More videos on Christianity and Ecology

Katharine Hayhoe, chief scientist for The Nature Conservancy, and professor at Texas Tech University,  shares her expertise and thoughts about “Faith and Hope as the Climate Changes.” This event was hosted in collaboration with Mormon Environmental Stewardship Alliance, LDS Earth Stewardship, and the LDS Action Team of Citizens' Climate Lobby.

The webinar, “Bringing Ecojustice Education to Your Congregation and Moving Your Church to Action,” provides church leaders and laypeople with tools for engaging their congregations in tough conversations around eco-justice and other contemporary social issues, with the ultimate goal of equipping church members to work for biblical justice.

Rev. Dr. Otis Moss III, senior pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, tells a story of how his congregation is working towards climate justice as a faith community.

In the midst of intersecting crises of climate change, race, and the pandemic, how can the church do more than 'rearrange furniture on the Titanic.' The work to be done is huge, and the will to do it is equally demanding. We know being paralyzed into inaction is not an option, and for people of faith, we have not only a unique, but a compelling moral obligation to care deeply about this creation and its inhabitants. So what can we and our congregations do to be allies, activists and actors who are open to solutions and living into this call? How can our churches be arks of resilience, supporting communities through the spiritual and physical storms of the climate crisis? Through this workshop, Creation Justice Ministries and the Climate Witness Project, a campaign of World Renew and the Christian Reformed Church Office of Social Justice, explored these questions and shared how we partner with congregations and individuals to achieve climate justice through four theme areas of: education, advocacy, prayer and resilience. This workshop highlighted specific case studies of churches moving to take significant action and what motivated them to get involved. In all of these stories we’ve paid special attention to equip these faith communities with the resources they need to respond in meaningful ways and to build hope in the fight for justice in the face of intersecting crises. We want you to be part of these stories.

In this episode we talk with Christi Renaud, Director of Marketing and Development for an organization called Plant with Purpose. Plant with Purpose works with impoverished communities around the world, helping people to build strong local economies by encouraging good agriculture and financial management practices. What sets Plant with Purpose apart from many other international development agencies though is their emphasis on ecology and environmental health. In essence, they help farmers to become better earthkeepers. Importantly though, Plant with Purpose doesn’t teach earthkeeping in a way that dismisses or dishonors what farmers already know. Instead, they work alongside them, offering ideas and resources, but also asking questions that respect local knowledge. Join us as we discuss the importance of local knowledge in community development, the connections between environmental justice and social justice, and creation care’s rootedness in yearning for God.

This is the first video in the UCC's Our Faith Our Vote Issue Education Series. In this episode, we talk with a panel of faith leaders about the issues of Environmental Justice and Climate and how they relate to the upcoming elections. We are grateful to have the voices of Shantha Ready Alanso, Executive Director of Creation Justice Ministries, Rev. Michael Malcom, Executive Director of Alabama Interfaith Power and Light, Rev. Brooks Berndt, Environmental Justice Minister for the United Church of Christ, and Madison Mayhew, Justice and Peace Policy Fellow for the UCC DC Office.

Watch videos of 2020 Earth Day Sermons here. 

On Episode 45 of EcoJustice Radio our guest Reverend Oliver Buie, Minister of Community Engagement at the Holman United Methodist Church in South Los Angeles, speaks with Jessica Aldridge on the important relationship between faith and environmentalism. As a member of the Steering Committee of Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling (STAND-LA), he speaks to the environmental justice movement to institute a 2,500-foot health and safety buffer between oil drilling and where people live, in particular motivated by the Murphy Oil Drilling site near his South Los Angeles church.

Welcome by Francis X. Clooney, S.J., Director, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard University; Overview by John Grim & Mary Evelyn Tucker, Yale University; Judaism: Hava Tirosh-Samuelson, Arizona State University Christianity: Heather Eaton, St. Paul’s University, Ottawa Islam: Mohammed Rustom, Carleton University Moderator: Francis X. Clooney, S.J. “Religion, Ecology, and Our Planetary Future” advances the work of understanding and transforming the discourse of religions and ecology for the twenty-first century. The conference marks the twentieth anniversary of the Religions of the World and Ecology Conference series and subsequent book series. This event took place on October 14, 2016.

Christian and climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe talks to Bill about ending the gridlock between politics, science and faith.