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
Sam King is currently offering an online class on “The Worldview of Thomas Berry.” Hosted by the Deeptime Network, this course delves into the profound ecological vision of Thomas Berry. Through readings, videos, and embodied practices, you can explore Berry’s deep cultural wisdom, transformative insights about the New Story of cosmic evolution and our role in co-creating a flourishing future for the Earth community. This offering is based on the Yale/Coursera course developed by Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim.
The April issue of the journal Environment: Science and Policy for Sustainable Development features an article by our co-founders and co-directors, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, titled “Emerging Alliances for the Earth Community.” In it, they discuss the challenge of science and religion; the responses of religions to the environmental crisis; the history of the Forum, and more.
On June 26 at 3pm EDT, Mary Evelyn Tucker will be speaking online at "25 Years of the Earth Charter: Fostering “Planetary Consciousness, Ethics of Care, and Intergenerational Justice," along with Stephen Rockefeller and Mirian Vilela (executive director of Earth Charter International).
The Laudato Si' Research Institute held an online book launch on June 17. The book launch considered the legacy of Pope Francis’ social teaching on ecology through a new book celebrating his final apostolic message: Laudate Deum: A Last Call for the Planet (edited by Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam and Tobias Thornes). Speakers included Celia Deane-Drummond, Joshtrom Kureethadam SDB, Veerabhadran Ramanathan, and Mary Evelyn Tucker.
FORE SPOTLIGHTS Video/Podcast Series
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Spotlights, 5.19, Thinking with Plants and Fungi, with Rachael Petersen and Natalia Schwien Scott 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