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If you are interested in learning about the world’s economy and its relationship to the environment, check out our video on how climate change impacts the economy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RlTtSrp88M Drones recently attacked the world’s largest oil refinery. Why is oil a risk to the world’s economy, and what can we – and religious schools – do?

What does flushing food down the toilet have to do with the Bible?! Food waste is one of the many pressing sustainability issues we face in today’s society! In this video, we talk about what faith organizations are doing to combat the issue. With Union Theological Seminary, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and Lexington Theological Seminary Library in the US. If you are interested in learning more about the relationships between food systems, sustainable choices, and faith, check out our video, “The Garden of Eatin“.

What does faith have to do with the major water issues that people in Nairobi, Kenya, and so many others around the world face? If you are interested in learning more about the issues that exist in megacities, check out our video on coronavirus and megacities! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIe1vq7hj80&t=27s Rabbi Yonatan Neril compares the fate of billions of people in our times to the teachings of the bible, and suggests some individual actions we can all take to alleviate a global water crisis.

In Kenya, a new rail line cuts through the Nairobi National Park. What does this teach us about the right balance between people and nature? Short video with Rabbi Yonatan Neril. If you are interested in learning more about the beautiful animals found in the common safari, check out our video on giraffes and God! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rO9LkdAudh8

Rabbi Yonatan Neril of the Interfaith Center for Sustainable Development speaks on the fate of humanity based on the generations before.

Dr. Laurel Kearns spoke at the Los Angeles Symposium on Ecologically Informed Theological Education: Implications for Teaching, Learning and Seminary Life. The L.A. Symposium was held as part of The Seminary Environmental Leadership Initiative, which was funded through a grant from the Luce Fund for Theological Education, an initiative of the Henry Luce Foundation’s Theology Program. Additional support was provided by The Julia Burke Foundation.

The Dean of Hebrew Union College, Dr. Josh Holo, shares the connection between Jewish food and a meaningful existence: 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 = 𝘀𝗮𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴! The video was recorded at the Los Angeles Symposium on Ecologically Informed Theological Education: Implications for Teaching, Learning and Seminary Life. The L.A. Symposium was held as part of The Seminary Environmental Leadership Initiative, which was funded through a grant from the Luce Fund for Theological Education, an initiative of the Henry Luce Foundation’s Theology Program. Additional support was provided by The Julia Burke Foundation.