For the empowerment and enfranchisement of people everywhere, inclusivity is crucial, including inclusivity with regard to different ways of knowing and different ways of being in the world. This is a key factor in the book, Living Earth Community: Multiple Ways of Being and Knowing, edited by myself (Sam Mickey) along with Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim.
environmental justice
In honor of UN Day this weekend, we wanted to highlight the work of Forum partner, UNEP Faith for Earth. Forum associate, Anna Thurston, interviewed Faith for Earth director, Iyad Abumoghli, to learn more about what they do and their upcoming projects.
This coming Monday, October 12, is Indigenous People’s Day, and in honor of this, we wanted to highlight a couple of the many issues going on regarding Indigenous peoples and environmental protection .
This month there are a wealth of virtual events being hosted around the country and the world, related to the intersection of faith and the environment. The inability to hold most in-person events due to CoVid has not stopped this from being a very exciting season for engagement in the field. We’d like to draw your attention to a few of the highlights: