BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Center for Earth Ethics - ECPv6.17.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Center for Earth Ethics X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://centerforearthethics.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Center for Earth Ethics REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250404T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250405T170000 DTSTAMP:20250206T195448Z CREATED:20241114T161211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250206T195448Z UID:10000598-1743753600-1743872400@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:COURSE | "Urban Ecologies\, Environmental Justice and Basic Life Needs" DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/course-urban-ecologies-environmental-justice-and-basic-human-needs/ CATEGORIES:Biodiversity & Ecosystem Restoration,Climate & Health,Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Educational,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Food Systems,Sustainability & Global Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-11.07.18 AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250422T190000 DTSTAMP:20250421T211649Z CREATED:20250227T204620Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250421T211649Z UID:10000609-1745337600-1745348400@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Return to Source: An Earth Day Celebration DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/earth-day-celebration/ LOCATION:James Chapel\, 90 Claremont Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Earth-Day-Save-the-Date-Newsletter-Draft-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250429T134500 DTSTAMP:20250425T180322Z CREATED:20250418T134033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250425T180322Z UID:10000610-1745929800-1745934300@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Freedom to Be: Report on Dialogues About Freedom of Religion or Belief and Indigenous Peoples DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/freedom-to-be-report-on-dialogues-about-freedom-of-religion-or-belief-and-indigenous-peoples/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Freedom-to-Be-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250514T113000 DTSTAMP:20250507T203828Z CREATED:20250425T150931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250507T203828Z UID:10000611-1747216800-1747222200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Ecological Costs of War DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/ecological-costs-of-war/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/ECOW-4-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250531T133000 DTSTAMP:20250518T235256Z CREATED:20250508T204911Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250518T235256Z UID:10000612-1748687400-1748698200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Advocacy Speaker Sail Aboard the Clearwater | "The Rights of Nature: Reimagining Our Relationship with the Earth" DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/advocacy-speaker-sail-aboard-the-clearwater-the-rights-of-nature-reimagining-our-relationship-with-the-earth/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Karenna-Gore-Speaker-Sail_graphic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250613T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250614T200000 DTSTAMP:20250528T145856Z CREATED:20250227T203610Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250528T145856Z UID:10000608-1749823200-1749931200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:"Spirit of Place": A Hudson Valley Climate Training DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/spirit-of-place-a-climate-training-for-hudson-valley-faith-communities/ LOCATION:The Ashokan Center\, 477 Beaverkill Rd\, Olivebridge\, New York\, 12461\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/SPIRIT-OF-PLACE-5-scaled-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T190000 DTSTAMP:20250813T153424Z CREATED:20250813T152359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250813T153424Z UID:10000614-1755104400-1755111600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Faith For Climate\, Brasilia DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/faith-for-climate-brazilia/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/a0cacd7d-d604-489e-8a40-15e12f681e2a.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250828T144500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250828T170000 DTSTAMP:20250822T151935Z CREATED:20250822T151931Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250822T151935Z UID:10000616-1756392300-1756400400@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Katrina 20: Faith\, Climate & Justice | A Moral Witness Dialogue DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/katrina-20-faith-climate-justice-a-moral-witness-dialogue/ LOCATION:TEP Interpretive Center\, 5909 St Claude Ave\, New Orleans\, Louisiana\, 70117\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/537481743_17959673207969849_7088234725366838474_n.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250916T184500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251014T211500 DTSTAMP:20250815T155557Z CREATED:20250815T155552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250815T155557Z UID:10000615-1758048300-1760476500@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:COURSE | SU 190: Climate Ethics (Online) DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/course-su-190-climate-ethics-online/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/website-publications-page-slides-19.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250921T160000 DTSTAMP:20250909T150643Z CREATED:20250909T150217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T150643Z UID:10000617-1758447000-1758470400@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:BIPOC Climate Justice Summit DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/bipoc-climate-justice-summit/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/CJS_Promo-1.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250924T092000 DTSTAMP:20250909T193237Z CREATED:20250909T193033Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250909T193237Z UID:10000618-1758702600-1758705600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Beyond COP30: Leadership for a New Era DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/beyond-cop30-leadership-for-a-new-era/ LOCATION:Lavan Midtown New York\, 641 W 42nd St\, New York\, New York\, 10036\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/a3233a34-6edf-4c3b-87c8-68716c96250a.png.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251001T130000 DTSTAMP:20250828T160944Z CREATED:20250801T193404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250828T160944Z UID:10000613-1759320000-1759323600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Season of Creation Interfaith Gathering DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/season-of-creation-interfaith-gathering/ LOCATION:The Interchurch Center Chapel\, 61 Claremont Avenue\, New York\, New York\, 10115\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Season-of-Creation-Event.webp END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251021T193000 DTSTAMP:20251014T171631Z CREATED:20251002T180845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251014T171631Z UID:10000619-1761067800-1761075000@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Book Talk | "Sacred Resistance: Eco-Activism and the Rise of New Spiritual Communities" DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/book-talk-sacred-resistance-eco-activism-and-the-rise-of-new-spiritual-communities/ LOCATION:The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary\, 3041 Broadway ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Spirit-of-Place-Flyer-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T093000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T130000 DTSTAMP:20251029T234414Z CREATED:20251029T234411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251029T234414Z UID:10000621-1762335000-1762347600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Fall 2025 Faith Sector Forum: Building Hope & Safety in a Changing Climate DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/fall-2025-faith-sector-forum-building-hope-safety-in-a-changing-climate/ LOCATION:Rebuild By Design ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Fall-2025-Forum-climate-safety-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T143000 DTSTAMP:20251103T190947Z CREATED:20251028T200656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251103T190947Z UID:10000620-1762347600-1762353000@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Science and Spirituality: An Ethical Stocktake Dialogue to Inspire COP30 DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/science-and-spirituality-an-ethical-stocktake-dialogue-to-inspire-cop30/ CATEGORIES:Arts,Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights,Sustainability & Global Affairs,Theology ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/SPIRIT-OF-PLACE-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251106T210000 DTSTAMP:20251106T212938Z CREATED:20251106T212934Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251106T212938Z UID:10000622-1762461000-1762462800@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Live Interview | Karenna Gore on the Young Turks DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/live-interview-karenna-gore-on-the-young-turks/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Spirit-of-Place-Social-Media-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T123000 DTSTAMP:20251110T190432Z CREATED:20251110T190429Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251110T190432Z UID:10000624-1763118000-1763123400@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:A conversation on the Global Ethical Stocktake with Marina da Silva\, Al Gore\, Karenna Gore and Wanjira Mathai DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/a-conversation-on-the-global-ethical-stocktake-with-marina-da-silva-al-gore-karenna-gore-and-wanjira-mathai/ LOCATION:TED Countdown House ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/f3fd9f2d-1ac7-49f3-93bc-f3a742d953be.png.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251114T190000 DTSTAMP:20251112T143411Z CREATED:20251107T194026Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T143411Z UID:10000623-1763139600-1763146800@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Climate Wisdom from COP30 | Empowering Communities\, Protecting the Planet DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/climate-wisdom-from-cop30-empowering-communities-protecting-the-planet/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Untitled-design-5.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251115T153000 DTSTAMP:20251114T231721Z CREATED:20251110T190611Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251114T231721Z UID:10000625-1763215200-1763220600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:The climate crisis is a spiritual crisis: A multifaith Global Ethical Stocktake event DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/the-climate-crisis-is-a-spiritual-crisis-a-multifaith-global-ethical-stocktake-event/ LOCATION:TED Countdown House ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/c8ab83be-c4a9-467b-b274-56c4bd3aa41d.png.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251201T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251201T173000 DTSTAMP:20251126T191412Z CREATED:20251126T185436Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251126T191412Z UID:10000626-1764606600-1764610200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Reflections from Belém: Columbia at COP30 DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/reflections-from-belem-columbia-at-cop30/ LOCATION:The Forum at Columbia University\, 601 West 125th St.\, New York\, NY 10027 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/COP-scaled.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260305T161500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260305T181500 DTSTAMP:20260226T211754Z CREATED:20260218T160411Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T211754Z UID:10000629-1772727300-1772734500@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Round Table | "Climate Justice Now" Book Launch DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/round-table-climate-justice-now-book-launch/ LOCATION:The Heyman Center\, Second Floor Common Room\, Columbia University\, 74 Morningside Dr\, New York\, New York\, 10027\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Climate-Justice-Book-Launch-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260309T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260309T141500 DTSTAMP:20260226T153440Z CREATED:20260127T154320Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T153440Z UID:10000627-1773061200-1773065700@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Seasons of Reckoning: The Practice of Moral Accounting  DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/seasons-of-reckoning-the-practice-of-moral-accounting/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/622564910_1344783551023579_2572562558472088956-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260311T131500 DTSTAMP:20260226T211943Z CREATED:20260127T204422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260226T211943Z UID:10000628-1773230400-1773234900@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Women\, Ethics\, and Climate Futures: Reflections on the Global Ethical Stocktake Dialogues DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/women-ethics-and-climate-futures/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/redone-graphic-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260423T203000 DTSTAMP:20260320T160856Z CREATED:20260320T160105Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260320T160856Z UID:10000631-1776969000-1776976200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:The Earth in Trust: Law\, Faith Traditions\, and the Work Of Environmental Accountability DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/the-earth-in-trust-law-faith-traditions-and-the-work-of-environmental-accountability/ LOCATION:Fordham University – Lincoln Center School of Law\, Moot Court\, Room 1-01\, 150 West 62nd Street\, New York\, New York\, 10023 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Screenshot-2026-03-20-at-11.43.29-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260428T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260428T193000 DTSTAMP:20260423T190430Z CREATED:20260225T204017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T190430Z UID:10000630-1777397400-1777404600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Book Talk | "Unmoored Yet Unbroken: Ecopsychology for a Changing World" DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/book-talk-unmoored-yet-unbroken-ecopsychology-for-a-changing-world/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Unmoored-Yet-Unbroken-Event-Flyer.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260612T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260614T140000 DTSTAMP:20260326T192557Z CREATED:20260326T192455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260326T192557Z UID:10000632-1781265600-1781445600@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Spirit of Place\, Spirit of Earth: An Eco-Justice Training DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/spirit-of-place-spirit-of-earth-an-eco-justice-training/ LOCATION:The Ashokan Center\, 477 Beaverkill Rd\, Olivebridge\, New York\, 12461\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/SPIRIT-OF-PLACE-2-scaled.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260620T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260621T170000 DTSTAMP:20260619T152152Z CREATED:20260619T152102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260619T152152Z UID:10000636-1781942400-1782061200@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:World Peace and Prayer Day:"All Nations\, All Faiths\, One Prayer" DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/world-peace-and-prayer-dayall-nations-all-faiths-one-prayer/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Screenshot-2026-06-19-at-11.10.53-AM.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260622T143000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260622T173000 DTSTAMP:20260618T174931Z CREATED:20260618T174927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260618T174931Z UID:10000635-1782138600-1782149400@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Global Ethical Stocktake (GES) Initiative & Film Premiere DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/global-ethical-stocktake-ges-initiative-film-premiere/ LOCATION:Institute of Contemporary Arts\, 12 Carlton House Terrace\, London\, SW1Y 5AH\, United Kingdom ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/11b81fe3-c2eb-4ea8-878a-d8f7de5d3dd4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260728T143000 DTSTAMP:20260721T170045Z CREATED:20260625T153845Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260721T170045Z UID:10000637-1785243600-1785249000@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:Turning Tides: Policy\, Ethics\, and the Promise of Clean Water DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/turning-tides-policy-ethics-and-the-promise-of-clean-water/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/03_WOTUS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260918T180000 DTSTAMP:20260821T162629Z CREATED:20260730T201810Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T162629Z UID:10000638-1789743600-1789754400@centerforearthethics.org SUMMARY:The Immorality of Inaction: Voicing Truth on Climate DESCRIPTION:October 7\, 2021 \n\n \n @ \n \n 12:00 pm \n \n \n - \n \n \n 2:00 pm \n \n UTC+0\n \n\n\nJoin us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \n\nWater is fundamental to all life on Earth. Protecting water is essential for ecosystem restoration\, biodiversity\, food justice and calming the climate crisis. As we seek to build frameworks for regenerative systems\, Indigenous peoples—who already safeguard water and hold ancestral knowledge and cultural practices necessary to support that work—deserve a place at the center. \n\nJoin the Center for Earth Ethics on Thursday\, October 7\, at noon Eastern Time\, for a webinar\, “Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue.” Mona Polacca\, senior fellow for CEE’s Original Caretakers Program\, has assembled representatives of different Indigenous cultures to present their diverse perspectives and lived experiences stabilizing\, protecting and creating resiliency for their communities’ water sources. \nREGISTER\n\nConvener:\nMona Polacca is the senior fellow for the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She is an educator and facilitator whose knowledge\, empathy and values motivate others to speak and act. She has a special interest in older people and youth\, and has led or participated in many effective initiatives related to Indigenous water issues and culturally appropriate health treatments for Native Americans. \nMona is a longtime active participant in the United Nations Permanent Forum of Indigenous Peoples Issues and has been invited to speak in global forums and assist in drafting declarations. In December 2008\, Mona had the distinguished honor of being the representative of the Indigenous Peoples on a panel of world religious leaders. These panelists drafted and signed a statement\, “Faith in Human Rights\,” in commemoration of the 60th Year of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In May 2013\, she and others presented an intervention at the UNPFII\, “A Call for the Indigenous World Forum on Water & Peace.” Her efforts have included providing support to First Nations to build capacity to take action on climate change\, build sustainable communities\, protect lands and waters\, and  conserve biodiversity. \n  \nSpeakers include:\n \nRāwiri Tinirau is of Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi descent\, and has genealogical connections to several hapū (extended family groupings) and iwi (collections of hapū) who have connections with and interests in the Whanganui River. He is co-director of Te Atawhai o Te Ao\, a Māori research institute focused on health and environmental research\, as well as deputy chair of Ngā Tāngata Tiaki o Whanganui\, the post settlement governance entity for the Whanganui River settlement. Rāwiri serves on a number of governance and advisory boards\, and has several interests\, including Māori community development\, performing arts\, education and Māori business and economic development. In his spare time\, he likes to spend time in and on the Whanganui River. \n  \n  \n \nAustin Nunez is the Chairman of the Wa:k – San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation located in the arid Sonoran Desert region of southwestern Arizona\, with a population of 2\,300. He will present a case-study about a 23-year legal challenge to regain his tribe’s inherent water rights. “Our once flowing river and underground water sources for the land base of our 27\,000-acre reservation were compromised due to the over pumping of our aquifer by the non-Indigenous settlers as they started to drill ground water wells beginning in the late 1800’s. The challenge started in 1975\, in the end\, an out of court settlement was reached granting us 50\,000 acre feet per year of Colorado River water\, via an approximately 300-mile pipeline\, and 10\,000 acre feet of natural groundwater per year and were awarded a cash settlement to rehabilitate our farm. Our story needs to be told to provide lessons learned\, and to instill hope in other similarly situated indigenous communities throughout the world.” \n  \n \nGaeñ hia uh\, Betty Lyons (Onondaga Nation\, Snipe Clan)\, executive director of the American Indian Law Alliance (AILA)\, is an Indigenous and environmental activist and citizen of the Onondaga Nation. She serves as a member of the Haudenosaunee External Relations Committee and has been an active participant at the annual United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues since the first session in 2001 as a delegate of the Onondaga Nation. Betty continues to work for the protection of Indigenous peoples who are fighting to protect their traditions\, territories\, resources\, and care for Mother Earth. Out of her concern for Indigenous peoples and Mother Earth\, Betty serves on numerous boards like: 4 The Future Foundation\, Connie Hogarth Center\, Center for Earth Ethics\, The MOST\, Skä•noñh- Great Law of Peace Center Academic Collaborative\, and is Co-Chair of the Center of Earth Ethics Advisory Board. \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n Add to calendar \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n Google Calendar \n \n \n \n iCalendar \n \n \n \n Outlook 365 \n \n \n \n Outlook Live \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n \n \n\n \n Details \n \n \n\n \n \n Date:\n \n October 7\, 2021 \n \n \n\n \n Time:\n \n \n 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm UTC+0\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n Event Category: Indigenous Wisdom\, Values & Rights\n Event Tags:Indigenous Wisdom\, water\n \n \n Website:\n https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ldrsQiWBSFymsy6EJbhgfg \n \n \n \n\n \n\n \n Organizer URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/immorality-of-inaction/ LOCATION:Riverside Church\, 490 Riverside Drive\, New York\, New York\, 10027 CATEGORIES:Climate & Health,Ecology, Spirituality & Faith​,Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement,Grassroots Dialogues,Rights of Nature & Ecocentric Law,Sustainability & Global Affairs ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://centerforearthethics.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/IOI_Banner-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR