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Why read Wendell Berry?
Theologian Norman Wirzba reflects on what he has learned about theology and Creation as a longtime friend and student of Wendell Berry.
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A Litany to Our World’s Destruction
Possibility is held in our hands, our words, our power to change with each other. Another world is possible, the words I recite when I need a reminder. The words are an invitation to build…
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Watch the 2026 National Faith + Climate Forum!
This year’s National Faith + Climate Forum became a powerful gathering of faith, hope, and action for our shared future. More than 1,250 people gathered in houses of worship and live online across the country…
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Inescapable Lessons Offer Invaluable Opportunities – Earth Day 50th & COVID19
This is not a dress rehearsal. The entire world is immersed in unrelenting, multidimensional crises. These crises are not ideological. They are rooted in reality: nature, science, medicine, and mathematics. Suddenly, we are all living with the same mortal fear – anxiety that no ideological anger or assurance can reduce. Each of us must decide…
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People of Faith Activate for Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary
For many of us, Earth Day is a pleasant memory from elementary school where our class went to pick up garbage from a park or plant trees near the playground. But beginning in 1970, in response to significant environmental challenges of smog, automobile emissions and significant oil spills, a bi-partisan effort began to educate Americans…
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6 Lessons Coronavirus Can Teach Us About Climate Change
Earth Day 2020 comes at a tumultuous time. COVID-19 has upended our lives. The number of infections keeps soaring world-wide and entire countries are sheltering in place. Out of caution, many are keeping physical distance from each other. But out of compassion, many are helping any way they can — staying connected by phone or…
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Congratulations to the American Climate Leadership Awards Winners!
Thank you to all who joined us at the American Climate Leadership Awards Virtual Ceremony on March 25! Congratulations to the winner, CALPIRG Students, who worked on eight University of California campuses to win a UC-wide commitment to 100% renewable energy by 2025. Congratulations too, to the runner up, Regeneración, a Pajaro Valley, CA based…
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American Climate Leadership Summit 2020 Rescheduled
We must be ambitious and determined on the path forward in 2020 and beyond. We must encourage one another. In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., “We’ve got some difficult days ahead.” But, “I’ve been to the mountaintop…I’ve seen the Promised Land” and I know that together we can get there.
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Toward a Blessed 2020 and Beyond
We must be ambitious and determined on the path forward in 2020 and beyond. We must encourage one another. In the spirit of Martin Luther King, Jr., “We’ve got some difficult days ahead.” But, “I’ve been to the mountaintop…I’ve seen the Promised Land” and I know that together we can get there.
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Faith, Health, and Climate: Finding Connections and Building Bridges
Climate for Health and Blessed Tomorrow invited two leaders to share their thoughts on the intersections of faith and health in addressing climate change.
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American Psychiatric Association Engages Religious Leaders to Address the Climate Crisis
Not only do psychiatrists and pastors care about their clients and parishioners, they both care about the mental health of their communities. These concerns were in full force when I joined three psychiatrists to lead a workshop at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in NYC in October 2019.
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The Moral Imperative to Improve Planetary Health Through Climate Solutions
While there may be different motivations and pathways, studies and scripture have led us to the same conclusion: faith and health leaders alike recognize the urgent moral imperative to act on climate change. People — our friends, families, and neighbors — feel the impacts of climate change right now. And in response, we need to…
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Meet Youth Leaders Of The Climate Movement
Nearly a year ago, we published a blog about the Juliana v. U.S. case, in which Juliana plaintiffs list the climate change impacts that will directly affect the life and health of current and future generations. Today, September 20, 2019, youth and adults supporting their cause across 150 countries will go on strike, march to…
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Inspiration for this Season of Creation
As we experience this 2019 Season of Creation, we take time to reflect on the world we inhabit and our God-given responsibility to steward it. For your contemplation and inspiration, Blessed Tomorrow has gathered together a collection of brief, creation-centric statements from a variety of faith traditions. Grab a cup of coffee and get inspired.…