The Eco-Activist–Newsletter

NEWS
 

EVENTS.  In July 2015, The Interspiritual Network, Forum 21 Institute and The Althea Center for Engaged Spirituality sponsored the From Self Care to Earth Care events across Colorado.  

VIDEOS.  Ken Wilber‘s presentation from this event has garnered more than 11,000 views at YouTube.  You can enjoy this inspiring video HERE.

Further, you can review the event itself HERE.  

NEWSPAPER FEATURES:  

Huffington Post feature: “Major Shifts in Science Challenge Religions, and Especially Their Activists” by Rory McEntee, Mirabai Starr, Kurt Johnson, Rick Clugston and Adam Bucko.  Click HERE.

Huffington Post feature on the UN Sustainable Development Goals by Herman Greene, Kurt Johnson, Rick Clugston and Bernard Starr. Click HERE.

Photos: Above, interfaith eco-spiritual colleagues mobilize at the Parliament of the World’s Religions to (below) create support for the Paris Climate Summit.  Each ribbon represents an organization mobilizing for Paris

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http://www.centerforearthethics.org/
The Center for Earth Ethics unites environmentalism with religious and humanist moral concerns. Goals of the Center for Earth Ethics (CEE) include facilitating practical partnerships between secular and faith-based environmental leaders; encouraging deeper engagement in ecological issues among religious communities and “spiritual but not religious” people; and developing better indicators for well-being than short-term economic growth.

Climate Portal
http://climate.uu-uno.org/
An enormous, exhaustive resource of information in numerous media formats on the effects of global warming and climate change and how to take action and educate others.Creation Justice Ministries
http://www.creationjustice.org/
Creation Justice Ministries educates, equips and mobilizes Christian communions/denominations, congregations and individuals to protect, restore, and rightly share God’s Creation with a particular concern for the vulnerable and marginalized.Eco-Justice Ministries
http://www.eco-justice.org/
Eco-Justice Ministries is an independent, ecumenical agency that helps churches answer the call to care for all of God’s creation, and develop ministries that are faithful, relevant and effective in working toward social justice and environmental sustainability.

GreenFaith: Interfaith Partners for the Environment   http://www.greenfaith.org/
GreenFaith’s mission is to inspire, educate and mobilize people of diverse religious backgrounds for environmental leadership. They believe that protecting the earth is a religious value, and that environmental stewardship is a moral responsibility. They offer numerous inter-faith, educational, practical and social justice resources for religious institutions to incorporate into their ministries.

The Green Seminary Initiative  www.greenseminaries.org
Connects and provides strategies, guidance and educational materials for theological school faculty, staff, and students who wish to “green” their schools, communities and public ministry. Over 50 seminaries are involved.