Center for Earth Ethics

Global Climate Action Summit
2018-09-12 - 2018-09-14
What: The Global Climate Action Summit will showcase the actions states and regions, cities, companies, investors and civil society have taken already to reduce their emissions; secure bold commitments to do even more, show that decarbonization; job generation and resilient economic growth go hand-in-hand and galvanize a global movement for climate action that leaves no one behind.
When & Where: The Summit will take place from 12-14 September, 2018 at Moscone Center South in San Francisco, California.
Topics to Address: Planning for Healthy Energy Systems, Inclusive Economic Growth, Sustainable Communities, Land and Ocean Stewardship and Transformative Climate Investments.
Who & Why: State and local leaders to businesses, investors, scientists, students and nonprofits are critical agents who can not only help unleash the opportunities from climate action but catalyze the world’s Presidents and Prime Ministers to go further and faster too.

San Francisco and Beyond
People everywhere are encouraged to participate in the hundreds of affiliate events taking place in the San Francisco Bay Area and throughout the world during the week of September 10-14th, including climate action panels, workshops, tours, exhibits and other special events.
View the Affiliate Calendar of Events
From September 12-14, you can virtually attend the Summit by streaming it live on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter. In person, Summit attendance for the plenary and other high-level sessions is by invitation and will require accreditation. If you represent an organization ready to make a major climate commitment at the Summit, please send details about that proposed announcement by clicking here.
The Global Climate Action Summit is also committed to reducing the environmental impact of the Summit event itself. To see how the Summit looks to meet or exceed international sustainability standards for large events, please click here.
Grassroots Leadership and Training
The Global Climate Action Summit is preceded by RISE for Climate, Jobs and Justice on September 8th and 9th with events around the country and around the world. How to Participate.
Training Sessions are still available.

Global South Summit 2018
2018-09-14
On September 14th we will convene the 2018 Global South Summit in New York City at the UN Church Center. REGISTER NOW
Last year, the Center for Earth Ethics teamed up with Rev. Leo Woodbury of Kingdom Living Temple to host the 2017Global South Summit. Participants came from North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, and New Jersey, as well as, Global South representatives of Mexico, El Salvador and Nigeria to join forces tackling the problems of Climate Change.
The Summit serves to bring allies together, sharing various insights and information, thereby strengthening our potential impact through partnership. This shared space helps bring our local communities and constituents forward towards clean air and clean water by providing new educational platforms that serve those goals.

After a rich morning session which included talks by (clockwise from top left) Green Faith Organizer Estrella Sainburg, Dogwood Alliance’s Danna Smith, International Adviser Marta Benavides and CEE’s Mindahi Bastida, participants reconvened at Union Theological Seminary for discussion.
Topics Included:

How do we bring NGO’s together? Do we all have the same goals? (NGO’s, Communities, Faith groups, Environmentalists, Original Peoples?) How can we determine if NGO’s share our common goal to reconnect people to the Earth?
What principles can we apply from First Nations’ wisdom?
How do we measure Sustainability? What is Our Vision of the Future?
How do we make a Just Transition?
What are the current funding sources to assist communities transitioning to renewable energy sources?
How can pastors apply this information to their congregations?

How can we move forward on these subjects as we integrate a new year of progress and deepening understanding of these important issues?
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For more information contact us at info@centerforearthethics.org.

Global Climate Action Summit: Integral Ecology
2018-09-14 14:45 - 15:45 UTC
The Center for Earth Ethics will join Interfaith Power and Light, Greenfaith, Global Catholic Climate Movement, Citizen’s Climate Lobby and others in the Global Climate Action Summit Faith-Rooted Affiliated Workshops. The GCAS workshops are designed and led by leaders and experts representing many faiths on Wednesday, September 12, Thursday, September 13, and Friday September, 14 at Grace Cathedral. Participants will engage with issues of faith, climate change, local and global action, and learn about environmental praxis from a multi-faith perspective.
CEE is co-hosting a panel of representatives from the Vatican, and various religious and Indigenous traditions, to explore the meaning of integral ecology.

INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: AS SEEN THROUGH THE LENS OF LAUDATO SI’ AND OTHER RELIGIOUS AND INDIGENOUS TRADITIONS
Friday, September 14th, 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
Host: Ken Kitatani, Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development; Center for Earth Ethics; Forum 21 Institute
This event is Co-Sponsored by:

#OurPowerPRnyc
2018-09-20 18:00 - 20:00
Join the Center for Earth Ethics in standing with our brothers and sisters of #OurPowerPRnyc on September 20th for a Just Recovery for Puerto Rico.
#OurPowerPRnyc Statement
September 20th will mark one year since Hurricane Maria landed on Puerto Rico. What we have seen in that time amounts to no less than a humanitarian crisis and mass violation of human rights. This has been fueled by a long legacy of colonialism and extraction; a sadistic federal administration committed to racism, subjugation, and austerity; and the deepening climate crisis wreaking havoc on low-income communities, communities of color, and the Global South.

On September 20th, #OurPowerPRnyc will be holding a community gathering in New York City to commemorate the landing of Hurricane Maria, to look back on the events of last year, to uplift the acts of resistance and resilience carried out on the island, and to ask the question “Where are we now?”

We recognize that our sisters and brothers from the island are defined in part by their relentless commitment to social justice. Whether it is a rally for Black Lives Matter, indigenous rights, workers’ rights, or immigration justice, we have always counted on the people of Puerto Rico to stand with us in solidarity.

This is a moment to demonstrate our support for our sisters and brothers from the island in a time of both deep crisis and renewed possibility, in a time when over 3.3 million of our brothers and sisters stand at a crossroads between the forces of disaster capitalism on one hand and a grassroots movement towards a just transition, people-to-people recovery, and environmental, economic, racial, and climate justice and sovereignty on the other. Learn More
#OurPowerPRnyc
#NoToDisasterCapitalism
#JustRecoveryJustTransition
#SolidarityWithBorinquen

Woven Skin Talks: NY Climate Week Exhibition with Panel Discussion Sept 24th
2018-09-22 - 2018-09-24
The U.S. premiere of the internationally renowned textile artist Claudy Jongstra’s immersive nomadic art installation, WOVEN SKIN is happening in NYC during Climate Week.
Presented by the A/D/O and the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture, the monumental sculpture is composed of 60 natural wool artworks from Jongstra’s indigenous flock of Drenthe Heath Sheep, saturated with brilliant pigment from extensive natural dye research of madder root, grown in the Studio’s own small-scale biodynamic farm in the Northern Netherlands. Each artwork is stretched onto a modular steel armature in a confluence of primal and modernist architectural impulses.
The exhibit will run from September 22nd to September 24th on view at A/D/O 29 Norman Ave. Brooklyn, NY between 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
The exhibit will also be on view at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture from September 27th to September 30th between 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

You are invited to join Claudy Jongstra with CEE’s Karenna Gore and others for a Panel Discussion at 6:30 pm on September 24th.

Interfaith Climate Week Reception
2018-09-25 18:00 - 19:30 | Venus over Otter Lake, from Goddard Bay
Union Theological Seminary will host an Interfaith Climate Week Reception on Sept 25 from 6-7:30 pm at 3041 Broadway at 121st Street, NYC.
This informal gathering with refreshments will offer an opportunity for faith-based organizations to share information about their climate change programs and activities. The event is co-sponsored by the Center for Earth Ethics and the Parliament of the World’s Religions. Partner Organizations include the Committee of Religious NGOs at the UN, the Interfaith Center of New York, the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, and the United Religions Initiative.
Admission is free.
About CLIMATE WEEK NYC 2018
Taking place between September 24-30, 2018, in New York City, is Climate Week NYC.
Climate Week NYC is a global event in coordination with The Climate Group, the United Nations and the City of New York, which happens annually during the UN General Assembly. Businesses, governments, academic institutions, arts and music organizations, and NGOs are all invited to participate in the iconic week, through the Climate Week NYC Events program. From panel discussions, to concerts, exhibitions and seminars, organizations and individuals can play a pivotal role in advancing the debate, driving awareness, and keeping climate action at the top of our global priorities.
Learn More
Follow #ClimateWeekNYC on social media for live updates.

Reducing Waste Webinar
2018-09-26 13:00 - 14:00
Join us for a webinar hosted by the Center for Earth Ethics and the Climate Speakers Network. This webinar is geared toward people of faith who are interested in learning way to reduce waste in their places of worship, homes, and/or communities.
Our featured speaker will be Reverend Stephanie Allen, rector of Church of the Nativity in Raleigh, North Carolina and founder of Zero Waste Church.
When: Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Time: 1-2 PM EDT
REGISTER HERE

Rooted and Grounded: Conference on Land & Christian Discipleship
2018-09-27 - 2018-09-29
As God’s people, the church is called to imagine and embody alternative ways of relating to the land that cultivate shalom among human beings, the rest of creation and God. To do this, we must be deeply rooted in the biblical text and engaged with present-day movements to protect the land and its resources. AMBS is pleased to announce the fourth conference, building on prior events.
2018 Keynote Speakers

Karenna Gore, founder of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary
Valerie Bridgeman, Associate Professor of Homiletics and Hebrew Bible at Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Randy Woodley, Distinguished Professor of Faith and Culture at Portland Seminary

Co-Sponsors
The Center for Sustainable Climate Solutions
Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College

Call for Papers
Paper and workshop proposals will be accepted until July 1.
Download the call for papers

What to Expect
The three days will weave together worship, theology, biblical study and praxis. In addition to keynote presentations, papers and workshops, participants will join in several worship services. An afternoon of immersion experiences will give participants opportunities to explore conservation and restoration efforts in the region.
The AMBS campus, with areas of native grass and wildflowers, rain gardens, a prayer labyrinth and a walking path, will provide opportunities for learning, recreation and meditation.
More information at www.AMBS.edu/rootedandgrounded
Questions: rootedandgrounded@ambs.edu
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International Rights of Nature Symposium – 10 Year Anniversary of Rights of Nature in Ecuador’s Constitution
2018-09-27 - 2018-09-29
CEE’s Mindahi Bastida will participate in this event to commemorate Ecuador’s 10th anniversary for Rights of Nature and to examine and expand the Rights of Nature movement around the world.
In 2008, Ecuador, one of the most environmentally diverse places on Earth, became the first country in the world to recognize that nature is not an object to exploit, but a subject to respect and protect. Now, ten years after adopting Rights of Nature into its national Constitution, Ecuador offers an important case study for the global Rights of Nature movement. As the Rights of Nature movement takes hold around the world, from New Zealand to Colombia to India to Sweden and beyond, Ecuador offers critical lessons for the global movement.
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature (GARN) is organizing an international symposium September 27th and 28th to not only celebrate 10 years of Rights of Nature in Ecuador but to bring together Rights of Nature leaders from across the globe to share experiences and ideas, evaluate successes and failures of Rights of Nature laws, cases, and judgements, and to build solidarity and strategies for strengthening and growing the Rights of Nature movement in the years ahead.
We hope you will join us in Quito, Ecuador for the Symposium (Sept. 27-28) and hear from Rights of Nature leaders, frontline communities, and Indigenous peoples who are working to protect their homes, their way of life and the environment by adopting Rights of Nature. We also invite you to join us for the Round-table that will follow on September 29th.

ReUNION 2018 - Alumni Screening of An Inconvenient Sequel with Karenna Gore
2018-10-04 16:00 - 18:00 | Venus over Otter Lake, from Goddard Bay
Union Theological Seminary is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Class of ’68. the 25th Anniversary Class of 1993 and the 10th Anniversary Class of 2008 beginning on the evening of Thursday, October 5th, and concluding the morning of Saturday, October 6th.
As part of that honoring, the Center for Earth Ethics has been invited to engage our alumni on one of the most important issues of our time: Climate Change.
If you are coming for your ReUNION this year we hope you will join us for a special screening of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power followed by a Q&A with CEE’s Director, Karenna Gore.
Please click here to purchase tickets for ReUNION.

Pualani Case + Karenna Gore -The Original Instructions
2018-10-05 19:00 - 20:30
We are living in extraordinary times – deeply challenging times for the survival of life on earth. Yet emerging at this time are channels of information, offering all kinds of doorways to a better understanding of how all life is inextricably connected. We are learning that people can connect across space and time in ways we would never have thought possible.

Bearers of this living ancestral wisdom – what some call “The Original Instructions” are among us, and it is urgent that we pay attention to this message for humanity.

In this first program in the Karma series, Karenna Gore looks at two channels of wisdom transmission. With Native Hawaiian Pua Case whose relationship to a sacred mountain has informed her teachings of traditional knowledge and ways; and with Shamanic Healing author Itzhak Beery who relates a dramatic example of a Midwestern woman finding herself being able to speak in an Amazonian language she does not understand, relaying a message privileged only to shamans. Hawaiian singer/songwriter Häwane Rios will join Pua on stage for a concluding performance.

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Pualani Case was born and raised on the Island of Hawai’i surrounded by high mountains and fresh waters. Pua’s life path has led her to become a Kumu Hula, a teacher of the ways, culture, and traditions of the kanaka maoli, or native peoples of Hawai’i. With a degree in Hawaiian Language and culture, and a teaching degree in Social Studies, interwoven with the traditional teachings from her kupuna, or elders, Pua has integrated ‘Ike Hawai’i, or Hawaiian knowledge and lessons, into the public school system and community for over 30 years. She and ‘ohana, or family, are active as spiritual and cultural leaders, and have traveled around the world to address the challenges facing sacred places and lifeways of the people of HawaiʻI and beyond. These include the movement to protect the sacred mountain Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawai’i, efforts to restore salmon to the McCloud River in New Zealand, and the Standing Rock protests in North Dakota.

Indigenous People's Day Viewing of the Doctrine of Discovery
2018-10-08 17:30 - 19:15
For two years, the Center for Earth Ethics has prioritized studying and understanding the Doctrine of Discovery and it’s long standing consequences. We offer screenings of “Unmasking the Domination Code” with Q&A guided by CEE Team members and Special Guests for Union Seminary and at public events. Please inquire if you would like to request one for your community or congregation.
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Indigenous People’s Day Offering:
The Center for Earth Ethics at Union is sponsoring a film showing of the Doctrine of Discovery. This is a set of laws based on the Papal Bulls from the Catholic Church of the fifteen century. These edicts gave European Christians the right to invade non Christian lands and subdue the people, making legitimate colonial occupation.
On Monday, October 8th, we are recognizing Indigenous People’s Day by showing this film. This is history which impacts Native people, and still affects their sovereignty to this day. Please join us! The film will be shown in Room AD30 at Union Theological Seminary at 5:30 pm. Pizza will be provided.

What Makes Things Sacred? A Talk Led by Representatives from The Lenape Center and Special Guests
2018-10-10 19:00 - 20:30
This Event has been Cancelled. Please join us Saturday, October 13th at the Abrons Art Center for The Lenape Symposium.

The Lenape homeland Lenapehoking includes the island of Manhattan, a sacred space for the Lenape people. In this program, Joe Baker and Hadrien Coumans from The Lenape Center are joined by Deer Clan Chief of Ramapough Lenape Clara Soaring Hawk, to discuss the sacred nature of Manhattan island and explore how our perception of the world makes objects and places sacred.
The program will be followed by a ceremony that takes place at the base of the spiral staircase and outside. It is free and open to all.
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The Lenape Center Symposium
2018-10-13 10:00 - 18:00
The Lenape Center Symposium
OCTOBER 13, 2018 @ 10AM-6PM

Underground Theater
Sliding Scale Donation: $5, $10, $15, $20
The Lenape Center presents a day-long platform of discussions and performances that addresses the complex histories of colonization and the potential for art institutions to influence more equitable futures for Indigenous communities.

The symposium will conclude with Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter, a monthly bonfire hosted by Emily Johnson/Catalyst in Abrons’ Amphitheater from 7-10pm.
The Lenape Center Symposium is made possible by Lenape Center’s partnership with the Center for Earth Ethics. The Lenape Center Symposium is presented as part of The Mile-Long Opera, which is made possible by the Presenting Sponsor, Target.
About the organizers:
The Lenape Center is a non-profit organization based in the ancestral Lenape island of Manhattan from Manaháhtaan, “the place for gathering the wood to make bows.”
Our mission is continuing Lenapehoking by promoting Lenape language and the creation, development, distribution and exhibition of Lenape arts and culture; which includes caring for Mother Earth. We are building a pathway for Indigenous peoples between inherited cultural traditions and the dynamic innovations of contemporary global society.
Lenape, meaning “the people,” are the original peoples of Lenapehoking: New Jersey, Delaware, southern New York, eastern Pennsylvania, and western Connecticut.
We believe Lenape creativity and wisdom will continue to play a significant part in creating a better world for generations to come. Lenape Center is a fiscally sponsored organization of the New York Foundation for the Arts.

MARIANNE WILLIAMSON + KARENNA GORE: METAPHYSICS AND THE PUBLIC SQUARE
2018-10-24 19:00 - 20:30
Cultural critic and best selling author Marianne Williamson talks with Rubin Museum Future Fellow and CEE Director, Karenna Gore to explore how we can shift our civic conversation so that we are “watering the roots and not merely the leaves.”
Questions abound:

What metaphysical healing needs to happen for us to move into a better phase of America? One that reconciles clashing narratives, calls on us to be engaged as citizens rather than consumers?
Does the matter/spirit divide in Judeo-Christian traditions have anything to do with the fact that so many Americans do not perceive themselves as interconnected with land, water, air and other aspects of what we call “the environment”?
Do gendered constructs of God the Father and Mother Nature matter?
Are conventional definitions and metrics of “the economy” adequate?
How do we draw from the best of the world’s wisdom and faith traditions for this task without appropriating or being overly superficial so as to lose their deep meaning and power?

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Tickets: $35.00
Member Receive a Discount
For more information: http://rma.cm/2q1

2018 Parliament of the World's Religions - Toronto
2018-11-01 - 2018-11-07
Join members of the Center for Earth Ethics Team at the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions in Toronto, ON • November 1st – 7th.
We call upon peoples of faith and conscience to stand for a more just, peaceful, and sustainable world and join thousands of interfaith activists from around the world at the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions.

Canada – in its distinction as home of the world’s most diverse city, will showcase its unique values, achievements, and aspirations as the 7th host of the Parliament of the World’s Religions.
For its 2018 theme, the Parliament draws from movements of goodwill and cross-cultural respect that are embodied in the spirit of the interfaith movement:
The Promise of Inclusion, the Power of Love: Pursuing Global Understanding, Reconciliation, and Change
The 7th Parliament of the World’s Religions that will feature more than 500 programs and events across six major tracks:

The Women’s Track: The Dignity of Women Across the World’s Wisdom Traditions

Countering War, Hate & Violence Track: Peace and Love: Not War, Hate & Violence

Climate Action Track: Care for Our Earth, Responsibility for Our Future

The Indigenous Peoples’ Track: The Spiritual Evolution of Humanity & Healing Our Mother Earth

The Next Generations Track: Interfaith Has No Age, Youth Voices for Change

Justice: Advancing Concrete Change Toward a Just, Peaceful, and Sustainable World

Who’s Coming to the Parliament?
Expected attendance will exceed 10,000 persons of faith and conscience from 80 nations and more than 200 unique spiritual backgrounds. The Parliament offers programming for all, from scholars and activists to families and children – lectures to interactive cultural experiences. Participants can be individuals whose profession or personal interests lead them to the Parliament or delegations from the guiding institutions like states, universities, or religious organizations. Parliament presenters include students, clergy, interfaith leaders, scholars, Nobel Laureates, city mayors, spiritual luminaries, best-selling authors, globally-recognized entertainers, thought leaders, state actors, and more.
Keynote Speakers will include:

For More Speakers click here

Registration
Customized registration fees are tiered for individuals, groups, students, children and one-day attendees. The individual registration rate for the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions is $495 USD for the full seven days of the conference. Group rates, student rates, and day passes are also available. Visit the Register Now page for complete details!
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WORKING THROUGH ANCESTRAL KARMA
2018-11-07 19:00 - 20:30
We inherit more than our DNA from family—we gain habitual patterns, particular ways of relating to money and time, and perhaps even ancestral karma. Join leadership coach and author Hylke Faber in conversation with Buddhist teacher Miles Neale as they discuss how a relationship with our authentic nature can transcend our sometimes wonderful and sometimes messy inheritance.
Hylke’s family have been farmers in the northern part of the Netherlands for generations. He argues that part of what connects us back to our authentic state is the memory that our ancestors lived with a deep connection to nature. We can further reclaim our true nature by seeing through our fear-driven conditioning, which Hylke calls our “crocodiles” in his recent book Taming Your Crocodiles: Unlearn Fear & Become a True Leader. Miles argues that what we do now has been influenced by the past but will also affect the future, on an individual, societal, and environmental level. Learn to work through family karma from a place of genuine connection by joining these two great teachers for one fantastic night.
A book signing featuring Hylke Faber’s Taming Your Crocodiles: Unlearn Fear & Become a True Leader and Miles Neale’s Gradual Awakening: The Tibetan Buddhist Path of Becoming Fully Human will follow the program.
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KARMA: ANCIENT WISDOM MEETS THE FUTURE Series at the Rubin Museum

Somewhere between inventing the wheel and rocketing to Mars, it seems that humanity has lost its ability to see the world as an interdependent enterprise, with humans, animals, trees, earth, sun, moon, and the stars karmically intertwined in ecological intimacy.
In a series of conversations, screenings, and performances, our Future Fellow Karenna Gore draws on a diverse set of wisdom and spiritual traditions to provide us with a rich source of ethical values. It is only through this non-anthropocentric worldview that is respectful of nature and compassionate to all forms of life that we can forge a sustainable future.

Learning the Mesoamerican legacy of being in harmony with nature: A workshop and talk with Dr. Mindahi Bastida
2018-11-08 12:00 - 14:00
The heritage and legacy from many Mesoamerican traditional cultures and indigenous communities have often been overlooked in today’s environmental curricula.
The goal of this workshop in partnership with the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (F&ES) the Latin American SIG, the Environmental Media and Arts SIG (EMAS) and the Grounded SIG is to offer Mesoamerican native peoples traditions to environment students, to enrich their understanding of native people’s contributions to “heal the planet”.
During the workshop, Dr. Mindahi Bastida will talk about the differences and commonalities of Mesoamerican peoples that for years have helped them live in harmony with nature, and there will also be an opportunity to tie theoretical knowledge with sensory activities by experimenting with ocarinas, in order to help participants reconnect to the sounds of the earth, and work towards the common goal of caring for our planet.
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Food: Lunch

Host

GROUNDED SIG
Specialization: Nature and Society
Latin American (LA SIG)

Contact
Javier Gonzalez Rivero — 4752090909

Take class with CEE in November. Topics in Ministry: Religion and Climate Change
2018-11-09 - 2018-11-10 | Venus over Otter Lake, from Goddard Bay
SU190 Course Fall 2018: Topics in Ministry
Religion and Climate Change: The World’s Faith & Wisdom Traditions in Ecological Crisis
Registration is open to UTS students/SU190 and to the public for a $25 registration fee. Register here.
Climate change is about more than science and economics. It raises questions about our moral obligations to one another across space and time and the nature of our interconnectedness. The same is true of other aspects of our ecological crisis: deforestation, extinction of a vast number of species, and the depletion and contamination of soil, water and air. A deep inquiry into human belief systems yields insights into both the root causes of this problem and the sources of hope. Our studies include Laudato Si by Pope Francis, the legacy of the Standing Rock prayer camp, The Time to Act Is Now: A Buddhist Declaration on Climate Change, The African Methodist Episcopal Church Statement on Climate Change and other major statements and voices. We also examine the ways in which theological language has been used to bolster support for the continued extraction and burning of fossil fuels.

PHAKCHOK RINPOCHE + ERRIC SOLOMON ANCIENT WISDOM AND TECH FUTURE
2018-11-10 15:00 - 16:30
If you thought ancient wisdom and Silicon Valley had nothing in common, think again. Tibetan Buddhist lama Phakchok Rinpoche talks with tech entrepreneur Erric Solomon about ways we can break out of the imprisonment of habitual action (karma) and start to experience the unconditioned existence where true happiness lies. It’s radical. The speakers have prepared for this program: they are joint authors of Radically Happy.

“Radically Happy brings the new and the old together in a beautiful way. Phakchok Rinpoche marries his deep understanding of ancient wisdom with Erric Solomon’s experience in the technology-driven modern world. The combination helps us understand how meditation, kindness, and wisdom can make a real difference, moment to moment, in daily life.” —Mingyur Rinpoche, author of The Joy of Living and Turning Confusion into Clarity A book signing of Radically Happy will follow the program.

Christian Traditions and the Care of the Earth
2018-11-11 11:15 - 12:15
All Souls Adult Forum series on Climate Change From the Perspective of Religious Traditions.

November 11th: “Christian Traditions and the Care of the Earth” with Center for Earth Ethics Director, Karenna Gore.
Join us for this series of thought-provoking explorations of the valuable perspectives provided by religious traditions that may help motivate us to address this issue as a serious moral crisis requiring our most creative and imaginative capacities to address.
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Indigenous Timekeeping and Sacred Sites Workshop
2018-11-17 11:30 - 14:30
Does time fly? Is it a line, a circle, a spiral? Does it touch us differently in different spaces? Many of us take for granted the meaning of the clock and the calendar, without considering that they are cultural constructs—related to natural cycles but also distinct from them.
In this workshop you can explore your own notions of time and space while learning about Indigenous timekeeping and sacred sites. The workshop is led by Geraldine Patrick Encina of the Center for Earth Ethics, who has studied the ancient and traditional calendars of Mesoamerica and also worked with Mayan communities to reclaim their original ways of timekeeping, and Mindahi Bastida Muñoz, also of Center for Earth Ethics, who works for the protection of the sacred sites and biocultural heritage of Indigenous peoples.
Attendees are asked to bring a picture of a beloved home landscape and of a sacred site they are connected to. Please also bring a device that can access Google Maps.
The schedule is as follows:
Salutation to the seven directions | 11:30–11:40 AM
Participant’s place-based presentation | 11:42 AM–12:15 PM
Birth season and birthplace, ancestors’ land(s), and a description/depiction of our beloved home landscape in every season.
Timekeeping as a method of “placekeeping” or caretaking for the land | 12:17–1:00 PM
The Mayan case. Watch a short video about the original wisdom of the Maya and their true calendar. Learn about sacred sites in Mexico and their related ritual calendar dates. By using Google Maps, try to figure out what is/are the ritual calendar date(s) for your sacred site.
Break | 1:00–1:20 PM
Developing a time-space consciousness | 1:25–2:00 PM
Keeping track of the sun, moon, and stars in our beloved home landscape.
Activating Sacred Sites | 2:02–2:20 PM
How do we activate sacred sites in our beloved home landscape? Some guidelines.
Writing a letter to our beloved home landscape | 2:22–2:30 PM
An opportunity for reconnecting in a sacred way.
About the Speakers
Geraldine Patrick Encina is the Scholar in Residence at the Original Caretakers Program at the Center for Earth Ethics. She has studied the ancient and traditional calendars of Mesoamerica and also worked with Mayan communities to reclaim their original ways of timekeeping.
Mindahi Bastida Muñoz is director of the Original Caretakers program at Center for Earth Ethics. His work includes acknowledgment and protection of the sacred sites and biocultural heritage of Indigenous peoples.

Indigenous American Religious Traditions and a 'Wholistic' Ecological Vision
2018-11-18 11:15 - 12:15
All Souls Adult Forum series on Climate Change From the Perspective of Religious Traditions.
November 18th: “Indigenous American Religious Traditions and a ‘Wholistic’ Ecological Vision” with Center for Earth Ethics Director: Karenna Gore, Original Caretakers Program Director: Mindahi Bastida and Scholar in Residence: Geraldine Patrick.
Join us for this series of thought-provoking explorations of the valuable perspectives provided by religious traditions that may help motivate us to address this issue as a serious moral crisis requiring our most creative and imaginative capacities to address.
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The Hudson as Life Force
2018-11-18 14:00 - 17:00 | Screenshot-2018-06-20-at-6.18.10-PM-Edited
Paul Gallay, President of Riverkeeper, moderates a panel on America’s First River—how we have changed it, and how it has, in turn, changed us.
Panelists include: Karenna Gore, Director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary; John Waldman, author of Running Silver: Restoring Atlantic Rivers and their Great Fish Migrations; David Schuyler, author of Embattled River, The Hudson River and Modern American Environmentalism; and Lee Bitsoi, Chief Diversity Officer, and bioethicist, Stony Brook University.
Immediately following the panel, enjoy a reception and book signing sponsored by Cornell University Press.
This event is part of Sunday Scholars in the Greene Education Center and is free with museum admission.

Fields of Healing, Byron Bay
2018-11-24 - 2018-11-25 | DSC_0742-Edited
2 Day Convergence with Global Indigenous Leaders, Live Music, Workshops, Panels, Art & Forest Walks.
A HISTORIC GATHERING OF LOCAL & GLOBAL CULTURE
Indigenous leaders from around the world will converge in Byron Bay for the first ever Fields of Healing on November 24th and 25th. Presented by Unity Earth, this historic family-friendly gathering will be a powerful celebration of cultural diversity and unity through music, art, workshops, performance, ecological healing and much more!
INTERNATIONAL ELDERS, MUSICIANS & PRESENTERS
* Rocky Dawuni (Ghana/UN Goodwill Ambassador)
* Dr. Mindahi Bastida (Mexico)
* Louis Te Kouarehua Kereopa (NZ)
* Ambassador Mussie Hailu (Ethiopia)
* Kristin Hoffmann (USA)
* Premik Russell Tubbs (USA)
* Lixin Chen (China)
* Ykson (New Caledonia)
* Sunil Chauhan (India)
* Tichawona Noble Mashawa (Zimbabwe)
Fields of Healing will welcome Hereditary Dakota Chief and Global Unity Activist Chief Phil Lane Jr, Maori wisdom keeper Uncle Louis Te Kouarehua Kereopa, as well as Dr. Mindahi Bastida, Director for the Original Caretakers Program at the Centre for Earth Ethics.
Featured musicians include GRAMMY® Nominated afro roots star Rocky Dawuni, Zimbabwean multi-instrumentalist Tichawona Noble Mashawa, angelic vocalist Kristin Hoffmann with Premik Russell Tubbs, as well as Australian roots musician Dane Kennedy, Irish/Aussie songwriter Aine Tyrell, and soulful Indigenous singer Keely Eggmolesse.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE RETURN OF MUNGO MAN
Fields of Healing will commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Return to Country of Mungo Man, a profound moment when the ancient remains of a 42,000 year old human ancestor were returned to his country in the Willandra Lakes Region of NSW.
Representatives of the three Indigenous groups associated with Lake Mungo will make the pilgrimage to the event, continuing the important journey of this Ancestral Spirit.
EVENT INFORMATION at www.fieldsofhealing.com.au

Understanding and Undoing Displacement Culture
2018-11-30 18:00 - 20:00

What Would Buddha Do?
2018-12-01 18:00 - 19:30
If we are doomed no matter what, do our decisions matter? In this program, two self-proclaimed “bad Buddhists” try to answer the question of how to lose less badly and live ethically in the no-win situation of catastrophic climate change.
Wen Stephenson, author of What We’re Fighting for Now Is Each Other, wrote in a recent essay for The Baffler: ”[Climate] doomists are right that it’s a no-win situation. [And yet] even at this late date, some versions of ‘losing’ could look far worse than others. We can still lose less badly!”
Echoing this sentiment, Roy Scranton, author of Learning to Die in the Anthropocene, wrote in a recent tweet:
“If we are not careful, we will waste our energy trying to convince zealots, arguing over who is to blame, attacking our allies, and preaching to the choir, and the seas will rise all the same. Is this the best use of what little time we have? Or can we do something different?”
Look into the abyss with Scranton and Stephenson as they try make ethical sense of our collective catastrophe.
About the Speakers

Winona LaDuke and Naomi Klein - A Conversation on Land Rights - CEE's Karenna Gore joins
2018-12-02 15:00 - 16:30
As climate change is beginning to alter the planet before our eyes, two internationally recognized activists come together at the Rubin to discuss the economics associated with climate change, the role of First Nations in the climate movement, and the connections between violence against women and violence against the land.
Naomi Klein, the award-winning journalist, author, and Rutgers Gloria Steinem Chair of Media, Culture, and Feminist Studies, joins in conversation with rural development economist and Indigenous land rights activist Winona LaDuke. Drawing from their experience on the frontlines of the struggle for a more just and sustainable world, they delve into a host of related questions:
– What is the best model of economic development?
– What can we learn from First Nations about how to measure wealth, poverty, and equity?
– What should the role of government be in confronting the causes of climate change?
– What are the implications of the global frameworks proposed for decarbonization and forest protection?
– What are the common themes and insights in the stories that women are voicing from the frontlines?
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Tickets: $45.00
Tickets w/ Preferred Seating and one copy each of Naomi Klein’s No Is Not Enough and Winona LaDuke’s All Our Relations: Native Struggles for Land and Life: $73
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24 Hours of Reality
2018-12-03 21:00 - 2018-12-04 21:00
The Center for Earth Ethics is proud to be a partner in 24 Hours of Reality!
It’s a fact: Fossil fuels are driving a climate crisis and threatening our health. On December 3 – 4, Climate Reality and former Vice President Al Gore will be joined by an all-star line-up of artists, thought leaders, and scientists for 24 Hours of Reality: Protect Our Planet, Protect Ourselves. Tune in and learn how we can make a healthy future a reality: https://www.24HoursofReality.org

Join CEE’s Catherine Coleman Flowers on December 4, 2018 7 PM EST for Hour 23: Momentum at Home, USA
Municipalities and states are forging ahead on clean energy commitments. Featuring conversations with environmental justice champions Robert Bullard and Catherine Flowers and a live slideshow by Vice President Al Gore.

Municipalities and states are forging ahead on clean energy commitments. Featuring conversations with environmental justice champions Robert Bullard and Catherine Flowers and a live slideshow by Vice President Al Gore.

Wisdom + Sustainable Development with Jeffrey Sachs and B.T. Bhikkhu
2018-12-06 13:00 - 14:00
World-renowned professor of economics and leader in sustainable development Jeffrey Sachs sits down with B.T. Bhikkhu, buddhist monk and Executive Director of The Middle Way Meditation Institute, to discuss how wisdom traditions can help us better achieve integral and sustainable development on our planet.
About the Speakers

Venerable Burin Thitakusalo (B.T. Bhikkhu) is the Executive Director of The Middle Way Meditation Institute, a New York-based global nonprofit organization that focuses on the promotion of inner peace education as a means to attaining world peace. Ordained as a Buddhist monk in Thailand since 2000, his quest is to bridge Eastern wisdom and Western science to serve humanity. Through his “World Peace through Inner Peace” project, he has touched people from all walks of life. He also travels globally to teach thousands of meditators from 30 countries on 6 continents.

Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries. He is the co-recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the leading global prize for environmental leadership. He has twice been named among Time magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders. He was called by The New York Times, “probably the most important economist in the world,” and by Time magazine “the world’s best known economist.” A recent survey by The Economist ranked Professor Sachs as among the world’s three most influential living economists of the past decade.
