Online Course | Crossroads and Confluence: Gender and Race in the Movements of Ecological and Economic Justice
2023-04-14 13:00 - 2023-04-15 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Crossroads and Confluence: An Examination of Gender and Race in the Movements of Ecological and Economic Justice

In this online course offered from Union Theological Seminary, Kelly Brown Douglas, Karenna Gore and Liz Theoharis critically explore the biblical and theological traditions that have helped to cause economic and ecological injustice as well as biblical, theological and ethical mandates for addressing it. The two day intensive course highlights the intersecting and interlocking realities of racial, economic and ecological injustice as well as the impact and implications of binary ways of viewing human and non-human creation.

The application deadline is Wednesday, April 5.

Saving the Planet: An Ethical Imperative. Panel discussion w/ Bill McKibben
2023-04-16 12:30 - 14:30 | The First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York, 12 West 12th Street, New York, New York, 10011
Join our friends for this April 16th panel with Bill McKibben which includes CEE Advisory Board Co-Chair, scientist, theologian, Union Theological Seminary alum, and founder of the Hudson Valley Environmental Justice Coalition Rev. Dr. Gregory Simpson!

Other speakers include Miranda Massie, Director and Founder of the Climate Museum; Erik Bottcher, environmentalist and New York City Council Representative for District 3; and Rev. Dr. Lindley DeGarmo, Presbyterian Church USA Vice Chair of the Committee on Mission Responsibility Through Investment and member of the PCUSA Board of Pensions are among the other panelists. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session. Childcare for children 0-3 is available at no cost. For additional information and to submit advance Q&A questions, contact earthcare@fpcnyc.org or call 212-675-6150.

“Saving the Planet: An Ethical Imperative.” First Presbyterian Church in the City of New York. The doors will open at 12:30 p.m. Enter through the central gate on Fifth Avenue between 11th and 12th Streets.

The Sacred Earth: Jewish Perspectives on our Planet
2023-04-22 12:00 - 13:30
Earth Day Book Release Brunchfor The Sacred Earth, Edited by Rabbi Andy KahnIn-person and Livestream

Rabbi Andy Kahn welcomes you to a light brunch event featuring a short presentation by Rob Watson, temple member and inventor of LEED environmental building standards, about the current state of the science on climate change, followed by a conversation between Rabbi Andy Kahn and Karenna Gore, founding director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary, moderated by Liya Rechtman, Managing Producer of the Ministry of Ideas podcast affiliated with Harvard Divinity School.

Learn more about the book: http://sacredearth.ccarpress.org

Book Launch | "The Planet You Inherit" by Larry Rasmussen
2023-04-24 18:00 - 20:00 | Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, New York, New York, 10027, United States
Room AD 30, Union Theological Seminary, 3041 Broadway, New York, NY 10027

Our children’s and grandchildren’s generation will face a different world, one affected by climate instability, mass uncertainty, and breathtaking extinction. In fact, the next generation will face the reality that human activity is changing the planet from one geological epoch to another. From this vantage point, renowned Christian environmental ethicist Larry Rasmussen writes to his grandchildren in “The Planet You Inherit: Letters to My Grandchildren when Uncertainty’s a Sure Thing” (Broadleaf Books, 2022).

“There’s real wisdom in this book, not just for the next generation but for those of us making the decisions right now. Those of us of a certain age have a very real responsibility to do everything we can to pass on a working planet to those who come after!” — Bill McKibben, Schumann Distinguished Scholar, Middlebury College, and author of “Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?”

Dr. Rasmussen is the Reinhold Niebuhr Professor Emeritus of Social Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. He is the author of “Earth Honoring Faith: Religious Ethics in a New Key” (2013) and “Earth Community, Earth Ethics” (1996).

This event is free and open to the public.

Virtual Event | Freedom to Be: The role of Indigenous spiritualities in averting climate catastrophe and safeguarding planetary health
2023-04-25 12:00
This virtual panel will explore how this Indigenous spiritualities intersect with the climate crisis. Panelists will explore at how global Indigenous communities are affected by the same extractionist industries and land removal policies that drive climate change. They will investigate how Indigenous spiritualities’ intrinsic connection to the environment and Earth can support an ecologically focused future. The panel will address the recommendations offered by the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief’s 2022 report in the context of planetary health.
