experiences that guide global transformation.

On Saturday, September 26, the Center for Earth Ethics is co-sponsoring BIPOC Climate Justice Summit: Climate Democracy Frontiers. This year’s summit, which takes place at the American Museum of Natural History, convenes frontline communities—who experience climate change “first and worst”—and organizers, researchers, funders, and public servants to build collective power and advance transformative climate justice.

Join the Center for Earth Ethics and Beyond Plastics at Union Theological Seminary's Burke Library for a dialogue between CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore and Judith Enck, president of Beyond Plastics. The two will discuss Enck's new book, “The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late,” which explores the massive, systemic and urgent […]

This pre-COP official side event will explore the Pacific’s role in driving ethically-grounded climate action, with a focus on the Global Ethical Stocktake (GES) initiative. The program features Anote Tong, former President of Kiribati and current pro tempore GES leader, Reverend James Bhagwan of Pacific Conference of Churches, Maureen Penjueli, Executive Committee Member of DAWN, and Joeteshna […]