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Join CEE Founder and Executive Director Karenna Gore on the Sloop Clearwater to explore a growing paradigm shift in how we view the natural world. The idea behind the Rights of Nature is simple but powerful: instead of treating nature only as property, we recognize natural entities—like rivers, forests, and mountains—as being alive, and having […]

The Center for Earth Ethics is thrilled to bring our faith, spirituality and climate training to the Hudson Valley this June. The Center has hosted Faith and Climate trainings since 2016. When both nature and society face many threats, community, spiritual connection, and bioregional knowledge are indispensable. This convening is a vital opportunity to come […]

CEE is honored that Executive Director Karenna Gore will be a participant at the "Memorial of Indigenous People" event on Wednesday, August 13 at 5 pm in Brasilia. This spiritual and ethical gathering—a call for climate justice, global ethics and hope in defense of all forms of life—is part of Brazil's journey toward COP30 later […]

On August 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM, join GreenFaith USA and the Center for Earth Ethics in New Orleans for Katrina 20: Faith, Climate & Justice, an interfaith gathering marking the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Part of the UNFCCC and Brazilian government’s Global Ethical Stocktake leading up to COP30, this free public event will explore the […]

ONLINE9/16, 30 & 10/7, 14 Tuesdays (6:45-9:15pm EST) Instructor: Karenna GoreCost: $150 Climate Ethics is a framework for examining the moral issues that have arisen within the global climate crisis, and the implications for what to do about it. It includes framing questions such as: how do we respond to the reality that communities hurt first and […]

On Sunday, September 21, the Center for Earth Ethics is co-sponsoring the 5th annual BIPOC Climate Justice Summit: Power Shift, an all-day public event launching NYC Climate Week at Columbia University. This year’s summit convenes frontline communities, organizers, researchers, funders and public servants to build collective power and advance transformative climate justice. This summit aims to […]

On Wednesday, September 24, CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore will appear as a featured speaker at Beyond COP30: Leadership for a New Era, hosted by TED Countdown and Futerra. She will join Lindsay Levin, co-founder of TED Countdown, and Tulio Andrade, chief strategy officer of the COP30 Presidency, for a dialogue on the leadership and imagination required to meet […]

On September 1, 1989, Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrios I issued a prophetic message on the urgency of care for the environment, marking the first annual “Day of Prayer for Creation.” The message was taken up, and in the decades since, a Season of Creation has been observed across many Christian denominations worldwide between September 1 and […]

Join the Center for Earth Ethics and Union Theological Seminary's Eco-Justice Caucus at UTS's Burke Library for a dialogue and discussion with Mark Clatterbuck, editor of a new volume from Orbis Books. With a forward by Winona LaDuke, "Sacred Resistance" weaves together "five deep and rich case studies of spiritually-based eco-activism written by those engaged in the struggle." Please enter […]

Faith organizations play a central role in supporting New Yorkers during crises, yet many lack access to the tools and training needed to plan for future risks. The NYC Faith Sector Climate Adaptation Working Group, convened by New York Disaster & Interfaith Services (NYDIS) and Rebuild by Design, invites faith leaders and partners to a […]

CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore joins The Young Turks this evening to discuss the Global Ethical Stocktake, COP30, climate ethics, and more! Tune in tonight at 8:30 PM ET at TYT.com!