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We Cry Justice!

We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign Tuesday, October 12, 7 p.m. EDT Join a book launch for "We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign", edited by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis with a Foreword by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. With contributions from CEE Executive Director […]

Restoring a Connection to Nature — Spirit of Mother Jones

Restoring a Connection to Nature: A Native American Perspective Thursday, October 14, 2021 9 a.m. Los Angeles | 12 p.m. New York | 5 p.m. Cork REGISTER Current environmental crises often stem from the belief that we are separate from our natural world and focus on human development.  What can we learn from an Indigenous […]

Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation: UNFCC COP 26

Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation: A Community WebinarTuesday, October 197 a.m. New York | 1 p.m. CEST REGISTER What 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 […]

Rally for Our Water, Stop MVP

Rally for Our Water Wednesday, October 20, 2021 4 p.m. Los Angeles | 6 p.m. Chicago | 7 p.m. Washington, D.C. REGISTER Join your friends, neighbors, and allies from Virginia and beyond to show our solidarity and boost our energy to continue to victory! This is an urgent moment in the fight against the Mountain […]

“The Ants and the Grasshopper” Documentary Screening

The Center for Earth Ethics, Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary and the Kairos Center will co-host a screening of new documentary by Raj Patel called "The Ants and the Grasshopper."  REGISTER The film follows Anita Chitaya of Malawi as she goes to the US Midwest, and communities of color in Detroit and the White […]

Uniting the World to Tackle Climate Change: Perspectives from Religion and Politics

On Friday, October 29, at 12:15 p.m. Scotland Time (7:15 a.m. in New York), Karenna Gore, executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics, will deliver the opening address at “Uniting the World to Tackle Climate Change: Perspectives from Religion and Politics,” an international conference hosted by the Centre for the Study of Religion and […]

Multifaith Vigil at COP 26

The future of our planet hangs in the balance, as world leaders meet in Glasgow for the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference. Your prayers and presence can help secure a livable future. Join ICNY, Interfaith Glasgow, Interfaith Scotland, and the Scottish Religious Leaders Forum for a multifaith vigil to express our shared love for life […]

Climate and Nature: The Role of the Faith – Based Organizations

Want to explore the role of faith and spirituality in addressing the nature and #ClimateCrisis? Join leaders from international faith-based organizations at #COP26 as they discuss how humanity can reorient itself to live in harmony with nature. Livestream at WWF Climate and Energy:bit.ly/3Gmgvji

In Conversation: Nature’s Community

Conservation for Hope - Expo 2020 Dubai Explore the intersection of ancient knowledge and new technologies, delve into the realm of law-making for Mother Earth and learn from award-winning collaborations and Indigenous leaders. This one-day event offers attendees the chance to re-imagine global systems through the lens of Indigenous cultures, to learn how to collaborate […]

Postcolonial Poetics: Aliou Niang on the Human-Nature Relationship

How can we understand the Bible and other faith teachings in the context of today’s ecological crisis? How can we restore traditional practices that once directed a mutual relationship among God, humans and nature? These are among the questions raised by Aliou Niang, associate professor of New Testament at Union Theological Seminary, in “A Poetics […]

Protect Our Air, Our Lives

Shelter 21 -- Angler's Park 350 Northside Drive Danville, VA 24540 Parents can't control the air our children breathe. We depend on our leaders to do their jobs and protect our children. We want to identify real climate leadership, and we need actionable commitments from our leaders. On Saturday, November 27, join William Barber III and […]