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• "Dine Be keyah"": The Cultural Geography and Environmental Connectedness Associated with the Religion of the Navajo Nation, Including a Brief Synopsis of Navajo Perceptions Illustrated in Sacred Crowns

  This thesis is about the how the Navajo lifestyle has diverged away from respecting their sacred environment, the root cause being economic forces and federal governmental influences. The thesis also discusses Navajo religious traditions and beliefs defining the Navajo Nation's existence and explains the Navajo Blessingway ceremony. There is also a synopsis of Sacred Clowns by Tony Hillerman.
• The Haribon Foundation

  The Haribon Foundation is a sustainability/conservation-focused organization based in the Philippines. Founded in 1972, they advocate for: - Conserving Sites and Habitats - Saving Species - Empowering People - Encouraging Sustainability
• Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Navajo Nation

  The Climate Change Adaptation Plan for the Navajo Nation includes a climate change statement and climate plan outlining several key issues that the Navajo Nation aims to address with the plan. The key issues of concern include: loss of traditional practices as a result of climate stress and implementing changes that do not interfere with Navajo religious traditions and ceremonies, depletion and contamination of water resources, over-population of feral horses, communication, enforcement and compliance, air pollution, air quality, and local dumping, and grazing management. The plan also outlines vulnerabilities associated with and goals and adaptation strategies to address the aforementioned key issues.
• Gender Dysphoria Bible

  The GDB is a living document focused on the transgender experience and history. The purpose its to document the many ways Gender Dysphoria can manifest, and to help those questioning, transitioning, and those seeking to be better allies. With over 4,500 years of history there are many misconceptions about transgender and nonbinary individuals, the GDB gives the framework to have a productive and respectful conversation about trans intersections in faith and the environment.
• Emergence Magazine Podcast

  Emergence Magazine was founded in 2018, with the aim to explore the connections between ecology, culture, and spirituality. It is a multimedia organization that has an online magazine, an annual print edition, online and in-person events, as well as a podcast. Emergence Magazine airs their podcasts weekly on Tuesdays, featuring interviews, essays, fiction and more.
• Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE)

  Dharma Action Network for Climate Engagement (DANCE) is a space to explore the breadth of possible Dharma responses to climate change and related issues. Started by a group of Dharma teachers, DANCE is meant to support creative ideas and initiatives. They believe that by sharing and working together, people can encourage and inspire each other and make a difference.
• A Catholic Perspective on Climate Change

  This article describes some of the science of climate change, and how it can be viewed through faith. It has an overview of how we know that climate change is real and cause by humans, as well as its effect on humans. It also shares some solutions on how to mitigate this problem.
• Environment and Sustainability Prayers

  As an extension of their official website, Xavier University faculty and staff have established a Jesuit Resource index. This resource provides a compilation of daily reflections, quotes, prayers, and videos, among other resources, for students who wish to broaden their Jesuit education and Ignatian spirituality. The Jesuit Resource webpage includes a “Prayer Index,” within which is a catalog of prayers, organized by theme. The Index contains a collection of ten prayers related to “Environment and Sustainability,” which include prayers for "An End to Waste," and for the "Wisdom to Care for the Earth." Read more by accessing this resource.
• Religions and Environmental Sustainability Focusing on Some Practical Approaches

  This study looks at two participants with different religious backgrounds and compares their responses to the environmental crisis. By comparing how they view eco-religious understandings and suggestions, the paper tries to provide more context for addressing environmental issues. Also how these perceptions of environmental sustainability can help motivate others to protect the natural environment.
• Love Letter to the Earth

  In this book, Vietnamese monk Thich Nhat Hanh gives an avenue on how to care for and heal the Earth from a Buddhist perspective. This book argues that how humans currently view the environment leads to a mental separation between themselves and the planet. This separation, Nhat Hanh claims, causes people to think of the Earth only in terms of what it can do for them, and we therefore have hurt the planet and ourselves in the name of progress. Love Letter to the Earth presents the need to move beyond our current conceptualisation of the environment in order to protect it properly.
• The American Religious Sounds Project

  The goal of the American Religious Sounds Project is to help students explore the question, what does religion in the United States sound like? As a collaborative initiative between Ohio State University and Michigan State University, the database contains an archive that catalogs sound recordings from a multitude of different faith communities across the country. These sound clips document, "the diversity of everyday religious life through newly produced field recordings, interviews, oral histories, and related materials."
• The Maori People and Environmental Protection

  The article is a brief account of a university student's experience of the Maori appreciation for nature. The article highlights kaitiakitanga, the Maori word for the moral and religious obligation of people to be stewards of the land. The author goes on to explain the high rates of participation of Maori people in New Zealand's political movements for conservation due to their strong religious beliefs about holiness of the land.
• Climate Change and Hinduism

  Ancient texts of Hinduism frequently mention environmental aspects related to the religion. There are also many general guidelines of Hinduism that can be applied to conservation in our current climate situation. This article highlights a few of these concepts and give a brief description of each.
• Climate Stewards

  Climate Stewards is a UK based organization helping to care for God's creation; it attempts to help individuals reduce their carbon emissions and inform on how to adapt to the effects of climate change with a religious mindset.
• Art, Ecology, and Spirituality, with Nicole Dixon

  This podcast is a creation of Yale University’s School of the Environment through their Forum on Religion and Ecology. The podcast explores religious and ecological connectivity in a multitude of settings. Academic, political, spiritual, artistic, and ecological just to name a few. In this specific episode, Sam Mickey interviews Nicole Dixon, who is both an artist and an educator. She uses art as a medium to tap into the intersections between race, culture, politics, ecology, and spirituality. "There is always something unseen: a life force in natural objects- charcoal, paper, feathers, wood in a technological age, an ancient human need for ritual and spiritual purpose in a secular society, a power in those who are most marginalized by institutional oppressions." -Nicole Dixon in and artist statement for Transcendent Iconography
• Harnessing Faith for Climate Change

  An article written in Devex covers Jewish movements in attacking climate change and emitting greenhouse gasses from Jewish communities. Many faith-based organizations have realized the one vegan dinner at a time isn’t going to solve this climate crisis and bigger actions need to be taken. Faith leaders have realized that they have the ability to spread important messages to large numbers of people which helps start powerful movements.
• Christianity and ecological sustainability

  A seminar activity where students are given opportunities to reflect on theology concerning environmental issues. They considered practical decisions that deploy sustainable theology, and explore and share ecological readings of the Bible. The goal of the seminar was to bring together members of the Christian faith and facilitate the development of understandings, skills and personal attributes needed for sustainable theology. .
• The Real Threat to Hinduism: The Slow Death of India’s Rivers

  Much of Hindu culture, religion, mythologies, and festivals are centered around nature, specifically bodies of water. However, air and water pollution are at an all time high in India. This poses a great threat to the rivers that are deeply rooted in Hindu culture and religion, most notably the Ganges River. This article delves into the hypocrisy shown by man and his relationship between religion and the environment. Hinduism boasts environmental protection and conservation, but fails in practice. "We worship our rivers as mothers and then choke them to death with all sorts of filth."
• Thomas Berry - "Geologian"

  Thomas Berry was a historian, theologian, and environmental advocate. Coining himself a "geologian," he recognized the connections between human's and the Earth's evolution. Through his studies of human and Earth history, Berry called for the return of human connections to nature through spirituality, often using ideas from cosmology. A Passionist himself, Berry urged all world religions to embrace changes toward a modern world in order to take action on environmental issues, to protect the world we live in.
• Environmentalism as Religion

  The article discusses how traditional religions have been struggling in recent decades to gain as many members because the modern world has become more complex morally and ethically. Therefore, it questions the role of environmentalism as filling that gap in many people's lives as the new faith that they can follow. It incorporates a history on ecology through different scientists theories/findings and also the transfer of many Christian communities to the "green", sustainable mindset. Finally, it compares and contrasts different philosophers ideas on what religion really means and if environmentalism has the capacity to be it's own.
• Religion and Environmental Worldviews: undergraduate thesis

  This document is an undergraduate thesis written by two students at the University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The study looks at different religion and spiritual perspectives and how they contribute to environmental worldviews. Specifically, the students posited that the more religious one was, the more human-center their environment worldview would be. Despite their well-designed survey, they concluded that religion did not affect environmental worldview, even though it did influence behavior.
• Granville Schools Land Lab

  A student and teacher ran area of land for environmental preservation and restoration. Many contributions are made each year by students at Granville High School.
• The Evangelical Environmental Network

  The Evangelical Environmental Network (EEN) aims to educate, inspire, and mobilize Christians to care for the earth, as it is "God's creation". They have missions and campaigns related to clean energy, anti-pollution, and protection of parks and public lands. The EEN also provides faith-based educational resources and calls to action. They provide opportunities to network with others who care for the common cause, volunteer, and view testimonies of Evangelical Christians who are responding to the climate crisis.
• Unearthed: Exploring Oil and Gas Issues In New Mexico

  Unearthed is a multi-media initiative under CAVU that goes in-depth on the societal problems New Mexico is facing with oil and gas companies taking advantage of the landscape. New Mexico is the home to many different ecosystems that are thoroughly enjoyed by all kinds of nature enthusiasts but climate change and energy production puts it all at risk. This video series gives a great overview of the situation and includes community input that gives you an accurate story from local residents on the history of New Mexico's complicated past and gives insight on future possibilities.
• Local Matters

  Local Matters in a non-profit organization that aims to transform the current food system. Their mission statement is: To create healthy communities through food education, access, and advocacy. Local Matters educates others about food, where it comes from, and how to cook it. They offer cooking classes in hospitals, community centers, churches, and online. They operate a Veggie Van where they bring affordable produce to neighborhoods that do not have access to that type of food. They partner with schools and places of worship.