Green the Church National Virtual Summit
2021-10-10 - 2021-10-13 | New York
The Center for Earth Ethics is proud to be a sponsor of the Green the Church National Virtual Summit, October 10th through 13th, 2021.
Green Lessons from Black Wall Street
Infrastructure, Agriculture, and Equity
…for the people had a mind to work – Nehemiah 4:6c
This 4-day Summit will include national Environmental Justice voices and thought leaders, worship services, panel discussions, breakout sessions, a sermon library, networking, sponsorship opportunities, and much more.
Registration will be available @ $125 from October 1st – 10th.
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The Green the Church 2021 Summit Honorary Chair is Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley, Interfaith Power & Light Board Chair, Pastor Emeritus, Providence Missionary Baptist Church, Atlanta GA.
The Green the Church 2021 Summit Honoree is Mrs. Veronica Kyle, Statewide Outreach Director at Faith in Place, Adjunct Professor and Co-Founder of the EcoWomanist institute.
Learn More about the Summit and Participating Speakers
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We Cry Justice!
2021-10-12 | New York
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 Karenna Gore and more than 30 others, this revolutionary text offers a unique perspective on some of the most radical passages in scripture, is available today!
Join the in-person launch at 320 West 37th Street in Manhattan at 7 p.m. Or join the livestream at https://kairoscenter.org/livestream/

Restoring a Connection to Nature -- Spirit of Mother Jones
2021-10-14 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | New York
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
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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 perspective?
Join on Tuesday, October 14, at noon EDT for “Restoring a Connection to Nature: A Native American Perspective” with CEE Original Caretakers Senior Fellow Mona Polacca.
The UN 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals repeatedly call for valuing the Indigenous perspective yet they rarely have a seat at the table. What does it mean to be Indigenous? How can we better care for biodiversity, food systems, ecosystem restoration or water?
All are welcome to this wonderful opportunity to learn directly from a traditional Indigenous elder who has worked extensively in the realm of social and environmental justice
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This special collaborative event is run in partnership with The Center for Earth Ethics and the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival, Shandon, Cork.
The event will launch the tenth annual Spirit of Mother Jones 2021 Festival and the UCC Community Week 2021.

World Food Day: Faith + Food Post-Summit Reflection
2021-10-16 | New York
Stay tuned for news about World Food Day including a Faith + Food Coalition update and Post Summit Reflections!

Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation: UNFCC COP 26
2021-10-19 07:00 - 08:20 UTC | New York
Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation: A Community WebinarTuesday, October 197 a.m. New York | 1 p.m. CEST
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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 climate change adaptation?
On 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.
People 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.
The dialogue aims to initiate a converation among spiritual leaders in advance of the UN Water Decade Midterm Review in New York in 2023.
The program (subject to change) includes the following:

Moderator: Sergio Ribeiro, Director General of CIRAT, Brazil, and Board Member of ICOMOS ISC Water
A vision on adaptation to climate change in the Laudato si’, the second encyclical of Pope Francis: Maria Hammershoy, Secretary General, Caritas Denmark
A 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
A vision on adaptation to climate change: Valériane Bernard, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University UN Representative
A 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
A vision on adaptation to climate change – Iberê Guarani Mbyá, Leadership, Guanary People, Brazil
A vision on adaptation to climate change – Sister Marvie Misolas, Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic’s
Reflection on the dialogue by representative of the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations

The 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.
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Rally for Our Water, Stop MVP
2021-10-20 | New York
Rally for Our Water
Wednesday, October 20, 2021
4 p.m. Los Angeles | 6 p.m. Chicago | 7 p.m. Washington, D.C.

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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 Valley Pipeline. The enthusiasm and dedication of activists, citizens, and nonprofits helped to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, a project many said was a done deal. Now we need all of our allies and fighters now, more than ever, to stop the MVP.
Join us on Wednesday, Oct 20, to learn how you can help and why now is the time to raise your voice.
Wild Virginia will host a webinar with information about the opportunity for the public to affect the decision by the Virginia State Water Control Board about the MVP’S future.
Our featured speaker will be Karenna Gore, the founder and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary.
While the direct focus of this rally is on the pipeline, the issues involved are much larger.
Anyone who is motivated to oppose wasteful and harmful fossil fuel infrastructure that will cause damage in the short term and prolong our urgent transition to clean energy — this is your fight.
Anyone who wants to ensure decision makers meet their legal and ethical duties to protect us and our resources — this is your fight.
The MVP battle has become a national focal point in the vital effort to achieve justice and sound policies on water pollution and energy choices.
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"The Ants and the Grasshopper" Documentary Screening
2021-10-26 18:00 - 20:00 UTC | New York
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 House. She sparks discourse about climate (and food justice, gender, race, etc) along the way, including using her Biblical fluency to talk to climate skeptics. This is intention from Raj Patel:
As the COP26 climate summit approaches in November, we very much hope that communities of people of faith are able to heed the call for justice, and that this film might serve as the basis for taking action.
A panel discussion will follow moderated by EDS at Union’s Dean Kelly Brown Douglas.

Uniting the World to Tackle Climate Change: Perspectives from Religion and Politics
2021-10-29 07:15 - 08:00 UTC | New York
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 Politics at Scotland’s University of St. Andrews.

The three-day virtual conference will address the theme of the United Nations Climate Conference, or COP26, which begins on November 1, in relation to religion and politics. Scholars from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas are scheduled to participate. The COP26 CSRP Scholars Conference is being hosted in conjunction with Scholars at the Peripheries (a group of scholars from the Global South) and Laudato Si’ International (a group that has been working to understand and deliver the message of Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si’ on the care of the planet as the common home).

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Multifaith Vigil at COP 26
2021-10-31 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | New York
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 on earth, and shared hope that COP26 delegates will commit to the actions required to save it!
Join the livestream at tiny.cc/COP26VigilLive from 10-11 AM ET this Sunday, 10/31. We hope you will join us in prayer for our planet.

Climate and Nature: The Role of the Faith - Based Organizations
2021-11-01 10:00 - 11:00 UTC | New York
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
2021-11-02 | New York
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 with nature, exploring innovative Nature-based Solutions and the long-standing relationship between the natural world and human communities.
Join a discussion where traditional meets science and Indigenous experts convene with business executives. An unique opportunity to learn why Indigenous knowledge systems are at the forefront of planetary protection, central to designing regenerative and biodiverse global systems and critical to governments’ abilities to meet new international targets for biodiversity and climate.
In Conversation: Nature’s Community
Nature is embedded in the culture of Indigenous communities around the world. These ancient knowledge systems provide guidance to safeguard nature and leadership in addressing the climate and biodiversity crises.
Participants are invited to join a participatory welcome ceremony, led by Grandmother Mona Polacca, Hopi, Havasupai, Tewa Elder and Chair of the International Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.
Following the ceremony, Grandmother Mona Polacca will lead a conversation about her own heritage, offering insights into building human relationship to nature.
In the spirit of the day, this session will turn from talk to conversation and selected audience members will be invited on-stage to participate in a listen- ing exchange, exploring the potential of Nature-based Solutions to address societal challenges, benefit biodiversity and support human well-being.
Expo 2020 Dubai Schedule
“Nature’s Community” with Mona Polacca at Conservation of Hope one day event November 2nd

Postcolonial Poetics: Aliou Niang on the Human-Nature Relationship
2021-11-05 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | New York
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 of Postcolonial Biblical Criticism: God, Human-Nature Relationship, and Negritude” (2019). Niang will discuss these and other issues raised in his book in a webinar on Friday, November 5, at noon Eastern Time.

At the discussion, Columbia University Professor of French and of Philosophy Souleymane Diagne, who also directs the Institute of African Studies at Columbia, will offer a response to Niang’s presentation.

Rev. Petra Thombs, executive director of the Ramapough Lenape Nation Community Center in Mahwah, N.J., will provide a reflection.

“Postcolonial Poetics: Aliou Niang on the Human-Nature Relationship” is co-sponsored by the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary and the Institute for African Studies at Columbia University.

Protect Our Air, Our Lives
2021-11-27 14:00 - 16:00 UTC | New York
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 other local activists in Danville, Virginia, who are taking action to protect our most vulnerable communities from the impacts of the Mountain Valley Pipeline Southgate Air Compressor Station.
Scheduled speakers include William Barber III, Crystal Cavalier, and Desiree Shelley.

Faith & Climate Summit #2
2021-12-08 09:00 - 12:00 UTC | New York
On Wednesday, December 8th join the Parliament of the World’s Religions for the Faith & Climate Summit #2.
With the close of COP26 the Parliament in partnership with Bhumi Global, the Center for Earth Ethics, Dayenu, EcoSikh, the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light, the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, UK COP26 Presidency, UN Environment Programme Faith for Earth, and World Resources Institute invites you to join us for a debrief and robust discussion about the faith community’s continued engagement with UNFCCC and climate action more broadly.
Learn more at https://parliamentofreligions.org/blog/interfaith-partners-gather-faith-climate-summit-2

Clinical Climate Change Conference: Mental Health and Well-being for Patients and Clinicians
2022-01-07 09:30 - 15:30 UTC | New York
The Center for Earth Ethics is honored to be a sponsor for the fourth annual Clinical Climate Conference organized by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai on Friday, January 7, 2022. This year’s conference, which runs from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Eastern Time, will be held virtually and will address the theme of Mental Health and Well-being for Patients and Clinicians. CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore will address a workshop on “Taking Action as an Antidote to Anxiety.”

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Worldwide Climate and Justice Teach-In Information Session
2022-01-13 10:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York), 2022-01-13 15:00 - 16:00 UTC | New York
As the Worldwide Teach-in on Climate and Justice continues to mobilize half a million educators, students and community members to participate in its historic global event on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, faith communities have a vital role to play in addressing climate change and creating just climate solutions.

To help describe the roles that faith communities and people of faith can take in the Worldwide Teach-In, Bard and CEE are holding information sessions on Thursday, January 13, 2020, at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. (New York time). Interested individuals can register here to learn ways to engage people from their faith community in serious dialogue about climate solutions and justice in the transition.

CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore will be a guest speaker at these sessions.

Ecocide: A Discussion of Law and Ethics
2022-01-20 12:00 - 13:30 UTC | New York
Ecocide: A Discussion of Law and Ethics
Thursday, January 20, 2022
VIRTUAL EVENT
9 a.m. Los Angeles | 12 p.m. New York & Quito | 6 p.m. The Hague
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Mass environmental devastation affects us all, even if the damage is inflicted within national borders. Yet as it stands today international law is inadequate to address extreme, willful damage to the environment.
Now, a global effort is underway to make international law a more powerful mechanism to protect our planet. In June 2021, the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide defined ecocide as the “unlawful or wanton acts committed with knowledge that there is a substantial likelihood of severe and either widespread or long-term damage to the environment being caused by those acts.”
This definition is an initial step to making ecocide an international crime. At present, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court lists four international crimes: genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression. Recognizing ecocide as the fifth would create, in the Panel’s words, “a new and practical legal tool” to preserve and protect the Earth, our common home.

Left to right: Hugo Echeverria, Kate Mackintosh, Olivia Swaak-Goldman, Karenna Gore
On Thursday, January 20, 2022, at noon (New York time), “Ecocide: A Discussion of Law and Ethics” will assemble international lawyers and scholars to discuss the Panel’s efforts to define ecocide as well as to examine the significance of shifting to an eco-centric framework.
Scheduled speakers include attorney and consultant Hugo Echeverria, an expert in the environmental rule of law, wildlife crime, and the rights of Nature; Kate Mackintosh, inaugural executive director of the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law and a deputy chair of the Independent Expert Panel for the Legal Definition of Ecocide; and Olivia Swaak-Goldman, executive director of the Wildlife Justice Commission, who has published extensively on international criminal law and humanitarian law. Karenna Gore, CEE’s founder and executive director, organized the session and will serve as moderator.
This event is sponsored by the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, the Promise Institute for Human Rights at UCLA School of Law, and the Wildlife Justice Commission.
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Climate Revival: Launch a Year of Resilient Creation & Restored Communities
2022-01-20 19:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | New York
We need a climate revival!
After another year of record-breaking climate disasters, environmental injustices are degrading our communities, God’s Creation, and democracy. This year, we’re changing the script. Let’s move from degradation to resilience, from brokenness to restoration, from death to revival!
Join us virtually on January 20, 2022 to launch a year of “Resilient Creation & Restored Communities: Voting for Climate Justice in 2022”!
Featured Speakers, along with many other faith leaders:

Karenna Gore – Founder & Executive Director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary
Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley – Professor & author of Shalom and the Community of Creation: An Indigenous Vision
Rev. Lennox Yearwood – President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus

At this event, we will LEARN what’s at stake for our communities and climate in 2022, COMMIT to a year of engagement for resilience and restoration, and PRAY for a revival of climate justice.
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Event hosted by the Southeast Faith Leaders Network (SFLN) with the support of the U.S. Climate Action Network.

Keeping Faith in Science?
2022-02-17 14:30 - 16:00 UTC | New York
CEE Executive Director Karenna Gorewill take part in the Keeping Faith in Science?, a series of webinars in February sponsored by the London-based United Society Partners in the Gospel. She will speak about faith and the climate crisis at 2:30 p.m. EST (7.30 p.m. U.K. time) on February 17 alongside Dr. George Zachariah from Trinity Methodist Theological College, New Zealand.
“We are privileged to be joined by Karenna Gore, an expert in the relationship between faith and climate activism, alongside many other experts in their respective fields across the world church,” said Revd Canon Richard Bartlett, USPG’s director of mission engagement. “It is going to be a thought-provoking and very topical series of webinars.”
Other speakers in the four-part series, which will be running at 7.30 p.m. every Thursday in February, include Professor Jolyon Mitchell, director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh, and Dr. Mwai Makoka, programme executive at the World Council of Churches.
Founded in 1701, USPG is the Anglican mission agency that partners churches and communities worldwide in God’s mission to enliven faith, strengthen relationships, unlock potential and champion justice.
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Faith for Earth Dialogue, Feb 21 - Mar 4
2022-02-21 - 2022-03-04 | New York
The resumed fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly will take place online and in Nairobi from February 28 to March 2, 2022. UNEA-5 brings together representatives of the 193 UN Member States, businesses, civil society and other stakeholders to agree on policies to address the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
To amplify the voices of faith-based organizations at UNEA-5, UNEP’s Faith for Earth Initiative has organized the Faith for Earth Dialogue, a set of more than 25 online panels and conversations from February 21 to March 4.
CEE Participation at the Faith for Earth Dialogue (all times New York)

Faith for Earth: A Call for Action. Monday, February 21, 9:30 a.m. CEE Advisory Board member Kusumita Pedersen is a panelist.
Working Group on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Restoration. Wednesday, February 23, 8 a.m. Andrew Schwartz, director of sustainability and global affairs, and Gopal Patel, a senior advisor, are panelists.
Faith, Values & Ethics in Environmental Governance. Friday, February 25, 9:30 a.m. Kusumita Pedersen and Mona Polacca, a senior fellow, are panelists.
Faith and Food: Nature Positive Solutions for a Flourishing World. Wednesday, March 2, 8 a.m. Andrew Schwartz organized and will lead the session. (SPECIAL REGISTRATION LINK for this session only.)
Faiths Respond to Stockholm+50 & UNEP@50. Friday, March 4, 8 a.m. Gopal Patel is a panelist. Karenna Gore, CEE’s founder and executive director, will moderate the session.

Register today at Faith for Earth Dialogue.
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Karenna Gore: "Widening the Circle"
2022-02-23 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | New York
“Widening the Circle”
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
12 p.m. New Haven & New York
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On Wednesday, February 23, 2022, at noon Eastern Time, Executive Director Karenna Gore will address Yale students and guests as a session in the School of the Environment BIOMES speaker series. The title of Ms. Gore’s address, “Widening the Circle,” will examine the root causes of today’s compound ecological crisis.
Mary Evelyn Tucker, co-founder and co-director of the Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale, will introduce Ms. Gore. The talk will be broadcast live to members of the Yale community in Burke Auditorium and online to guests.

UN Commission on the Status of Women: The Climate Crisis as a Catalyst for a Culture of Equality
2022-03-16 12:00 - 14:00 UTC | New York
Statement Roundtable: “The Heart of Resilience: The Climate Crisis as a Catalyst for a Culture of Equality”

An online dialogue for the 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women
Hosted by the Baha’i International Community United Nations Office
Wednesday 16 March 2022

“In a world where the impending risks of climate change press daily, a twofold reality presents itself—while women are disproportionately affected by climate change,
they are uniquely situated to lead efforts in response.”

Background
The priority theme for this year’s CSW is “Achieving gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls in the context of climate change, environmental and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes”. The Baha’i International Community (BIC) has submitted a formal written statement to the CSW on this theme, titled “The Heart of Resilience: The Climate Crisis as a Catalyst for a Culture of Equality”. This event aims to engage participants in conversation and facilitate their reactions to the themes of the statement, particularly around how much humanity benefits when women’s leadership is promoted at every level of society, and how the challenges posed by climate change should serve as catalysts to embrace new approaches to inclusive forms of governance as well as just patterns of community life capable of unlocking the whole range of human experience.

Format
The dialogue will be held during the UN Commission on the Status of Women
Wednesday 16 March 2021
12.00pm to 2.00pm EDT
Link to the event on the NGO CSW Virtual Platform
Register your profile on the NGO CSW Virtual Platform

We Believe We Will Win: A Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline
2022-04-07 19:00 - 20:00 UTC | New York
An expansive movement of landowners, Indigenous water protectors, Black leaders, and climate activists are mobilizing to ensure the Mountain Valley Pipeline is stopped. In the past few months, the pipeline has suffered some severe blows. In November, Indigenous and Black leaders ensured the Lambert Compressor Station was stopped, signaling a huge environmental justice victory. In January, the US Court of Appeals stopped MVP from further destroying Jefferson National Forest. In February, the Court stopped MVP from threatened endangered species.
On Thursday, April 7 (7-8 pm ET) hundreds will gather on Zoom for ‘We Believe We Will Win: A Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline,’ bringing together community leaders in Virginia and West Virginia to share how they achieved these wins, what it will take to stop this disastrous pipeline, and how you can help.
Register Here to Attend
Speakers include:
– Karenna Gore, Executive Director, Center for Earth Ethics
– Anita Royston, President, Pittsylvania County NAACP
– Crystal Cavalier-Keck, Co-founder, Seven Directions of Service
– Desiree Shelley Flores, Climate Justice Organizer, Mothers Out Front
– Autumn Leah Crowe, Program Director, West Virginia Rivers
– Russell Chisholm, Co-Chair, Protect Our Water, Heritage, Rights Coalition (POWHR)
– MC: Joshua Vana, Director, ARTivism Virginia
We believe we will stop this disastrous pipeline. Building on the recent wins, community leaders will share how they achieved these wins, what it will take to stop this disastrous pipeline, and how folks can help.
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Fireside Chat: Values, Culture and Spirituality in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
2022-04-11 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | New York
Fireside Chat: Values, Culture and Spirituality in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Virtual Event
8 a.m. Los Angeles | 11 a.m. New York | 5 p.m. Paris | 6 p.m. Nairobi
Join Lucy Mulenkei, executive director of the Indigenous Information Network, Tim Christophersen, head of the Nature for Climate Branch Ecosystems Division at UNEP, and Andrew Schwartz, director of Sustainability and Global Affairs at the Center for Earth Ethics for a conversation about the role of faith communities in the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.
This chat will kick off a series of consultations with faith-based and other spiritual groups during 2022 about the UN Decade.
Find out more here and join live on Zoom.

Virtual Event | Cathonomics: Book Launch and Conversation
2022-04-13 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | New York
On April 13 at 5 p.m. (New York time), the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University’s Earth Institute and the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary will host a virtual conversation between Dr. Anthony Annett and CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore on the topics presented in Annett’s new book, “Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create a More Just Economy.”
The webinar/book launch will include a moderated conversation, audience Q&A, and introductory remarks by Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, who contributed the forward to the book.
The event is free, but registration is required.

Earth Day 2022: Life Force
2022-04-22 16:00 - 19:00 UTC | Screenshot 2019-02-18 at 1.48.32 PM – Edited
Earth Day 2022: Life Force
Live-streamed from James Chapel, Union Theological Seminary
Friday | 2.22.22 | 4 – 7 p.m.
Let’s spend an afternoon tending to the best of the human spirit, which is inseparable from the life force that animates our planet.
Earth Day 2022 is an opportunity for tapping into the life force that flows through each of us. a counterpoint to the overload of information and analysis that can leave us depleted and exhausted—and a boost to get us to the other side. Join us as we gather with artists, poets, thought leaders and climate scientists who are reimagining and recasting how we experience this time.
Scheduled participants at Earth Day 2022, which will be livestreamed from James Chapel at Union Theological Seminary in New York, include the following:
Bill McKibben | Gavin Schmidt | Jacqui Patterson | Jody Sperling | Karenna Gore | Kate Marvel | Rev. Lenox Yearwood | Lyla June | Mike Massimino | Miranda Massie | Mitchell Joachim | Pádraig Ó Tuama | Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky | Rev. Dr. Serene Jones | The New York City Labor Chorus
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Values, Culture and Spirituality: A Consultation on Air
2022-04-26 11:00 - 12:00 UTC | New York
A Consultation on Air: St. James Parish
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
8 a.m. San Francisco | 11 a.m. New York | 5 p.m. Paris
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On Tuesday, April 26, 2022, at 11 a.m. Eastern Time, the Center for Earth Ethics for “A Consultation on Air: St James Parrish.” You’ll hear from four incredible women working in and around St. James Parish who utilize their traditions, culture and values to stop plastic pollution at its source, push restoration work, and create legal frameworks to deal with plastic pollution through its entire lifecycle.

“Vive Alameda”: culture and heritage-related provisions of the New Urban Agenda
2022-04-27 10:00 - 12:30 UTC | New York
Vive Alameda Habitat 3 Urban Village Project Six Years Later:
From a Quito Neighborhood to the World, A look at Advances in the Implementation of the New Urban Agenda Through Culture and Heritage
In the framework of the High-Level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the progress in the implementation of the New Urban Agenda

Date and Time: Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 10:00 to 12:30pm
Modality: Hybrid (Online and In-Person). In person location: Van Alen Institute, located at 303 Bond Street, Brooklyn, NY 11232. https://www.vanalen.org/about/.
Registration:

In-person: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/implementing-the-new-urban-agenda-thru-culture-and-heritage-in-person-tickets-316991910337
Online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/implementing-the-new-urban-agenda-thru-culture-and-heritage-online-only-tickets-313853944597

Organizer: Instituto Metropolitano de Patrimonio de Quito (IMP)
Partners: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador; Climate Heritage Network; International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS); Municipality of Quito (additional partners forthcoming)
Short Concept Note:
This event will examine the state of progress towards implementation of the culture and heritage-related provisions of the New Urban Agenda. The event comes on the eve of 6th anniversary of the NUA’s adoption at the landmark Habitat III Conference held in Quito, Ecuador in September 2016. The Habitat 3 conference was instrumental in advancing the global understanding of the role of culture and heritage for sustainable and resilient cities and human settlements. It occurred only a few months after the UN General Assembly had taken the innovative decision to expressly include natural and cultural heritage in the UN Sustainable Development Goals, through SDG 11.4. The amplification of SDG11.4 in the urban context can particularly be seen in sections 14c, 38, 45, 52, 60, 69, 97, 124 and 125 of the New Urban Agenda.
The April 2022 event will use as a point of departure the Habitat III Urban Village Project “La Alameda Historic District of Quito: Forging Heritage Tools for Urban Sustainability (Art and Citizen Participation).” The project is known informally as “Vive Alameda” after the Quito neighbourhood that was home to Habitat 3 and which is also part of the “buffer zone” of the Historic Center of Quito, the first city inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
This project was a collaboration between different community actors and various local, national and international cultural heritage experts. They came together to explore, experiment and examine the historical layers of fabric, values, cultures, traditions and experiences of the historic La Alameda neighborhood to test the cultural concepts proposed for inclusion in the NUA and to develop and showcase tools to implement them. The Project aimed to benefit the neighborhood through the creation of concrete cultural heritage-based sustainable development tools and also to point the way towards viable strategies, replicable around the world, to realize the potential of culture to drive sustainable urbanization, as expressed in the NUA.
Six years later, participants in the Vive Alameda project as well as partner and colleagues will assemble to consider the potential for culture and heritage in sustainable urbanism documented in Alameda and reflected in the New Urban Agenda – and the ongoing efforts to realise that potential.
Focal point: Arq Angelica Arias, Executive Director, Instituto Metropolitano de Patrimonio de Quito. anearias@hotmail.com
Select one or several themes the side-event contributes to (fighting inequalities, sustainable urban economic development, climate action, peace and security, localizing global agendas)
The event will focus on the treatment of culture and heritage in the New Urban Agenda, including the following:

Promoting the ecological and social function of land, fostering ecosystem-based solutions to ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns (NUA Sections 14c, 45, 69)
Quality, decent and productive jobs, including through the promotion of cultural and creative industries, sustainable tourism, performing arts and heritage conservation activities (NUA 60)
Leveraging of cultural heritage for sustainable urban development, rehabilitating and revitalizing urban areas (NUA Section 38, 125)
Strengthening social participation and the exercise of citizenship, stimulating participation and responsibility (NUA Section 38, 125)

Sustainable, dense, low-carbon, inclusive land use and territorial planning, including the upgrading of slums and informal, while preserving cultural heritage (52, 69, 97, 124)

Karenna Gore: Creation Care | Sunday, May 8
2022-05-08 11:15 - 12:30 UTC | New York
Karenna Gore on Creation Care
Christ Church Greenwich — 2022 Sunday Forum Series
Sunday, May 8, 2022 | 11:15 a.m.
254 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Conn.
CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore, author of “Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America,” will speak on Sunday, May 8, at 11:15 a.m. in the Parish Hall at Christ Church Greenwich. Her speech is part of a six-week focus on Creation Care in the church’s 2022 Sunday Forum Series.
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