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  • Brother Sun, Sister Moon

    Pastor Michael Mernagh delivered this sermon that relates the planets and elements to family members. He does this to encourage his audience to treat the environment as family. Father Michael passionately describes how humans have been harming the environment and advocates for his audience to change their attitude in order to make better choices.

  • Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of North America (FEZANA)

    FEZANA is a non-profit religious group registered in the state of Illinois and formed to function as the coordinating organization for Zoroastrian Associations of North America. It serves as the coordinating body for 27 Zoroastrian Associations in the United States and Canada.

    On this website, you can learn more about the community of FEZANA , Zoroastrianism, their sustainability reports and other social activities.

  • Green Muslims Ramadan Toolkit

    Ramadan is a time to reflect, exercise self-control, and cultivate connections to one's faith. This three-part toolkit hopes to enhance the Ramadan experience using those same concepts but building more environmentally friendly habits while connecting one
    with their faith in a unique way.

    Each day highlights an Ayah, a quote, or a hadith that aspires to inspire you to action. The “challenge yourself” section of the day gives you a suggestion on how to adjust your habits, and the “reflection” section hopes to help you analyze your current habits in order to make the habit-forming both action-oriented and intellectual.

  • Green Umbrella Impact Team: Faith Communities Go Green

    MISSION: Partnering with religious communities to create a more sustainable and equitable future for all by mobilizing their moral voice to reduce the risk of catastrophic climate change.
    VISION: Religious communities collaborating to integrate care for creation in their lives and society.

  • Ecological Consciousness in Jainism: Exploring Realities, Constraints, and Traditions

    This paper explores the traditions and philosophies of Jainism and how that influences its connection to the environment. The author explains the Jainism cosmology and the distinction between different senses as they apply to animate and inanimate beings. Jain literature understands human connections to the world with an emphasis on the interconnectedness of life forms. To Jains, environmental concerns cannot be separated from socio-economic concerns.

  • The 12 Principles of Permaculture: A Way Forward

    This blog article describes the basics of permaculture (permanent culture). Permaculture is rooted in the observation of natural systems and indigenous knowledge. The author introduces the solution permaculture offers to help us transition to a more resilient, ethical, and sustainable future better for the planet and its inhabitants.

  • Wendell Berry and Ellen Davis: The Art of Being Creatures (Episode from On Being)

    In this intimate conversation between Krista and one of her beloved teachers, we ponder the world and our place in it, through sacred text, with fresh eyes. We’re accompanied by the meditative and prophetic poetry of Wendell Berry, read for us from his home in Kentucky: “Stay away from anything / that obscures the place it is in. / There are no unsacred places; / there are only sacred places / and desecrated places. / Accept what comes of silence.”

  • On Being with Krista Tippett

    The On Being Project is a nonprofit media and public life initiative. We make a public radio show, podcasts, and tools for the art of living. Six grounding virtues guide everything we do. We explore the intersection of spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, community, poetry, and the arts. We’re offering ongoing special content for this moment, including conversations about race and healing, “care packages” for care givers and uncertain times, and a new way to experience poetry.

    A Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. What does it mean to be human? How do we want to live? And who will we be to each other? Each week a new discovery about the immensity of our lives. Hosted by Krista Tippett.

  • Soul Search with Dr. Meredith Lake

    Soul Search explores contemporary religion and spirituality from the inside out — what we believe, how we express it, and the difference it makes in our lives.

    Airs Sunday 6 pm Repeated: Wednesday 11 pm, Thursday 12pm.

    You can listen to this podcast on platforms such as Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, and ABC Listen App.

  • Green Shinto

    Green Shinto is a blog by John Dougill operating out of Kyoto, Japan, which is dedicated to the promotion of an open, international and environmental Shinto. It seeks to celebrate the rich heritage of the tradition, from sacred rocks and shamanistic roots to bawdy myths and fertility festivals. It believes Shinto to be essentially diverse, localised, and community-oriented. It looks to a Shinto free of borders, liberated from its past to meet the demands of a new age. It looks in short to a Shinto that is green indeed as well as in word.

  • Deeptime Journey Network

    DTN’s mission is to orient humanity to an evolving interconnected universe as expressed in our vision. We bring together science, ancient wisdom and the arts inside community to share learning, global conversation, celebration, and action. The significance and profound power of a deeptime perspective — when shared in community — inspires, guides and motivates us to create a flourishing future.

    DTN is a project of The Deep Time Journey Network, a 501(c)(3) non-profit in Princeton New Jersey, founded to build a global community, offer courses, and share resources. It’s a vision of community in which everyone is source and where connecting and collaborating mirrors the way the universe itself evolves through new partnerships.

  • The Story of Stuff (Documentary)

    The Story of Stuff is a short animated documentary about the lifecycle of material goods. The documentary is critical of excessive consumerism and promotes sustainability.

    Filmmaker Annie Leonard wrote and narrated the film, which was funded by Tides Foundation, Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption, Free Range Studios and other foundations. Free Range Studios also produced the documentary, which was first launched online on December 4, 2007.

    The documentary is used in elementary schools, arts programs, and economics classes as well as places of worship and corporate sustainability trainings. By February 2009, it had been seen in 228 countries and territories. According to the Los Angeles Times as of July 2010, the film had been translated into 15 languages and had been viewed by over 12 million people.

  • The Hidden Words of Bahá’u’lláh

    A collection of spiritual teachings which is intended for all religious persuasions and those who seek a spiritual life. These meditational verses which were composed by Baha'u'allah, about the year 1858, while in exile to Iraq, explore the relationship between God and man.

  • Sacred Watersheds and the Fate of the Village Body Politic in Tibetan and Han Communities Under China’s Ecological Civilization

    Coggins studies the spiritual ecologies of Tibetan and Han communities in the People's Republic of China. The Tibetan animism focuses on the protection of landscapes because of their relation to various deities and spirits. Han communities worked on creating fengshui forests to find balance a balance of qi in all things.

  • Educational Programme: “The Use of Plants in the Worship of the Orthodox Church” and Its Contribution in Shaping Values of Sustainability

    The goal is to connect children to nature with plants that have symbolic value to the bible. They created a Sunday School curriculum that will teach kids the value of having a connection with nature and God. 73% of the students that went through the course said that they cared more about the environment after taking the course.

  • Zoom Events: Greening the Bible

    The goal of this short course is to read the Bible afresh: to reinterpret texts of terror (for other creatures) and to reclaim passages that show the importance and agency of nonhuman persons. It is intended as a tool for forming earth-inclusive Christians.

  • 52 Ways to Care for Creation: January 2024

    "Download the January 2024 52 Ways to Care for Creation bulletin insert! Use this resource to deepen your congregation’s commitment to creation justice. Each week highlights a creation justice idea for action or reflection for yourself and your community."

  • Self Portrait

    "This 35mm film photo is a self portrait taken on Rachel Carson Way in Ithaca, NY. To me, sustainability is taking small actions every day to better the people and the planet. This photo is representative of many sustainable actions I take in my day to day life, including shopping second hand, buying from small businesses, supporting local artists, supporting women in science, and traveling ethically."
    Taken by Lydia Derrico. Submitted to the RESTORExchange Sustainability Contest.

  • Harmony in Sustainability

    "Harmony in Sustainabillity: Balancing Earth, Life, Prosperity and Culture". Taken by Ruby Le. Submitted to the RESTORExchange Sustainability Photo Contest.

  • Envisioning the Daoist Body in the Economy of Cosmic Power

    "From a sociological perspective, religious traditions represent and construct the collective values and systems of meaning of human societies. As such, religious traditions influence the way their adherents interpret their experience of the world and, consequently, influence their actions upon it. Religious ideologies, however, are themselves always in medias res. Even though their adherents may uphold an eternal vision of archaic principles handed down from the gods, in actuality this vision is continuously renegotiated and reconstructed in conversation with the changing demands of historical and cultural context."

  • Two Hikers

    "Two hikers gaze at the sunset painting the canyon walls near the edge of the Grand Canyon. They are inspired by the beauty of nature in this brief moment, which emphasizes the necessity of preserving such treasures for future generations." Taken by Balint Horompoli-Toth. Submitted to the RESTORExchange Sustainability Photo Contest.

  • Balance and Harmony

    "I took this photo when traveling in Ireland, I was amazed at the natural beauty of the land. I believe this photo represents sustainability because nature has control; as far as the eye can see, the landscape looks almost untouched by human interaction. The glimpse of a lighthouse can be spotted in the distance and the structure from where I took the photo are the only human-made things. Sustainability is about not leeching off of nature or trying to control it, but finding balance and harmony with the natural world." Taken by Ava Sickler-Michaud. Submitted to the RESTORExchange Sustainability Photo Contest.

  • Bunch of Friends

    "A bunch of friends posing in nature next to a natural giant ice waterfall. Sustainability to me means, not just enjoying time outdoors with friends and learning about nature/sustainability together, but it’s also a super rewarding feeling to 'take nothing but memories and pictures and leave only footprints.'" Taken by Drew Owens. Submitted to the RESTORExchange Sustainability Photo Contest.

  • Hiking in Banff

    "Hiking in Banff, Canada when this picture was taken! What a beautiful national park! This image makes me reflect on how magnificent the earth truly is." Taken by Mia Strolia. Submitted to the RESTORExchange Sustainability Photo Contest.

  • Backpacking

    "This is a photo of the sunset taken at a campsite in Dolly Sods, West Virginia, during a backpacking trip. Backpacking has taught me so much about sustainability and respect for the environment, and it is a meaningful way to take a step back from daily routine and stress and just be immersed in the beauty of nature." Taken by Georgia McLachlan. Submitted to the RESTORExchange Sustainability Photo Contest.