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Psychiatrist Dr. Lise van Susteren (Executive Coordinator for the National Religious Coalition for Creation Care), Allen Johnson and Fazlun Khalid (Founder of the Islamic Foundation of Ecology and the Environment) discuss sustainable transition based on their individual backgrounds. If you are interested in learning more about the intersection between faith and environmentalism, please see this video on faith inspired eco action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kWmUylFCb0&t=24s A Faith and Science Earth Alliance event organized by the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development and held at Columbia University, New York City.

The New York City Faith & Ecology Seminary Education Conference in December 2016 engaged seminary deans and faculty to explore ways of integrating faith and ecology into their theology curriculums so that emerging clergy can speak to the ecological crisis. The full-day event took place at Union Theological Seminary in Manhattan, and was co-organized by The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development, the Center for Earth Ethics of Union Theological Seminary; the Milstein Center for Interreligious Dialogue at Jewish Theological Seminary; and the Green Seminary Initiative. The conference offered tools to enable administrators and faculty members from theological schools, divinity schools, and seminaries to better educate students on ecology issues from the perspective of different faith traditions. If you are interested in watching more from from the conference, please see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBm6z5-KK0w

Channel One News (Israel) reports on the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference, held in Jerusalem on March 19th, 2012 and co-organized by The Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. This news segment includes interviews from a range of participants at the Conference. If you are interested in seeing more from the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference, click here.

Faith Leaders Address the Ecological Crisis the World is now facing. Climate Change, the Sixth Extinction are going to affect us all. So it is necessary to stand up and act together, in order to live the right change. If you are interested in learning more about the world’s ecological crisis, please see our video on the root causes of climate change:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKZ-V98PF-w Check out our website : https://www.interfaithsustain.com

Rabbi Ronen Lubitch on Judaism and ecology at the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference, a conference co-organized by the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development in Jerusalem. If you are interested in seeing more commentary on the many links between Judaism and ecology, please see our video on the roots of Eco Judaism! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhSu9il1kmo Check out our website : https://www.interfaithsustain.com

Rabbi Yonatan Neril gives an introductory address at the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference in Jerusalem. He is founder and director of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development. If you are interested in hearing more insight on our ecological circumstances from a faith perspective, please see our video on Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III speaking on ecology at the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference in Jerusalem.

Mr. Michael Mertes, director of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung Israel Office, giving introductory address at the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference co-organized by the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development. If you are interested in hearing more commentary from environmental and faith leaders, please see our video on world faith leaders speaking on the ecological crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrkQd8b45lI&t=59s Check out our website : https://www.interfaithsustain.com