About the Forum
The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology is an international multireligious project contributing to a new academic field and an engaged moral force of religious environmentalism. With its conferences, publications, monthly newsletter, and website, it explores religious worldviews, texts, and ethics in order to contribute to environmental solutions along with science, policy, law, economics, and appropriate technology.
The Forum was founded at the United Nations in 1998 by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim and has been based at Yale University since 2006. In 2023, the Forum became affiliated with, and now operates under the auspices of, the Yale Center for Environmental Justice. Please explore the About Us section for more information on the Mission, History, and Projects of the Forum. Download our Forum flyer and our brochure of all Yale Forum projects.
Others have helped lead this work, such as the National Religious Partnership on the Environment, GreenFaith, Interfaith Power and Light, Earth Ministry, Faith in Place, and Blessed Tomorrow in the United States. In Britain, the Alliance of Religion and Conservation (ARC) was an early leader and the European Forum for the Study of Religion and the Environment has advanced scholarly research.
New & Noteworthy
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Sam King will offer an online course on “The Worldview of Thomas Berry” beginning May 20. Hosted by the Deeptime Network, this course will delve into the profound ecological vision of Thomas Berry. Through readings, videos, and embodied practices, we will explore Berry’s deep cultural wisdom, his transformative insights about the New Story of cosmic evolution, and our role in co-creating a flourishing future for the Earth community. The course is based on the Yale/Coursera course developed by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim.
The November/December issue of the journal Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development features a beautiful career-spanning profile on our co-founder and director, Mary Evelyn Tucker.
You’ll find the introduction here and the full profile on Mary Evelyn here.
On March 18, the Pathways to Planetary Health initiative at the Garrison Institute hosted a "The Ecological Turn" with Mary Evelyn Tucker and Peter Senge to explore how ancient wisdom from Asian traditions of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism can guide contemporary environmental action. Learn more here.
On April 30, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim participated in a gathering of scholars in Beijing discussing Thomas Berry’s book, Selected Writings on the Earth Community. There is a growing interest in Berry in China, and this book is translated into Chinese along with The Great Work. This April gathering was building on the November 22, 2024 conference on “Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, and Process Philosophy.” This was held at Beijing Normal University by the School of Philosophy and The Center for Sciences and Humanities. Mary Evelyn and John participated in this special conference, which was the first of its kind in China.
FORE SPOTLIGHTS Video/Podcast Series
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Spotlights, 5.16, Mother, Creature, Kin, with Chelsea Steinauer-Scudder You can also access the SPOTLIGHTS series as audio podcasts by going here. Check back here every other Monday for a new episode.
Congratulations to FORE Spotlights for being named one of the 20 best podcasts of 2021 on environmental activism!
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The Forum has released a series of courses on Religion & Ecology through Yale University and the Coursera online learning platform. The courses are free to audit, available anywhere in the world, and can be pursued at your own pace. Join an online community of peers for further support and to deepen your engagement
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Rotating Header photos: Faith leaders process to the Ise shrine,©Alexander Mercer, courtesy of ARC; Newspaper Rock, Utah; Maukib procession Kano, Nigeria, ©Darul Qadiriyyah, Courtesy of ARC; Cambodian monks ordaining trees, ©Chantal Elkin, Courtesy of ARC