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Meeting the ‘Green Patriarch’ in Jerusalem

Blog: We are waiting for that moment when our consultations, dialogues, and steps toward unity become expressions of truepeace [...]

Wake-up Call: Jerusalem Water Contamination

Blog: Jerusalem’s ancient roots certainly had a spiritual context, but were also tied to access to some of the region’s most precious resource: water. [...]

Gathering and Gardening over Watermelon and Zatar

Blog: On Wednesday April 30th, a group of women from Muslim, Jewish, and Christian members of the larger Jerusalem community met for a day of gardening, conversation, [...]

Going into Nature, Within Jerusalem

Blog: In the spring of 2014, The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development is offering open-enrollment ecological tours in and around Jerusalem. These tours [...]

Partnering in Good Faith Jordan River Seminar

Blog: The Jordan River holds religious significance for Jews, Muslims, and Christians, which served to unite an interfaith group of clergy and [...]

‘Crossing the Jordan’ links faith, ecology

News Coverage: An interfaith outing to the Jordan River stresses the need to advocate for the rehabilitation of the historic waterway among faith communities.

Toward a Faith-Based Paradigm Shift

Blog: Rev. Dr. Martin Otto Zimmann, co-Pastor for the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem and Assistant to Bishop Munib Younan [...]

Toward Rehabilitating the Kidron Valley of Jerusalem

Blog: On March 6th, 2014, about 100 people attended an environmental conference about the Kidron Valley at the Jerusalem International YMCA. ICSD Director [...]

Sisterhood, Stewardship, and Sustainability

Blog: What’s in a name? Strong woman. Giving. The powerful reverberation from the small tongue of a bell. Golden sword. Family tradition. Grace. In the opening of [...]

Massive Storm in Middle East Presents Crisis and Opportunity

Blog: What do Israelis, Palestinians, Syrians, and Egyptians all have in common? Frostbite, [...]

Religious Leaders Pour Hope into Jordan River

Blog: Friends of Earth Middle East (FoEME) hosted a regional conference on November 10-12, 2013, inviting clerics from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam to [...]

Faith and science leaders unite to save our planet – on Indiegogo!

News Coverage: We report on news, and on the ground organizations like the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, based in Jerusalem, physically unites people of faith to spark change in local communities.

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