Creation Care 2: Living in Balance with Nature
Creation Care is a weekly interfaith ecology discussion. These discussions are designed for people of diverse faith backgrounds to learn together about ecology and religion. Creation Care happens every Wednesday at 7-7:30 PM in Israel 12-12:30 PM EST 9-9:30 AM PST Sign up to add your voice to the next discussion here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1TmNwrrAnzL1jpkRH9oQwcksGLa_9USKxjXBtgq7nIIs/ Creation Care is a project of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD). The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD) reveals the connection between religion and ecology and mobilizes faith communities to act. ICSD works on a global basis, with current engagement in Africa, the Middle East, North America, and Europe. Home Questions? Email Aryeh@interfaithsustain.com
Creation Care 4: God is in the Details
War. Climate Change. Species loss. The problems can be overwhelming, but today we’ll be discussing how we nevertheless can and must make a difference. Creation Care #4: God is in the Details: What We Can Do to Make a Difference.
Creation Care 5: Sacrifice and Sustainability
Sacrifice and Sustainability: Animals, Trees and the Climate. Our discussion is based on pages 26-33 in Eco Bible Volume 2. Sign up here to join our next discussion: https://forms.gle/pmUG2EimfPo36adQA
Creation Care 6: Protecting our Holy Air
Our discussion is based on the essay “Holy Air Quality” in Eco Bible Volume 2 on page 35. Sign up here to join the discussion next week: https://forms.gle/pmUG2EimfPo36adQA
Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa Speaking at Interfaith Gathering for Peace in Ukraine
His Beatitude Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa is speaking at the Interfaith Gathering for Peace in Ukraine on March 21st 2022. This event was co-organized by The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development and the Elijah Interfaith Institute.
Unleashing the power of religion for ecological change
Rabbi Yonatan Neril shares about religion and ecology at a side event of the UN Stockholm +50 Sustainable Development Conference in June 2022. This side event was co-organized by: Swedish Pentecostal International Relief and Development Agency, LM International, SMC-faith in Development, Faith for Earth Initiative within UNEP.
Spiritual sustainability: a Swedish Bishop speaks out
Bishop Andreas Holmberg speaks about spirituality and sustainability at a side event of the UN Stockholm +50 Sustainable Development Conference in June 2022. This side event was co-organized by: Swedish Pentecostal International Relief and Development Agency, LM International, SMC-faith in Development, Faith for Earth Initiative within UNEP.
The Climate Crisis and Religious Action: Insights from the UN Climate Conference
Rabbi Yonatan Neril, founding director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development (ICSD), speaks about bringing religion on board to address the climate crisis. He speaks to the spiritual roots, and solutions, to our ecological challenges. He spoke as part of a multifaith press conference that took place at the UN climate conference COP 27 on the Sinai Peninsula in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and that was co-organized by ICSD. Religious communities and religious leaders have a key role to play in addressing climate change and climate justice, which requires deep transformation within society. The knowledge of what changes are critically needed to diminish long-term harm to the planet is readily available. However, bringing about change in action demands deeper changes in attitude, a change of heart. This has been the domain of religions for millennia. Religions are sources of inspiration for the transformation of heart and the ensuing changes…
Spiritual Environmentalism– Connecting Religion and Ecology
In this interactive session, Rabbi Yonatan Neril and Yehonatan Kirsh engage in conversation about religion and ecology. Here’s what in this video: Introduction Guest Background vis-a-vis Ecological Sustainability What Judaism has to say about the environment What’s the greater purpose of animals if not for human consumption? Why does God allow suffering of humans and animals? How to get society to consume less or no meat? The ethics of slaughtering Tension b/w Pro-Environment stance and Politically Conservative stance? Uniquely Jewish Leadership in Ecological Movement How to re-sensitize to environmental degradation How to Fight Anti-Human Sentiment Spiritual hope & how to approach problem-solving in environmentalism How to make the world more religious, and thoughts on religious pluralism 28:22 “Shepherd consciousness” 31:27? Who are the “predators” of human society, and what’s their function? Yonatan’s story vis-a-vis becoming religious “Mana” and food portion size Torah commandment not to waste food Torah commandment not…