We Advocate for Interfaith Values in the Secular Setting of the United Nations
- We support peace, justice, human rights, and environmental sustainability.
- We offer an in-person Summer Internship Program for international students aged 18-22 to teach about the peacemaking work at the United Nations, which includes site visits to different religious settings and service projects.
- Our annual free FORUM webinar focuses on the global climate crisis and offers a variety of moral, religious, Indigenous, scientific, and youth perspectives.
- We present the ECO JUSTICE FOR ALL Dialogue monthly free webinar series, an in-depth look at current environmental issues with international experts and activists.
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Planetary Grief and Species Extinction
“Planetary Grief and Species Extinction” Dec 14 Thursday 10-11am ET Tiokasin Ghosthorse, Cheyenne River Lakota Nation of South Dakota, Founder "First Voices Radio” Prof Larry Rasmussen, Union Theological Seminary, author, “The Planet You Inherit” Arlana Redsky,...
UN Calls for Humanitarian Ceasefire
The Temple of Understanding, as a UN Department of Global Communication accredited NGO, offers this information about UN humanitarian efforts in the Israel / Gaza crisis. We pray for the continuation of truce and for ceasefire. According to UN Secretary-General...
The Ordination of a Tree: Engaging the Rights of Nature
The Ordination of a Tree: Engaging the Rights of Nature Presented November 16, Thursday 10-11am ET Susan M. Darlington, President-retired, Deep Springs College, Professor emerita of Anthropology and Asian Studies, Hampshire College, author “The Ordination of a...
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