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For on economic perspectives on environmentalism, please see this related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RlTtSrp88M Reverend Dr. Owen Owens, co-founder of the Religious Campaign for Creation Care, speaks at the Faith and Science Earth Alliance Conference in New York. The Reverend shares about the ‘myth of the market place” and how no culture or people ever before made the market place and commerce the center of their society.

For more on the intersection between faith and science, please see this related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEsLgH7Qx7M&t=59s Fred Krueger, the Executive Coordinator for the National Religious Coalition for Creation Care, speaks at the Faith and Science earth Alliance Conference in New York. He explains that while science is the mind, religion is the heart and only when the two work together can we be certain that humanity is moving in the right direction.

For more on water and desalinization, please see this video on conservation, innovation, and Israeli water policy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P68h8n35jBI&t=11s Rabbi Yonatan Neril, founder and director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, shares insights about the juxtaposition of an ancient Roman aqueduct on the coast of Israel and the modern desalination plants on that same coast.

Please see this related video on why emerging clergy must work together to address the ecological crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIH4J2uapk8&t=6s A preview of some of the inspiring commentary from various faith and ecology leaders during the Training Clergy in the Era of Climate Change Conference.

For more on the well being of Earth’s creatures, please see this video on the value of nature: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNmvDW3ItRM&t=21s A Jewish Approach to Animal Welfare (in Hebrew)– יהודות וצער בעלי חיים Rabbi Yonatan Neril, Founder and Director of Jewish Eco Seminars, teaches about the Jewish approach to Animal Welfare in Nachlaot, Jerusalem.

For more on the connection between religion and environmental science, please see this video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKqYBxVn2xM&t=1s The clergy and scientists come together in Manhattan, New York to discuss the environmental issues in the world.

For more commentary from Rabbi David Rosen, please see this video on vegetarianism, creation care, and compassionate sustainability: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ghn6J3mQC0o&t=3s Rabbi David Rosen, International Director of Interreligious Affairs at AJC, posits that resistance among some Jews to embracing environmental values is due, not to a lack of rabbinic sources stating as much, but to the centuries of being alienated from their home land and having to cope with historical national hardships. Rabbi Rosen states the importance of once again learning to develop a sense of global responsibility.

For more from the Neril at ICSD’s eco poetry event, please see this related video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0A7_G1T88wE&t=1s Rabbi Yonatan Neril recites spoken-word poetry about connecting to our greatest purpose.

For more from the Eco Interfaith Poetry Slam, please see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PphCAWLrRwY&t=92s from See experienced Poetry slammer Chaya Bekermus perform at the second annual ECO INTERFAITH POETRY SLAM in Jerusalem. Being a poet since the age of 7, Chaya gives an outstanding performance on the issue of faith and ecology

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