Water Ethics

Earth Ethics and Water Ethics

The Center for Earth Ethics works at the intersection of faith, environmental justice and climate where the protection of clean water is essential for all

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Water runs through it all

The Center for Earth Ethics works to articulate the value of water in our intersecting global crises: from our spiritual relationship with water, to water and sanitation, stopping pipelines, human and planetary health, peacekeeping, protecting biodiversity and transforming food systems.

 

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UN 2023 Water Conference

“With its first convening in 47 years, the United Nations 2023 Water Conference will take place March 22-24, 2023 in New York City to accelerate global momentum toward Sustainable Development Goal 6, Clean Water and Sanitation, through multi-sector partnership commitments to action on water resiliency.”

CEE Senior Fellow, Mona Polacca and other Indigenous voices will engage NY Water Week and the UN Conference on the Midterm Comprehensive Review of the Implementation of the Objectives of the International Decade for Action, ‘Water for Sustainable Development’, 2018–2028” hosted by the Netherlands and Tajikistan.

Our Origins

Mona Polacca and Karenna Gore in Conversation on Water

This fire side chat will be streamed online during NY Water Week.

Indigenous and Interfaith Water Ceremony in Central Park

March 21st gathering to honor water in a sacred way before the opening of the UN 2023 Water Conference.

Indigenous Delegation Reception and Talking Circle Session

CEE to host a delegation of Indigenous Peoples convened by Mona Polacca and guests at the UN Church Center on World Water Day

UN 2023 Water Conference

Find information about conference goals, the importance of the convening in the UN ecosystem and a frequently updated programme of events as it evolves.

Intersections with Indigeneity, Faith and Justice

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Activism

Bridging Science, Indigenous Knowledge and Faith: New Pathways for Environmental Justice and Climate Action

The communities most affected by environmental injustices have long recognized what academic institutions are only now beginning to acknowledge: the most pressing ecological challenges cannot be solved solely through the sciences. Addressing these challenges requires relying on multiple ways of knowing, drawing on a convergence of knowledge systems that honors

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August 28, 2025
Activism

A Call for Ethical Leadership on Deep Sea Mining

This summer, the future of the deep ocean took center stage. In June, global leaders, scientists and civil society convened at the UN Ocean Conference in Nice, France, and at the International Seabed Authority (ISA) negotiations in Kingston, Jamaica, where discussions around commercial deep sea mining gained momentum. As the

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July 9, 2025
Activism

Bioregionalism: A Return to Source

We are living through a moment of intersecting crises: climate change, ecological collapse, geopolitical turmoil and a growing sense of disconnection from nature. In 2024, global temperatures rose to about 2.65°F (1.47°C) above the late 19th-century average. The past ten years have been the hottest on record. Meanwhile, 75% of

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May 30, 2025

Work We Build On

Holy Land - Living Water Peacekeeping at the Jordan River
On Faith and Water : 2018 Ministers Training with Grandmother Josephine Mandamin
Movement Building for EcoJustice
Catherine Flowers - Waste: One Woman's Fight Against America's Dirty Secret
Standing with Indigenous Communities
A Consultation on Water: River Yamuna for the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration
Karenna Gore Op-Ed: The Common Wealth of Water
We Believe We Will Win: A Rally to Stop the Mountain Valley Pipeline
Deep Water Mining – What’s really going on in our Oceans?
Water Liturgies

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