Increasingly, voices from a variety of religious and spiritual traditions are bringing the link between religion and climate change to national and international notice, from the Green Seminary Movement and the 2015 Papal encyclical, to conferences ranging from the purely academic to interfaith meetings such as the World Parliament of Religions, and to the growing social activist emphasis on environmental justice and the historic Paris Agreement of 2015.

Papers represent an array of religious frameworks, including Theravadan Buddhist, Druid, Jewish, Hindu, Christian and others. The keynote presenter, Bron Taylor, brings an interdisciplinary approach which blends religious studies, activism and the application of nature's lessons to a rapidly-shifting societal landscape. Participants will ponder what is the meaning of hope in such an approaching storm, how to face its challenges in a hopeful way, and how our ministries and spiritual lives will adapt to the needs of a world out of balance from climate change. More

Participants will explore the reasons why this work is so important: what our spiritual traditions and science tell us, the reasons behind climate change denial, and how to handle it, as well as some of our own personal experiences with the topic. Participants will identify the particular skills they bring to this work and where and how they might best employ them.. More