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SUMMARY:Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation: UNFCC COP 26
DESCRIPTION:Water and Spirituality for Climate Adaptation: A Community WebinarTuesday\, October 197 a.m. New York | 1 p.m. CEST \nREGISTER \nWhat does a spiritual view on climate challenges look like? Can spirituality prove to be a source of resilience to climate change effects? How do we build upon our water-related cultural heritage to forge strategies for climate change adaptation? \nOn Tuesday\, October 19\, join Senior Fellow Mona Polacca\, CEE Advisory Board member Marvie Misolas\, and other representatives of Indigenous groups and faith-based communities for a dialogue that will address these and other questions about water-related spirituality. \nPeople have always understood the dependence on water to sustain life\, health\, economies and ecosystems. All societies and religions have developed visions\, rituals and practices related to water. Despite this water-related cultural heritage\, its significance for present and future climate challenges is not widely recognized\, because of the complexity of our relations with water and disciplinary and institutional divides between water managers and heritage experts. \nThe dialogue aims to initiate a converation among spiritual leaders in advance of the UN Water Decade Midterm Review in New York in 2023. \nThe program (subject to change) includes the following: \n\nModerator: Sergio Ribeiro\, Director General of CIRAT\, Brazil\, and Board Member of ICOMOS ISC Water\nA vision on adaptation to climate change in the Laudato si’\, the second encyclical of Pope Francis: Maria Hammershoy\, Secretary General\, Caritas Denmark\nA vision on adaptation to climate change: Austin Núñez\, Leader of the Wa:k Community\, San Xavier District of the Tohono O’odham Nation near Tucson\, Arizona\, USA and Mona Polacca\, Native American Spiritual Elder: Hopi\, Tewa\, Havasupai traditions\, Arizona\, USA\nA vision on adaptation to climate change: Valériane Bernard\, Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University UN Representative\nA vision on adaptation to climate change – A Buddhist Perspective: Dharma Master Hsin Tao\, Founding Abbot of the Ling Jiou Mountain Buddhist Society and founder of the Museum of World Religions\nA vision on adaptation to climate change – Iberê Guarani Mbyá\, Leadership\, Guanary People\, Brazil\nA vision on adaptation to climate change – Sister Marvie Misolas\, Maryknoll Sisters of St. Dominic’s\nReflection on the dialogue by representative of the Committee of Religious NGOs at the United Nations\n\nThe dialogue aims to initiate a conversation among spiritual leaders to inspire the UN Water Decade Midterm Review to be held in New York in 2023. It is organized by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Water and Heritage\, or ISC Water\, which bridges these divides through dialogues among political\, professional and spiritual leaders\, interdisciplinary research\, collecting and disseminating best practices\, and developing guidance. \nREGISTER \n \n 
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/water-and-spirituality-for-climate-adaptation-for-adaptation/
CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights
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SUMMARY:World Food Day: Faith + Food Post-Summit Reflection
DESCRIPTION:Stay tuned for news about World Food Day including a Faith + Food Coalition update and Post Summit Reflections!
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/world-food-day-faith-food-post-summit-reflection/
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SUMMARY:Restoring a Connection to Nature -- Spirit of Mother Jones
DESCRIPTION:Restoring a Connection to Nature: A Native American Perspective\nThursday\, October 14\, 2021\n9 a.m. Los Angeles | 12 p.m. New York | 5 p.m. Cork \nREGISTER \n\n\n\n\nCurrent environmental crises often stem from the belief that we are separate from our natural world and focus on human development.  What can we learn from an Indigenous perspective? \nJoin on Tuesday\, October 14\, at noon EDT for “Restoring a Connection to Nature: A Native American Perspective” with CEE Original Caretakers Senior Fellow Mona Polacca. \nThe UN 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals repeatedly call for valuing the Indigenous perspective yet they rarely have a seat at the table. What does it mean to be Indigenous? How can we better care for biodiversity\, food systems\, ecosystem restoration or water? \nAll are welcome to this wonderful opportunity to learn directly from a traditional Indigenous elder who has worked extensively in the realm of social and environmental justice \nREGISTER \nThis special collaborative event is run in partnership with The Center for Earth Ethics and the Spirit of Mother Jones Festival\, Shandon\, Cork. \nThe event will launch the tenth annual Spirit of Mother Jones 2021 Festival and the UCC Community Week 2021.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/restoring-a-connection-to-nature-spirit-of-mother-jones/
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SUMMARY:We Cry Justice!
DESCRIPTION:We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign\nTuesday\, October 12\, 7 p.m. EDT \nJoin a book launch for “We Cry Justice: Reading the Bible with the Poor People’s Campaign”\, edited by Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis with a Foreword by Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II. With contributions from CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore and more than 30 others\, this revolutionary text offers a unique perspective on some of the most radical passages in scripture\, is available today! \nJoin the in-person launch at 320 West 37th Street in Manhattan at 7 p.m. Or join the livestream at https://kairoscenter.org/livestream/
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/we-cry-justice/
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SUMMARY:Green the Church National Virtual Summit
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Earth Ethics is proud to be a sponsor of the Green the Church National Virtual Summit\, October 10th through 13th\, 2021. \nGreen Lessons from Black Wall Street\nInfrastructure\, Agriculture\, and Equity\n…for the people had a mind to work – Nehemiah 4:6c\nThis 4-day Summit will include national Environmental Justice voices and thought leaders\, worship services\, panel discussions\, breakout sessions\, a sermon library\, networking\, sponsorship opportunities\, and much more. \nRegistration will be available @ $125 from October 1st – 10th. \nRegister Here \nThe Green the Church 2021 Summit Honorary Chair is Rev. Dr. Gerald L. Durley\, Interfaith Power & Light Board Chair\, Pastor Emeritus\, Providence Missionary Baptist Church\, Atlanta GA. \nThe Green the Church 2021 Summit Honoree is Mrs. Veronica Kyle\, Statewide Outreach Director at Faith in Place\, Adjunct Professor and Co-Founder of the EcoWomanist institute. \nLearn More about the Summit and Participating Speakers \nRegister Here
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/green-the-church-national-summit/
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Food Systems to Overcome Hunger
DESCRIPTION:“Sustainable Food Systems to Overcome Hunger”\n \nFriday\, 8 October 2021\n9 a.m. New York | 3 p.m. Geneva | 4 p.m. Nairobi | 6:30 p.m. New Delhi | 10 p.m. Bangkok \nThis webinar will offer feedback and analysis of last month’s United Nations Food Systems Summit and examine the process leading to it. CEE Director of Sustainability and Global Affairs Andrew Schwartz is among the expert voices in the faith traditions who will help discern key lessons from this process aimed at food systems transformation. \nSpeakers & Resource persons \n\nDr. Agnes Abuom\, Moderator\, World Council of Churches\nMs. Winnifred Mailu\, Christian AID\nMr. Andrew Bartlett Kang\, PC USA Hunger Programme\nMr. Andrew Schwartz\, Director of Sustainability and Global Affairs\, Centre for Earth Ethics\nRev. Nicta Lubale\, Secretary General\, Organisation of African Instituted Churches\nMr. Francis Kamau\, Agripreneur\, Kenya\nCo_Moderators: Ms. Katlego Mohuba (South Africa) and Mr. Tsiry Nantenaina (Madagascar)\n\nPlease register for the event via the following link: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0udeitqTsjH9yHRrQltWxuvNvjGC28LIll
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/webinar-on-sustainable-food-systems-to-overcome-hunger/
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Water Ethics: A Traditional Dialogue
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a dialogue conducted in a traditional way highlighting voices of Indigenous perspectives on water ethics. REGISTER \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. \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 
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/indigenous-water-ethics-a-traditional-dialogue/
CATEGORIES:Indigenous Wisdom, Values & Rights
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SUMMARY:UN Food Systems Summit
DESCRIPTION:The People’s Summit has arrived!\n\n\nThe UN Food Systems Summit\, held during the UN General Assembly in New York on September 23\, is setting the stage for global food systems transformation to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Find out more > \n\nThe Center for Earth Ethics will participate in the #UNFSS2021 during Climate Week NYC\, 20-26 September 2021. \nJoin us for the Faith + Food Virtual Interfaith Statement Launch leading up to the summit on September 17th at 11 am! \n\nLearn More: \nFaith + Food Interfaith Statement: https://www.faithandfood.earth/interfaith-statement \nUN Food Systems Summit\, September 23rd: https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit \nClimate Week NYC: https://www.climateweeknyc.org/
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/un-food-systems-summit/
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SUMMARY:Faith & Climate Summit: The Final Sprint to COP 26
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a discussion with the global interfaith community about our role heading into COP26 and beyond. The UK COP26 Presidency will give an update on the status of negotiations. We will also announce new faith-based climate commitments. Reach out to Joshua Basofin at joshua@parliamentofreligions.org to discuss your organization’s climate commitment. \n*** \nFaith & Climate Summit: The Final Sprint to COP 26 \nSept 20th\, 2021 at 11 am Eastern Time / 10 am Central Time \nREGISTER NOW
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/faith-climate-summit-the-final-sprint-to-cop-26/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Launch of the Faith + Food Interfaith Statement
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the Virtual Launch of the Faith + Food Interfaith Statement! – Register Here \nThis summer\, the Faith + Food Coalition hosted 5 dialogues corresponding to each of the 5 action tracks for the UN Food Systems Summit. The goal was simple: to host multilateral dialogues about our food systems through the lens of faith and values. \nFriday\, September 17th\, the Faith + Food Coalition will offer a Virtual Launch of the Interfaith Statement presenting key concepts distilled and articulated by participants and coalition partners for inclusion at the UN Food Systems Summit 2021 and beyond. \nPlease consider signing on to the statement this week in advance of the UNFSS on September 23rd. \nLearn More: https://www.faithandfood.earth/interfaith-statement \nFood systems for healthy people and a healthy planet. ⁠ ⁠ \nRegister \nVirtual Launch with Martin Frick\, Deputy to the Special Envoy – UNFSS 2021; Meera Baindur\, Manipal University; Nate DeGroot\, Hazon; Mona Polacca\, Center for Earth Ethics; Felipe Carazo\, Tropical Forest Alliance (WEF); and Bibi la Luz Gonzalez\, Eat Better Wa’ik.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/virtual-launch-of-the-faith-food-interfaith-statement/
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SUMMARY:Global Inter-faith Dialogue on Food Systems
DESCRIPTION:02 September from 16:00 to 18:00\, East African Time\, 9:00 AM Eastern Time \nRegister \nAccess to healthy\, nutritious food is a human right and yet it remains out of reach for far too many. In this Decade of Action\, there is much to do and it will require new partnerships and coalitions of actors who believe we can overcome the challenges in front of us. This global dialogue will focus on building and strengthening the coalitions between faith and secular groups to achieve our common goals. \nThe Food Systems Summit is being organized by the Secretary General of the United Nations this fall. Members of civil society and governments from around the world are asked to contribute. This Global Inter-Faith Dialogue on September 2nd builds on a series of dialogues hosted by the Faith + Food Coalition partners in May and June of 2021. The coalition convened faith and wisdom keepers alongside those working at the intersection of food systems and policy development. \nHow can the role of faith and food in our lives better inform policies and prioritize implementation of regenerative practices that nourish our bodies and heal our earth instead of increasing harm? We are excited to be contributing interfaith\, cross-sector dialogues to the food systems conversation. You can learn more about the Food Systems Summit here. \nRegister for September 2nd Dialogue
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/faith-food-coalition-independent-food-systems-dialogue/
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210825
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SUMMARY:National Faithlands Gathering 2021
DESCRIPTION:Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative\nNational Faithlands Gathering 2021 \nAugust 25th – 27th \n\n\nFood\, Faith & Farms Conference on August 25th\nNational Faithlands Gathering full day program August 26th\nTwo Farm and Garden Tours: August 25th and August 27th\n\n\nFor an Agenda with the full list of 12 break-out sessions and plenaries for Food\, Faith & Farms Conference August 25th – click here. \nRegister for the 3 Day gathering here \n\n\n\n\n\nThe Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative works to: \n\nReconnect religious people to a sustainable food system through their faith community\nExpand the base of the sustainable agricultural movement in order to improve public policy\n\nThe Interfaith Sustainable Food Collaborative advances this vision by: \n\nConnecting congregations with local farmers and gardeners to increase access to organic food and strengthen local economies.\nSharing models\, strategies and resources across faith traditions to help leaders bring programs and best practices to their congregations\, camps and retreat centers.\nProviding one stop shopping for speakers\, educational materials\, and advocacy resources to help congregations engage to improve their understanding of and impact on the food system.\nEmpowering leaders to develop congregational food policies facilitating a connection between the sacred creation and what congregants consume when they come together to pray or celebrate.\n\nRegister \n  \nJoin Interfaith Food for our 8th annual Faith\, Food\, and Farms Conference \nAlbert J. Boro Community Center in San Rafael \nLay leaders and clergy leading projects faith community projects to support access to food\, and food system advocacy: This Conference is For You! \nBe inspired by peers from diverse backgrounds working for food justice and a more sustainable agricultural system. The interactive format includes interactive discussions; and panels highlighting successful local and national projects. \nTopics will include: Community Supported Agriculture and local procurement during the COVID Pandemic; utilizing faith- community commercial kitchens to help farmers and a small-scale food entrepreneurs grow their businesses; and advocacy for local food procurement. \nFor an Agenda with the full list of 12 break-out sessions and plenaries click here. \nRegister \nThe Center for Earth Ethics is proud to be among the collaborating partners for this event. \n            \n               \n \nWith support from:
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/national-faithlands-gathering-2021/
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SUMMARY:Faith + Food - Planting Seeds for Change
DESCRIPTION:What are the impacts of our global food systems on people and the planet? What can we learn from Indigenous communities and traditional food practices? How can a respect for faith and values make food systems more healthy\, sustainable\, and equitable? \nTo help answer these questions\, the Faith + Food Coalition will host “Faith + Food: Planting Seeds for Change” on July 27\, 2021 at 8 a.m. Central European Summer Time (2 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time in the US). This global online forum will present the Coalition’s findings and recommendations to improve food security and access in conjunction with the United Nations Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome. The Pre-Summit—which will engage policymakers\, advocates\, NGOs\, healthcare leaders\, and others from around the world—is part of the lead up to the UN Food Systems Summit on September 24 in New York. \n“Values and ethics must be included in the global policy-making conversation about food\,” said Karenna Gore\, executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics. “We are honored to convene this forum with people who bring real insight about this essential dimension of human life.” \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFrom top left: Chris Elisara\, Marium Husain\, Lina Mahy\, Gopal Patel\, Andrew Schwartz \nSpeakers will be Dr. Chris Elisara\, director of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Creation Care Task Force and a senior fellow at Duke Divinity School’s Ormond Center; Dr. Marium Husain\, president of the Islamic Medical Association of North America and a hematology/oncology fellow at Ohio State University’s Wexner Medical Center; Lina Mahy\, technical officer in the World Health Organization’s Multisectoral Action in Food Systems Unit; and Gopal Patel\, co-founder and director of Bhumi Global. Andrew Schwartz\, the director of sustainability and global affairs at the Center for Earth Ethics\, will moderate the discussion. \n“Planting Seeds for Change” builds upon five interfaith dialogues that CEE convened in May and June as part of a formal UN process to engage diverse stakeholders in the Food Systems Summit. The Food + Faith dialogues explored how faith communities—including Indigenous communities—could support the transformation of global food systems toward something that was truly sustainable\, accessible\, equitable\, and regenerative. They engaged grassroots organizers\, farmers\, food advocates\, and policymakers to gather insights and develop holistic\, inclusive recommendations. \n“Engaging faith-based groups and Indigenous communities is essential to shifting worldviews toward food and the natural world\,” says Schwartz. “We’re delighted to have been invited to organize this forum alongside the Pre-Summit.” \n“Planting Seeds for Change” will review key findings from the five Food + Faith Dialogues\, identify crucial topics for the Summit to address\, and issue calls to action. \nThe Food + Faith Coalition comprises seven groups—the Center for Earth Ethics\, Bhumi Global\, Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation\, Interfaith Public Health Network\, Islamic Medical Association of North America\, Parliament of the World’s Religions\, and the World Evangelical Alliance’s Creation Care Task Force –that came together to create a platform for faith groups and Indigenous communities around the world to contribute to the UN Food Systems Summit. \nThe forum is open to all without charge\, but registration is required. \nREGISTER 
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/faith-food-planting-seeds-for-change/
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SUMMARY:Interfaith Summit Dialogue on Sustainable Food Systems
DESCRIPTION:July 7\, 2021 from 15:00 to 17:00\, East African Time (New York 08:00 to 10:00; Rome 14:00 to 16:00; New Delhi 17:30- 19:30; Bangkok 19.00- 21:00) \nWe welcome you to an Interfaith dialogue to engage global faith and indigenous communities with the Food Systems Summit process. This co-convened dialogue (UN and faith-based organizations)\, through shared experiences and learnings underlining shared values and principles\, spirituality and beliefs\, is an opportunity to promote solidarity and mutual accountability with local communities\, stewardship of the environment and sustainability of food systems. \nDiscussants \n\nRev. Nicta M. Lubaale\, General Secretary\, Organization of African Instituted Churches ( Uganda/ Kenya)\nMrs Wallapa van Willenswaard\, Innovation Network International INI\, International Network of Engaged Buddhists (Thailand)\nDebra Boudreaux\, Tzu Chi Foundation\, ( USA)\nGopal Patel\, Bhumi Global ( India/ US)\n\nConvenor: Andrew Schwartz\, Director of Sustainability and Global Affairs\, Center For Earth Ethics (USA) \nCurator: Angeline Munzara\, Global Sector Leader\, Livelihoods\, Global Impact\, World Vision International & Member of the Strategy Group- Food For Life Campaign- WCC-EAA (Zimbabwe/ South Africa) \nModerator: Rev. Eugene Cho\, President and CEO of Bread for the World (USA) \nREGISTER
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/interfaith-summit-dialogue-on-sustainable-food-systems/
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SUMMARY:'Faith and Food: Reflections for WHO Health Week'
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Faith + Food Coalition:\n‘Faith and Food: Reflections for WHO Health Week’Thursday\, June 10th\, 11 am ET\n \n \n \nTo contribute to the UN Food Systems Summit\, the Faith + Food Coalition hosted five separate interfaith\, multi-stakeholder dialogues corresponding to each of the five Action Tracks. The objective of the dialogues was to explore how faith communities – including Indigenous communities – can support the transformation of global food systems to being sustainable\, accessible\, equitable\, and regenerative. This panel will reflect on the dialogues and offer insights into increased faith engagement leading up to the Food Systems Summit and beyond.\n \n \n \nWe need everyone engaged to find local and global food systems solutions for healthy people and a healthy planet.   Join us! www.faithandfood.earth\n  \nAndrew Schwartz has nearly a decade of experience working with community leaders and elected officials around the world to build movements\, craft communications and affect change on climate and environmental issues. He is the Director of Sustainability and Global Affairs at the Center for Earth Ethics where he works to change both policies and culture to advance the sustained well-being of the people of the world. A graduate of the Union Theological Seminary\, Andrew began his career as a youth representative to the United Nations Rio+20 Conference in Brazil in 2012. A native of Oregon\, Andrew and his wife and daughter live in Portland. \n  \nKelly Moltzen is a tireless advocate of making connections between food\, faith\, and social justice. In addition to being a co-convener of the Interfaith Public Health Network\, Kelly is a program manager at the Institute for Family Health with the Bronx Health REACH initiative. She is a 2015 Re:Generate Fellow with the Food\, Health and Ecological Well-Being Program of Wake Forest University School of Divinity\, Professional Development Co-Chair with the Religion Member Interest Group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics\, and a member of the Ecumenical/Interfaith Committee of the USA Secular Franciscan Order. She has an MPH from NYU\, completed her dietetic internship with the James J. Peters Veterans Affairs Medical Center\, and has a BS in Nutritional Sciences & Dietetics from the University of Delaware. Kelly was recognized as part of Hunter College’s NYC Food Policy Center 40 Under 40 Class of 2020.  \n  \n \nDr. Marium Husain is an oncology hospitalist at the Ohio State University James Comprehensive Care Center. She graduated from The Ohio State University College of Medicine and completed a residency in Internal Medicine. She will be pursuing a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology. Marium has been working on community service projects in the Columbus area and abroad for the past 10 years. As a board member of the national non-profit\, IMANA (Islamic Medical Association of North America)\, she has been working on public health education and creating domestic campaigns for food insecurity\, reproductive health\, mental health and climate change. \n  \n \nJoshua Basofin is a lawyer\, conservationist\, sustainability advisor\, and climate change organizer. After a stint as a researcher and teaching assistant at the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies\, Joshua worked as a sustainability advisor\, first in Tel Aviv and then in New York with UK based nonprofit Forum for the Future. He now serves as the  Director of Climate Action for Parliament of the World’s Religions. \n  \n  \n  \nBibi la Luz Gonzales is an international political economist merging food security. Climate\, sustainability and human rights. She is the founder of Come Mejor Wa’ik//Eat Better Wa’ik. Bibi is a positive and enthusiastic multilingual Global Shaper\, One Young World Ambassador\, World Merit Guatemala Office Representative\, and Merit360 SDG2 Executor. \n  \n  \n  \n \nSteve Chiu is Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation’s Representative at the United Nations. In alignment with Tzu Chi’s work in disaster relief\, climate action\, education for global citizenship\, sustainable development and gender equality\, Steve works to build relationships\, share best practices and develop programs with other organizations to make tangible impacts on the ground\, with the mission of alleviating the suffering of those in need. With over 19 years of experience in community based development and local interfaith partnership\, Steve seeks to connect the importance of grassroots action to policies that are being developed on the international level. \n  \n\n \n\nAlmamy Chouaibou Diagan \nCo-Founder\, Smart System Services + Rim Robotique designing technological solutions adapted to our cities to reduce the impact of man on the phenomenon of global warming. Co-Founder of the ‘’Union des Jeunes entrepreneurs Mauritanien’’ and member of the Network of young Mauritanian scientists. \n\n  \n \n  \n  \nStineke Oenema is the Global Coordinator of the UN System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSN) \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Maria P. Neira has been directing the Department of Environment\, Climate Change and Health at the World Health Organization\, Geneva\, Switzerland since September 2005. Throughout her tenure and up until now she has led and advised on policy and management in key areas of environmental health.  Prior to that she served as Under-Secretary of Health and President of the Spanish Food Safety Agency. From 1993-1998 she was Coordinator of the Global Task Force on Cholera Control. \nDr Neira began her career as a medical coordinator working with refugees in El Salvador and Honduras for Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders). She then spent several years working in different African countries during armed conflicts. In early 2019\, she was nominated among the top 100 policy influencers in health and climate change.   \n  \n\n \n\nDr. Martin Frick is the Deputy of the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Food Systems Summit 2021. Previously\, he served as the senior director of UN Climate Change where he oversaw the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement and the secretariat’s climate action work. \n  \n\n \n \n \nThe Faith + Food Coalition is convened by the Center for Earth Ethics in response to the call for contributions to the UN Food Systems Summit 2021. \nJoin us! www.faithandfood.earth
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/faith-and-food-reflections-for-who-health-week/
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SUMMARY:Faith + Food Coalition Dialogues
DESCRIPTION:Faith based organizations bringing together voices from around the world to contribute to the UN Food Systems Summit.\nIndependent Dialogues Series on Faith May 6th – June 3rd\, 2021 in advance of the Food Systems Summit  July 19th – 21st\, 2021. \nRegister and join the community dialogue at faithandfood.earth. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFood security\, access\, and justice\n\n\nMAY 6\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFood insecurity is on the rise in some of the world’s most developed countries and yet in these same countries an overabundance of unhealthy food options is driving rates of high cholesterol\, diabetes\, and heart disease. There is an immediate need to improve food quality\, reduce waste\, reduce marketing of unhealthy foods and ultra-processed foods in low-income communities and developing countries. Simultaneously there must be an increase in equitable access to nutritious\, culturally appropriate foods that are produced agroecologically and minimize climate change impacts. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHealing the earth\, healing our bodies\n\n\nMAY 13\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe globe is facing a dual health crisis: hunger and poor diet. Both are functions of an imbalanced system that creates scarcity to foster excess. The global adoption of a heavy diet of salt\, sugar\, and red meat creating with it mass ecosystem destruction and global health issues. Healing will only come from balance and by moving away from global extraction that poisons the water and land we depend upon. Due to the ubiquitous influence of the industrialized food system\, there is also more need for education and awareness about ways to prepare foods healthfully. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegenerating the Earth\n\n\nMAY 20\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEach year\, Earth Overshoot Day marks the day humans surpass the Earth’s ability to regenerate the amount that’s been taken from it. In 2019 Earth Overshoot Day was July 19 and in 2020\, because of Covid-19 Earth Overshoot Day was August 22. We take too much and leave too little. It’s time to change that and learn to live and farm and consume and dispose in regenerative ways that let the world and all that depend on it flourish \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFarm and Food Worker Rights\n\n\nMAY 27\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFood and farm workers around the world are united by their poor treatment\, low wages\, and poverty.  Those who put food on the tables of the world often can’t afford to put healthy food on their own. In order to achieve SDG 8 and to bring more health and dignity to the world’s food systems\, food and farm workers must be treated equitably. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEmpowering Local Communities\n\n\nJUN 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAs the world has globalized the hubs responsible for providing basic needs have become monopolized\, less diverse\, and more dispersed to such a degree that just five countries are responsible for 60% of the world’s food supply. Building resilience to climate shocks means directing financing for local agro development\, increasing equitable access\,  and engaging local Indigenous and community growers to produce bioregional appropriate foods that can be supplemented by world markets. \n  \nFaith + Food Coalition Steering Committee Members:
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/faith-food-coalition-series/
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SUMMARY:The Rights of Nature in a Wellbeing Society
DESCRIPTION:When we think about what is necessary to create and sustain societies grounded in wellbeing\, respect for the rights of everything in our natural world is crucial. But how do we define the “rights” of nature? And what does it look like to uphold these rights in practice\, especially in a world that has placed capitalistic values largely at the center of its decision-making and law-making processes?\n\n\n\nOn Wednesday\, April 28th at 9:00am PST / 12 pm EST\, in the latest installment of the EcoCiv Dialogues on Global Systems Change series\, join the Institute for Ecological Civilization and YES! Magazine for a discussion with leaders who have been redefining what it means to establish and protect the rights of nature for the sake of all living things on our planet. Click the button below to register!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister for the Event\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPanelists: \n\nMelissa Troutman – Co-director\, The Invisible Hand\nMona Polacca – Chair\, International Council of the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers/ CEE Original Caretakers Senior Fellow\nHermann E. Ott – Founder and Managing Director\, Germany Office for ClientEarth\nJoe Bowersox III – Dempsey Endowed Chair of Environmental Politics and Law in the Department of Environmental Science\, Willamette University\n\nModerator: Wm. Andrew Schwartz – Vice President\, EcoCiv
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/the-rights-of-nature-in-a-wellbeing-society/
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SUMMARY:Faith Leaders Cohort at the Upcoming US Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training
DESCRIPTION:Registration Closes March 24th! \n  \nThe Center for Earth Ethics is kicking off Earth Day by co-hosting a Faith Leaders cohort at the upcoming Climate Reality Leadership Corps Training happening April 22 – May 2. We are teaming with The Climate Reality Project to create specific sessions that will help faith leaders from across traditions integrate climate activism into their work. \n \nTHIS IS OUR MOMENT FOR CHANGE. YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. \nThe Climate Reality Leadership Corps Virtual US Training will feature four days of two-hour live broadcasts\, with additional on-demand viewing and interactive sessions available between April 22 and May 2. \nFAITH COHORT REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS: \nVisit the Registration link at Climate Reality. To register to be part of the Faith Cohort please answer the following questions in the registration form as outlined below: \n– Do you currently volunteer or organize with any groups focused on climate change or environmental justice? Please answer “YES” \n– Organization Name: Please write “Center for Earth Ethics” \nThis will help us ensure that you are given access to all of the faith specific events and tables.  \nREGISTER HERE \nDuring the training\, you’ll join broadcast sessions with some of the world’s leading climate experts and activists – led by former Vice President Al Gore – along with breakout sessions designed to dive deeper into the most important climate topics of today. Sessions will focus on three key themes in the fight for an equitable and sustainable future: \n\nStopping fossil fuel expansion\nAccelerating just climate solutions\nDriving federal climate action in the US\n\nThe Virtual US Training offers the chance to connect with other activists just like you and join a global network of world changers making a real difference for the planet when it matters.There is no cost to attend and our flexible online format is designed to work with your schedule. This is our time and your year to make a difference. \n*Note on Scheduling: \nWe will offer the Faith Cohort option during the weekday training schedule. If the weekday schedule does not work for you and you would like to participate in the weekend training schedule\, please let us know. Feel free to email Jennifer Fei at jennifer.fei@climatereality.com with any questions or to discuss your options for participating in the Faith Cohort. \nREGISTER HERE \nLooking forward to seeing you April\, 22nd! \n– The Center for Earth Ethics Team
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/faith-leaders-cohort-at-the-upcoming-us-climate-reality-leadership-corps-training/
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SUMMARY:Union Theological Seminary Climate Emergency Community Assembly
DESCRIPTION:Earth Week: April 22nd and 23rd\, 2021 / 2:00-4:30 pm\n\nUnion Theological Seminary has recently declared a climate emergency\, being the first seminary in the world to do so. The declaration commits Union to adopting a climate mobilization plan with the goal of eliminating our school’s carbon emissions in the next ten years. The plan will recommend changes to Union’s facilities\, curriculum\, and community engagement.\n\nUnion has committed to a democratic process for creating the plan\, which will take the form of a Community Assembly on April 22nd and 23rd. The Community Assembly will consist of 15 students\, 5 faculty\, 5 staff\, and 5 alums.\n\nAttached is a copy of the Emergency Declaration\, the Assembly Itinerary\, and a Google Form if you are interested in participating. All students should have also gotten an email with a slightly more robust explanation and access to all the links as well.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/union-theological-seminary-climate-emergency-community-assembly/
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SUMMARY:Her Many Voices: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Challenges
DESCRIPTION:Center for Earth Ethics’ Senior Fellow for Original Caretakers\, Mona Polacca and CEE Executive Director\, Karenna Gore will be sharing their voices as part of this Earth Day event. \nTune in at 12:30 pm Mountain Time / 2:30 pm Eastern Time on April 22nd for Mona and Karenna’s contribution. \nHer Many Voices is honoring Earth Day this year by having a virtual\, all day\, international event: Indigenous Wisdom for Modern Challenges. We are bringing attention to individuals\, businesses and organizations who are working in this world from the wisdom of our ancestors\, our elders\, our connections. All to bring a higher vibration to humanity. Clearly we need it. \nRegister here: https://bit.ly/2021CelebrateWisdom and subscribe to Her Many Voices YouTube channel to make sure you don’t miss a thing!  \n \n  \nThe growing number of participants are from Kenya\, Nigeria\, Tanzania\, Zimbabwe\, Zambia\, Australia\, Latvia\, Czech Republic\, Mexico\, Canada\, Hawaii and the states. Topics range from Climate Strong Initiatives to the Hemp Industry to Finances to Traditional Weaving.​ \nThe schedule for this event is coming soon.  \nLearn more what some of our participants will be sharing about: hermanyvoices.org/earth-day \n\nREGISTER
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/her-many-voices-indigenous-wisdom-for-modern-challenges/
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SUMMARY:'On Caring for our Common Home' featuring Michael B. Gerrard
DESCRIPTION:Center for Earth Ethics is pleased to invite you to\nOn Caring for Our Common Home: Climate Change & the Moral Imperative\nTuesday\, April 20th @ 7 pm\n\nFeaturing: Michael B. Gerrard\, the Andrew Sabin Professor of Professional Practice\, Columbia Law School and Director\, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law\, Columbia Law School\n\nRegister Now
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/on-caring-for-our-common-home-featuring-michael-b-gerrard/
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SUMMARY:Faith and Frontline Call to Action: Good Trouble for Justice
DESCRIPTION:Faith and Frontline Call to Action: Good Trouble for Justice  \nA Consultation: How To Address The Climate Emergency \nApril 19th  12 Noon – 1 pm EST \n\n\n\n\nRegister\n\nThis U.S. Climate Action Week\, a coalition of planning partners is pleased to host you for a global interfaith consultation highlighting the need for frontline and faith communities to be a part of our collective response to climate change. This 2021 virtual side event will highlight and call for the inclusion of the voices\, ideas\, and expertise of frontline and faith communities alongside career politicians and others as we collectively and collaboratively move to address and implement climate solutions. The consultation includes two keynote presentations and three concurrent workshops\, each supported with web-based materials and social media tools to equip participants. This watershed moment requires action by all\, especially our voices of insight and hope. \nThe Consultation will focus on three areas.\n· Climate Change\, Displacement and Migration\n· Food Security\n· Just Transition \n\nRegister \nIf you have any questions\, please contact Ruth Ivory-Moore at ruth.ivory-moore@elca.org. \nThe Consultation Planning Committee consists of:\nBaha’is of the U.S.\nCenter for Earth Ethics\nEvangelical Lutheran Church in America\nThe Episcopal Church\nLutheran Immigration and Refugee Services\nNational Religious Partnership for the Environment\nNorth Carolina Interfaith Power and Light\nOxfam America\necoAmerica – Blessed Tomorrow\nPacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/faith-and-frontline-call-to-action-good-trouble-for-justice/
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SUMMARY:EDS at Union Community Read: Catherine Coleman Flowers' WASTE
DESCRIPTION:Each semester\, Episcopal Divinity School at Union selects a theme and book to guide a semester-long discussion on justice issues critical for faith communities to address. This spring 2021\, EDS at Union is joining with the Center for Earth Ethics and the Kairos Center for Religions\, Rights\, and Social Justice to focus on the structural challenges facing communities living in poverty and to explore how economic\, environmental\, and racial issues exacerbate inequality in the United States. \nTo frame this discussion\, we have selected Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret by Catherine Coleman Flowers. \nWe will host Ms. Flowers for a virtual gathering with the EDS at Union community on the evening of April 7\, 2021. We will share more information and a registration link for this public address and audience Q&A in the coming months. \nSave the Date: Wednesday\, April 7th\, at 6:00 pm EST\nPurchase Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret\nRead Catherine Flowers’ recent essay for the New York Times summarizing the focus of the book. \nPast community-wide readings have included Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson\, The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy by Anna Clark\, No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America by Darnell Moore\, Enrique’s Journey by two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Sonia Nazario\, and Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America. \nPlease join us in reading Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret and share your reflections with us this semester. \nAbout Catherine Coleman Flowers\nCatherine Coleman Flowers is the founder of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice\, Senior Fellow of Environmental Justice & Civic Engagement at Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary\, and since 2008 has been the rural development manager at the Race and Poverty Initiative of the Equal Justice Initiative. She is the author of Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret\, winner of the Studs and Ida Terkel Prize for a first book in the public interest (from The New Press). In 2020\, Flowers was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. She lives in Montgomery\, Alabama.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/eds-at-union-community-read-catherine-coleman-flowers-waste/
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SUMMARY:Faith + Food Coalition Livestream
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Earth Ethics is hosting a livestream conversation this Friday as we gear up for the Faith + Food Coalition Dialogue Series!\nJoin CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore\, Sustainability and Global Affairs Program Director Andrew Schwartz\, Original Caretakers Program Senior Fellow Mona Polacca and Director of Bhumi Global Gopal Patel at 9 am PDT / 12 Noon EDT streaming live on our YouTube Channel and Facebook Page. \nBring a snack to eat! Make a cuppa. \n\n\n \nJoin us Friday\, March 26th!  \n9 AM Pacific / 12 PM Eastern / 4 PM GMT\n\n\nYouTube or Facebook\n\n\nWe’re excited to share about the upcoming Food Systems Summit hosted by the United Nations and the Independent Dialogues the Faith + Food Coalition are set to engage. \nWe’ll talk about why faith perspectives are important in the upcoming Food Systems Summit. What can faith based organizations bring to conversations about food systems\, justice\, access and community response? \nWe will also hear from an indigenous perspective. What can we learn about relationships with the land and food systems from those who are and have been the original caretakers of Mother Earth? Why is it important for the Food Systems Summit and the Faith + Food Coalition dialogues to pay special attention to Indigenous wisdom? \nJoin the Faith + Food Coalition Community at faithandfood.earth!
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/food-and-faith-livestream/
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SUMMARY:Environmental Injustice: Reckoning with American Waste
DESCRIPTION:Virginia Humanities: ADD TO CALENDAR\n\n\n\n\nNonfiction writers Kerri Arsenault (Mill Town: Reckoning with What Remains)\, Anna Clark (The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy)\, and Catherine Coleman Flowers (Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret) discuss their investigations into American environmental injustices\, from sewage and sanitation management systems that reinforce systemic class\, racial\, and geographic prejudices\, to Flint’s water crisis and other industrial impacts leading to contaminated waters\, illness\, and loss. \nAs part of the all-virtual 2021 Virginia Festival of the Book\, this event is FREE to attend and open to the public. To attend\, please register below or simply make plans to watch on Facebook.com/VaBookFest. The video recording from this event will also be available to watch after the event concludes\, on VaBook.org/Watch. \n\nREGISTER HERE\n\n“Combining personal history with investigative reporting\, Arsenault pays loving homage to her family’s tight-knit Maine town even as she examines the cancers that have stricken so many residents.” ―The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) \n“An exceptional work of journalism. Clark delivers a thorough account of a still-evolving crisis\, one with an unmistakable racial subtext…. Her book is a deeply reported account of catastrophic mismanagement. But it’s also a celebration of civic engagement\, a tribute to those who are fighting back.” —San Francisco Chronicle \n“Flowers exposes the true injustice of the situation and how it can be remedied\, from both sides of the political spectrum. This is a powerful and moving book that deserves wide readership.” —Booklist \nCOMMUNITY PARTNERS\nThanks to our community partners for this event: Alabama Center for the Book\, Alabama Humanities Alliance\, Black Millennials for Flint\, Maine Center for the Book\, Maine Humanities Council\, Michigan Humanities
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/environmental-injustice-reckoning-with-american-waste/
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SUMMARY:Climate Resilience: Reframing the climate crisis conversation with Karenna Gore
DESCRIPTION:“The impacts of climate change are already here. It is an economical issue. It is a national security issue. It is also a moral issue. It requires deep consideration of our moral obligations to one another across time and space. The causes are also present among us and if we can see them quite clearly\, we might be able to stop this unimaginably tragedy. In addition\, we must simultaneously learn to adapt to the damage that has already been done.” ~ Karenna Gore \n \nJoin Landmark and Transition Town Port Washington for a presentation by Karenna Gore\, founder and director of The Center for Earth Ethics. Then join the conversation\, in an audience Q&A moderated by Hildur Palsdottir. \nThis event is streaming on Zoom. Please click the FREE EVENT link on this page to register and get your Zoom link. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. \nKarenna Gore is the founder and director of the Center for Earth Ethics (CEE) at Union Theological Seminary. The Center for Earth Ethics bridges the worlds of religion\, academia\, policy and culture to discern and pursue the changes that are necessary to stop ecological destruction and create a society that values the long-term health of the whole. She is also an ex officio member of the faculty of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. She is the author of Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America. https://centerforearthethics.org \nDr. Hildur Palsdottir is a climate activist\, community organizer\, public speaker\, and co-founder of ReWild Long Island. She is also president of the Board of Trustees at The Science Museum of Long Island. Hildur has a PhD in Biochemistry for research in Cellular Bioenergetics and worked as a Research Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and NYU Medical School. In 2017\, she co-founded Sol Center in Port Washington. Hildur guides nature-based mindfulness and meditations at The Mindful Connection of Long Island in Merrick. \nClimate Action Series\nThis is the first in a planned five-part Conversations from Main Street Climate Action Series with the goal of introducing community-centered climate solutions while also promoting individual action. Small changes to our daily routines can have lasting and impact on our environment and future. \nWatch this space for more info & sign-up links for these programs. \nThursday\, March 18 Regeneration Revolution \nThursday\, April 1 Break Free from Plastics! \nThursday\, April 15 “Green” Legislation \nThursday\, April 29 Envisioning 2030 \nThe Climate Action Series is presented in partnership with Transition Town Port Washington.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/climate-resilience-reframing-the-climate-crisis-conversation-with-karenna-gore/
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SUMMARY:Black Women\, Green Future: Environmental Justice and the New Political Landscape
DESCRIPTION:The Center for Earth Ethics is proud to be a co-sponsor of Black Women\, Green Future hosted by New Voices for Reproductive Justice and their Environmental Justice Project on Thursday\, February 25\, 7-9 PM ET in partnership with WURD Radio\, Philadelphia during Women of Color HERStory Month 2021. \nThe Keynote Speaker is Jacqui Patterson\, Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program. \nREGISTER \nFeatured Panelists are: \n– Pennsylvania State Representative Summer Lee of Pittsburgh; \n– Nourbese Flint\, Policy Director at Black Women for Wellness in Los Angeles; and \n– Kerene Tayloe\, Esq.\, Director of Federal Legislative Affairs at WE ACT for Environmental Justice based in New York and Washington\, DC. \nWe will also highlight a Black women-led environmental justice organization or business in Philadelphia\, Pittsburgh and Cleveland during our program.  \nThis event is free and open to the public.  REGISTER \nIf you would like to be a co-host\, have any questions or would like to sponsor Black Women\, Green Future\, please contact Matt Dean\, Environmental Justice Exchange Coordinator\, at matt@newvoicespittsburgh.org. \n#BlackWomenGreenFuture #WOCHERStory #ReproJustice \n \n \n\n\n\n\nNew Voices for Reproductive Justice is a Human Rights organization dedicated to the health and well-being of Black women and girls and women of color. Since 2004\, New Voices Pittsburgh has served 125\,000+ Black women\, femmes\, girls\, women of color and LGBTQ+ women of color through leadership development\, community organizing\, policy advocacy and culture change. Our priority issues are sexual & reproductive health\, LGBTQ+ rights\, health care access\, ending gender-based violence\, incarceration and environmental justice. \nVisit us online at www.newvoicesrj.org!
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/black-women-green-future-environmental-justice-and-the-new-political-landscape/
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SUMMARY:"LN 3: Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe in Resistance" online screening
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Center for Earth Ethics\, Union Theological Seminary (NYC) students\, coordinated with volunteers in Baltimore and Philadelphia\, are pleased to host an Enbridge Line 3 pipeline resistance documentary.\n\n\nWhen:\nThursday\, February 25\, 2021. Post-screening\, viewers are welcome to stay for a follow-up discussion on the resistance and getting involved. Please pre-register for this event using this link\, and a zoom link will be sent to your email.\n\nThis is the second screening\, the first was held Thursday\, February 18\, 2021 at 7pm EST.\n\n\nWhat:\nDirected by Nine Muses/Suez Taylor\, “LN 3: Seven Teachings of the Anishinaabe in Resistance” is\, “A 38-minute frontline documentary on the effort to stop fossil fuel expansion and encourage real energy security.\n\nPredatory industry hijacked the US regulatory system in 2019\, placing ancient food systems and a fifth of the world’s freshwater in imminent danger. LN3 features indigenous firebrands Winona Laduke\, Tara Houska\, and poet-hip hop artist ThomasX\, as they lead an alliance to take on Big Oil and their enablers at the institutional level\, and on the frontlines. This is the battle for Earth. (www.honorearth.org/ln3)
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/ln-3-seven-teachings-of-the-anishinaabe-in-resistance-online-screening/
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SUMMARY:2021 Stone Social Impact Forum
DESCRIPTION:Acclaimed environmental activist\, MacArthur “genius” grant recipient\, and author Catherine Coleman Flowers\, founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice\, will headline the virtual 2021 Stone Social Impact Forum. \nCatherine Coleman Flowers will share her journey in environmental activism and how she broadens the scope of environmental justice to include issues specific to disenfranchised rural communities by galvanizing policy and research to redress failing infrastructure that perpetuates socioeconomic disparities across the United States. Did you know that even today\, more than 2 million Americans still live in homes without running water and proper septic systems–causing a range of negative public health and environmental impacts? This is one of the major issues Ms. Flowers’ organizations have been working to address to improve the health and living conditions of low-income\, rural Americans. \nCatherine Coleman Flowers is founding director of the Center for Rural Enterprise and Environmental Justice\, which works to address health and economic disparities and amplify the voices of community leaders in the context of climate change through the lens of environmental justice. Flowers is also the rural development manager for the Equal Justice Initiative\, a senior fellow for the Center of Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary\, and a member of the board of directors of the Climate Reality Project and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Flowers is an internationally recognized advocate for the human right to water and sanitation through her work with the UN Sustainable Development Agenda. She was recently awarded a 2020 MacArthur Fellowship grant for her work as an Environmental Health Advocate and has chronicled her journey in “Waste: One Woman’s Fight Against America’s Dirty Secret”. \nThe Stone Social Impact Forum is signature series that features bold civic change agents who demonstrate various pathways to tackle inequality\, advance social change\, and inspire all people to be civically active. The Forum is a joint initiative of the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation\, made possible through the generous support of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation. \n  \nThursday\, February 18\, 2021\, 6:30 – 7:30 PM on Zoom \nRegister Here \n  \n\nABOUT THE EDWARD M. KENNEDY INSTITUTE FOR THE UNITED STATES SENATE \nThe Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate is dedicated to educating the public about the important role of the Senate in our government\, encouraging participatory democracy\, invigorating civil discourse\, and inspiring the next generation of citizens and leaders to engage in the civic life of their communities. \nVIRTUAL PROGRAMMING \nAll public programs will be conducted via Zoom webinar until further notice. Webinar log-in instructions will be sent upon registration via email. Please direct all questions to programs@emkinstitute.org.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/2021-stone-social-impact-forum/
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SUMMARY:Creating the Climate Church: Spirituality & Climate Change with Rev. Jim Antal and Karenna Gore
DESCRIPTION:About this Event\nAs we head into 2021\, a new year filled with optimism\, it is now time to refocus our energy on perhaps the greatest human challenge of all – the worsening climate crisis.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn that calling\, the Energy & Environmental Justice Ministry of the Congregational Church of San Mateo (CCSM) has organized a free upcoming online event called\, Creating the Climate Church. The intent of this climate event is to explore the intersection of spirituality and climate change & to identify the steps a church community can take to address the crisis across all aspects of its ministry. \nThis special event will be held over Zoom on Thu Jan 28th from 5:00-6:30 PM PST / 8:00-9:30 PM EST. The 90-minute program will feature a panel discussion moderated by Gary H. White\, founder of Extinction Rebellion San Mateo\, Education Chair of Climate Reality Project Bay Area Chapter\, and member of E&EJ. Immediately following the discussion\, a Q&A session will be held with the audience and our panelists. \nOur expert panel will include Rev. Jim Antal\, Special Advisor on Climate Justice to the President of the United Church of Christ who will be making a return appearance to CCSM for this event. Rev. Antal is an ordained UCC minister\, a climate activist and the author of the celebrated book\, Climate Church\, Climate World. \nThe panel will also include Ms. Karenna Gore\, Founder and Director of the Center for Earth Ethics at the Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Ms. Gore is a climate activist\, author\, and journalist as well as the eldest daughter of former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. We are extremely fortunate to have both of these prominent spiritual climate leaders join us. \nAll are encouraged to register and attend this special event. Once you have registered\, you will later receive a follow-up email containing the Zoom link to use for the event. We look forward to seeing you at this special virtual CCSM climate event. Thank you.
URL:https://centerforearthethics.org/event/creating-the-climate-church/
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