Tag: Environment

Gathering at two times on February 24, 2022, people of faith around the world will gather to learn more about how the financial industries have financed the climate’s destructions by investing in the fossil fuel industry, get energized to organize as people of faith to hold asset managers and banks accountable, and commit to bold next steps in their regions.

The campaign will advance the progressive climate movement by amplifying the voices of frontline and Global South faith communities and Indigenous communities, and by aligning religious voices and power with the climate movement’s agenda.

We will showcase moral standards which would then become a public document calling on people of faith around the world to organize around climate finance. These standards will position these leaders to push their institution’s investors.

This will also be a gathering and training of grassroots leaders as they begin to organize in their communities. Part of the summit will be led by frontline community leaders and include training to bridge the gap between frontline leaders and investment leaders, particularly moving into action.

The campaign will be grounded in high-quality theological and spiritual teachings and rituals.

Join the official Launch Call on 24 February at either 9am ET or 7pm ET.

Gathering at two times on February 24, 2022, people of faith around the world will gather to learn more about how the financial industries have financed the climate’s destructions by investing in the fossil fuel industry, get energized to organize as people of faith to hold asset managers and banks accountable, and commit to bold next steps in their regions.

The campaign will advance the progressive climate movement by amplifying the voices of frontline and Global South faith communities and Indigenous communities, and by aligning religious voices and power with the climate movement’s agenda.

We will showcase moral standards which would then become a public document calling on people of faith around the world to organize around climate finance. These standards will position these leaders to push their institution’s investors.

This will also be a gathering and training of grassroots leaders as they begin to organize in their communities. Part of the summit will be led by frontline community leaders and include training to bridge the gap between frontline leaders and investment leaders, particularly moving into action.

The campaign will be grounded in high-quality theological and spiritual teachings and rituals.

Join the official Launch Call on 24 February at either 9am ET or 7pm ET.

Free online event

Featured lecture by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim

Moderator: Reverend Stephanie Johnson

Panelists:
Dr. Kareem Adeeb
Elizabeth Garnsey
Reverend Robert Kinnally
Cliff Knetchtle
Rabbi Jay TelRav

Hosted by the Congregational Church of New Canaan

Event Flyer

Register here for this free event.

Join the New Canaan Land Trust and Interfaith Council of New Canaan in an interfaith exploration of conservation and environmentalism. Centered around the three Abrahamic faiths, this program will explore the different ways that religion tasks us with protecting and stewarding the earth. We welcome community members of all faiths to join us either in-person or virtually.

The program will begin with a lecture from Drs. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, professors at Yale University, and Co-Directors of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. Their presentation will link conservation and environmentalism to the teachings of many of the world’s religions. Drs. Tucker and Grim will also help us to understand how different faiths interpret and ask us to respond to the environmental issues that we face today.

Following the lecture, we will host a panel discussion with faith leaders from in and around New Canaan. The panel will be moderated by Reverend Stephanie Johnson, a former student of Drs. Tucker and Grim, who has spent many years working at the intersection of theology and environmentalism and facilitates faith-based environmental programs.

Free online event

Featured lecture by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim

Moderator: Reverend Stephanie Johnson

Panelists:
Dr. Kareem Adeeb
Elizabeth Garnsey
Reverend Robert Kinnally
Cliff Knetchtle
Rabbi Jay TelRav

Hosted by the Congregational Church of New Canaan

Event Flyer

Register here for this free event.

Join the New Canaan Land Trust and Interfaith Council of New Canaan in an interfaith exploration of conservation and environmentalism. Centered around the three Abrahamic faiths, this program will explore the different ways that religion tasks us with protecting and stewarding the earth. We welcome community members of all faiths to join us either in-person or virtually.

The program will begin with a lecture from Drs. Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, professors at Yale University, and Co-Directors of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. Their presentation will link conservation and environmentalism to the teachings of many of the world’s religions. Drs. Tucker and Grim will also help us to understand how different faiths interpret and ask us to respond to the environmental issues that we face today.

Following the lecture, we will host a panel discussion with faith leaders from in and around New Canaan. The panel will be moderated by Reverend Stephanie Johnson, a former student of Drs. Tucker and Grim, who has spent many years working at the intersection of theology and environmentalism and facilitates faith-based environmental programs.

Faith Communities Go Green Impact Team’s Education & Lifestyles Working Group invites you to a free virtual screening of an abridged version of the film Kiss the Ground, followed by a half hour discussion with local farmers:

  • Drausin Wulsin, Regenerative Farmer, Grassroots Farm and Foods
  • Jim Linne, Regenerative Farmer, White Clover Farm
  • Chad Bitler, Research Director, Greenacres Foundation
  • Nicole Gunderman, Director of Education, Gorman Heritage Farm

Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground is an inspiring and groundbreaking documentary film that reveals a viable solution to our climate crisis that will leave you feeling hopeful.

Join from the comfort of your home to enjoy this enlightening movie and discussion and forever change how you think of soil!

Brought to you by
Faith Communities Go Green
Green Umbrella & EquaSion

Register Now!

Faith Communities Go Green Impact Team’s Education & Lifestyles Working Group invites you to a free virtual screening of an abridged version of the film Kiss the Ground, followed by a half hour discussion with local farmers:

  • Drausin Wulsin, Regenerative Farmer, Grassroots Farm and Foods
  • Jim Linne, Regenerative Farmer, White Clover Farm
  • Chad Bitler, Research Director, Greenacres Foundation
  • Nicole Gunderman, Director of Education, Gorman Heritage Farm

Narrated and featuring Woody Harrelson, Kiss the Ground is an inspiring and groundbreaking documentary film that reveals a viable solution to our climate crisis that will leave you feeling hopeful.

Join from the comfort of your home to enjoy this enlightening movie and discussion and forever change how you think of soil!

Brought to you by
Faith Communities Go Green
Green Umbrella & EquaSion

Register Now!

Our in-person Winter Solstice Celebration returns this year, with a slight modification. We will gather at 6:45 am OUTSIDE Sieben Hall. Indoor facilities will be open for those who need them.

We will observe the longest night of the year with prayers for world peace and a reflective candlelight procession through the woods of Mount St. John.  A bonfire in the prairie at sunrise will welcome the Prince of Peace.  Hot beverages and a light breakfast provided.

RSVP : 937/429-3582 or info@meec.center

Follow signs to Lot C.  For directions and a map of Mount St. John & Sieben Hall, visit http://meec.center and select “visitor information.”

Our in-person Winter Solstice Celebration returns this year, with a slight modification. We will gather at 6:45 am OUTSIDE Sieben Hall. Indoor facilities will be open for those who need them.

We will observe the longest night of the year with prayers for world peace and a reflective candlelight procession through the woods of Mount St. John.  A bonfire in the prairie at sunrise will welcome the Prince of Peace.  Hot beverages and a light breakfast provided.

RSVP : 937/429-3582 or info@meec.center

Follow signs to Lot C.  For directions and a map of Mount St. John & Sieben Hall, visit http://meec.center and select “visitor information.”

We are planning on holding information sessions on the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and how our Archdiocese will be implementing the different goals across the different sectors. We don’t have a hard date set yet, but please be on the look out for an invitation for events to be held the week of February 14-18.
Here’s a brief article giving a bit more information on the new platform.
In May of this year the Vatican launched the 7-year Laudato Si’ Action Platform (laudatosiactionplatform.org).  This initiative’s aim is to have every Catholic institution, from the family to large organizations, become ecologically sustainable in seven years. Pope Francis’ goal is “to help lead the world’s Catholics along a journey of intensified action in caring for creation.” In his video message on May 24th, Pope Francis stated that “We need a new ecological approach that can transform our way of dwelling in the world, our styles of life, our relationship with the resources of the Earth and, in general, our way of looking at humanity and of living life.”
“Our selfishness, our indifference and our irresponsible ways are threatening the future of our children…I therefore renew my appeal: let us overcome the temptation of selfishness that makes us predators of resources; let us cultivate respect for the gifts of the Earth and creation, let us inaugurate a lifestyle and a society that is finally eco-sustainable,” said Francis in his video address.
In his encyclical Laudato Si’, published five years ago, Pope Francis identified the ecological crisis as “a summons to profound interior conversion; a reexamining of our relationships with the Creator, with creation, and with our sisters and brothers.” He also noted that “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue…and calls for a spiritual and cultural revolution to realize integral ecology.”
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform focuses on seven sectors: families, parishes, schools, hospitals, businesses, organizations, and religious orders. It has seven goals: the response to the cry of the earth, the response to the cry of the poor, ecological economics, adoption of simple lifestyles, ecological education, ecological spirituality, and community involvement. More specific steps about how the various sectors can become active participants in working towards the action plan goals are available at www.catholicclimatecovenant.org.
“There is hope,” Pope Francis says. “We can all collaborate, each one with his own culture and experience, each one with her own initiatives and capacities, so that our mother Earth may be restored to her original beauty and creation may once again shine according to God’s plan.”
We are planning on holding information sessions on the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and how our Archdiocese will be implementing the different goals across the different sectors. We don’t have a hard date set yet, but please be on the look out for an invitation for events to be held the week of February 14-18.
Here’s a brief article giving a bit more information on the new platform.
In May of this year the Vatican launched the 7-year Laudato Si’ Action Platform (laudatosiactionplatform.org).  This initiative’s aim is to have every Catholic institution, from the family to large organizations, become ecologically sustainable in seven years. Pope Francis’ goal is “to help lead the world’s Catholics along a journey of intensified action in caring for creation.” In his video message on May 24th, Pope Francis stated that “We need a new ecological approach that can transform our way of dwelling in the world, our styles of life, our relationship with the resources of the Earth and, in general, our way of looking at humanity and of living life.”
“Our selfishness, our indifference and our irresponsible ways are threatening the future of our children…I therefore renew my appeal: let us overcome the temptation of selfishness that makes us predators of resources; let us cultivate respect for the gifts of the Earth and creation, let us inaugurate a lifestyle and a society that is finally eco-sustainable,” said Francis in his video address.
In his encyclical Laudato Si’, published five years ago, Pope Francis identified the ecological crisis as “a summons to profound interior conversion; a reexamining of our relationships with the Creator, with creation, and with our sisters and brothers.” He also noted that “Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue…and calls for a spiritual and cultural revolution to realize integral ecology.”
The Laudato Si’ Action Platform focuses on seven sectors: families, parishes, schools, hospitals, businesses, organizations, and religious orders. It has seven goals: the response to the cry of the earth, the response to the cry of the poor, ecological economics, adoption of simple lifestyles, ecological education, ecological spirituality, and community involvement. More specific steps about how the various sectors can become active participants in working towards the action plan goals are available at www.catholicclimatecovenant.org.
“There is hope,” Pope Francis says. “We can all collaborate, each one with his own culture and experience, each one with her own initiatives and capacities, so that our mother Earth may be restored to her original beauty and creation may once again shine according to God’s plan.”