On Thursday, April 23, CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore will join Adam D Orford (Fordham Law School), Kit Kennedy (NRDC) and Hakan Yesilova (The Fountain Magazine) for an interdisciplinary conversation hosted by Fordham University’s Institute on Religion, Law & Lawyer’s Work, The Pastrana Foundation, and the Peace Islands Institute. Panelists will explore how interfaith perspectives […]

Join the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary’s Burke Library for a dialogue and discussion co-moderated by CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore and Susan Bodnar, editor of "Unmoored Yet Unbroken." This new volume presents “a rich tapestry of global narratives highlighting the psychological impact of environmental changes.” Contributing authors will join the conversation to explore the intricate relationship […]

How do we recognize and honor our innate belonging to the Earth? How is this sense of ecological belonging a spiritual and religious matter? What does it teach us about justice, and how do we tend it within our communities and across the bounds of space, time, and species? How are these lessons learned and […]

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 […]

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.