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
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.
“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.
This fire side chat will be streamed online during NY Water Week.
March 21st gathering to honor water in a sacred way before the opening of the UN 2023 Water Conference.
CEE to host a delegation of Indigenous Peoples convened by Mona Polacca and guests at the UN Church Center on World Water Day
Find information about conference goals, the importance of the convening in the UN ecosystem and a frequently updated programme of events as it evolves.
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“What are you fighting for? What are you fighting against?” Scholar-activist Mark Clatterbuck asked these questions when introducing “Sacred Resistance: Eco-Activism and the Rise of New Spiritual Communities” (Orbis Books, 2025) on Tuesday, October 21, at a dialogue in Union Theological Seminary’s Burke Library. Nearly 40 people crowded into the
“Our survival depends on a spiritual transformation, as much as a technical revolution.” SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and Potawatomi writer and scientist Robin Wall Kimmerer gave this advice during the North America Dialogue of the Global Ethical Stocktake on September 19, 2025, at the American Museum of Natural History in
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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