Insights

Riverkeeper Webinar Explores the Rights of Nature Movement

Aja Two Crows March 26, 2024

On March 12, CEE Executive Director Karenna Gore, Thomas Linzey of the Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights and attorney Steven “Owl” Smith of the Ramapo Munsee Nation headlined a thought-provoking discussion, “Rights of Nature: From Anthropocentrism to Ecocentrism.” “There is a counter-balance that is substantial enough to make a difference, and it is a shift to ecocentrism,” said Gore as she opened the program. This online discussion was organized

“Reclaiming Our Heritage”: Roberto Múkaro Borrero Launches Taíno Dictionary

Ned Joyner March 12, 2024

“It’s about the future generations,” said Roberto Múkaro Borrero at the launch party for “Gu’ahai Taíno: We Speak Taíno,” a groundbreaking dictionary and grammar guide to the Indigenous Classic Taíno language. The party, hosted by the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary on February 29, was an occasion of both celebration and learning. In her welcome, Executive Director Karenna Gore acknowledged the history of “genocide, oppression, discrimination and

A Holistic Approach to Ecosystem Restoration: Reflections from UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration Advisory Board Members

Ned Joyner February 22, 2024

WATCH WEBINAR “Ecosystem restoration is an endeavor in which we all share together with the human and the more-than-human world,” says Tariq Al-Olaimy. “We should be actively partnering with nature in restoration.” Al-Olaimy, of 3BL Associates, made this statement at “Values, Culture, Spirituality and Ecosystem Restoration: A Dialogue with UN Decade Advisory Board Members,” a forum hosted by Center for Earth Ethics on February 15. The online meeting, which coincided

Roots for Change: CEE Issues Report on Ecosystem Restoration

Ned Joyner February 1, 2024

READ REPORT “There must be a dramatic change in our relationship with the natural world,” says Karenna Gore, founder and executive director of the Center for Earth Ethics. “Ecosystem restoration signals that shift by calling attention to the symbiotic relationship between human and planetary health.” Gore makes this observation in CEE’s new report, “Roots for Change: Using Values, Culture and Spirituality to Restore Ecosystems.” This comprehensive study emphasizes the crucial

Spirit and Respect: Indigenous Leaders Explore the Right to Freedom of Religion or Belief

Ned Joyner December 18, 2023

“It is not the form of what we do and how we do it, but the essence that matters…The real importance is in our relationships, our humility, our love and our connection.” Laulani Teale offered this crucial observation during Freedom to Be: Perspectives on the 2022 UN Report on Indigenous Peoples and the Concept of Freedom of Religion or Belief, a discussion organized by Center for Earth Ethics on December

The Right to a Healthy Environment

Alyssa Ng December 18, 2023

DOWNLOAD PDF SUMMARY: The momentum for recognizing the human right to a healthy environment has grown significantly over the past several decades. It has been recognized by national, local and international jurisdictions around the world, but in the U.S., only three states have integrated it into their constitutions. The right can be achieved through litigation, decarbonization policies and securing the rights of nature. Local, National and International Recognition Every individual,