Rabbi David Rosen – Vegetarianism, Creation Care, and Compassionate Sustainability
The video also emphasizes the importance of collaboration between faith communities in addressing today’s environmental crisis. Through organizations like the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, religious leaders can work together to promote sustainable development, inspire collective action, and help ensure a healthy planet for future generations.
Local Environments, Global Markets with Mark Axlerod
Dr. Mark Axlerod explores how his interdisciplinary background in both law and science has shaped his understanding of the complex relationship between human societies and the natural environment.
Faith & Science Compatibility with Rev. Angela Zimmann
Reverend Angela Zimmann, originally from Toledo, Ohio and currently serving at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem, reflects on the intersection of faith, science, and environmental stewardship.
Dr. Reverend Martin Otto Zimmann on Christianity and Ecology
This reflection highlights Reverend Martin Otto Zimmann perspective on faith, stewardship, and environmental responsibility rooted in a long family tradition of ministry. Drawing on generations of Lutheran pastoral heritage, he describes his personal calling to ministry as a commitment to service and a theology of stewardship centered on care for both people and creation.
Rabbi Daniel Sperber on Environmental Stewardship
Rabbi Daniel Sperber reflects on a personal journey linking early experiences in Jerusalem, time spent in Nepal, and a later awakening to environmental change and conservation ethics.
Dr. Håkan Bengstonn on Christianity and Sustainability
This reflection by Dr. Håkan Bengstonn explores the intersection of faith, environmental responsibility, and interfaith cooperation in the context of the Holy Land.
ICSD United Planet Faith & Science Initiative
The United Planet Faith & Science Initiative (UPFSI) makes urgent call for global climate action through an interfaith and science-based initiative addressing the planetary environmental crisis. It highlights growing climate impacts such as melting glaciers, intensifying hurricanes, and worsening droughts, emphasizing the need for immediate and large-scale collective action to protect a livable planet for future generations.
Rabbi David Rosen on Sustainability- Interfaith Eco forum
Rabbi David Rosen, adviser to The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, speaks on the importance of unity and sustainability. For more commentary from Rabbi Rosen, watch “A Sustainable Lifestyle Inspired by Religion“. Rabbi David Rosen is International Director of Interreligious Affairs of AJC and its Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding. Former Chief Rabbi of Ireland and past Chairman of IJCIC, the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations (a broad-based coalition of Jewish organizations representing world Jewry to other religions), he is a co-president of the World Conference of Religions for Peace, Honorary President of the International Council of Christians and Jews, and serves on the Executive of the World Council of Religious Leaders. Rabbi Rosen received a papal Knighthood in 2005 for his contribution to Jewish-Catholic reconciliation and in 2010 he was made a CBE (Commander of the British Empire) by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II for his work promoting…
Hindu Views on Sustainability: An Interview with Two of India’s Leading Swamis (Full Video)
Two of India’s Leading Swamis, Swami Avdeshananad Giri and Swami Parmatmananda Saraswati, are interviewed by Rabbi Yonatan Neril, Founder and Director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, about their Hindu teachings on Environmental Sustainability.