Temple of Understanding is proud to have received accreditation from the United Nations to participate in the upcoming convening of the parties on the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be held in Montreal and virtually this December 2022. We will continue to...
Food Sovereignty
Dr. Vandana Shiva on Sacred Food
Dr. Vandana Shiva "I'm so happy to join the Forum 2021 on Sacred Food and Blessed Earth. We have forgotten that food is sacred and what we have forgotten is that sacred food comes from a blessed earth and goes back actually to bless the earth. It's not that humanity...
Grandmother Mona Polacca on Traditional Hopi Ecological Knowledge
Grandmother Mona Polacca "I'd like to greet each and every one of you, I'm happy to be here. This is a good day. This time that we are taking to acknowledge the blessing of our nourishment that is given to us by Mother Earth, as part of the, Sacred Food ~ Blessed...
Chief Oren Lyons on Instructions from the Great Peacemaker according to Haudenosaunee Tradition
Chief Oren Lyons "I began with our instruction. Now I'm just talking specifically about the Haudenosaunee, Six Nations, Iroquois Confederacy. I can't speak for the whole Indigenous Peoples' of North, Central and South America, although we are very, very similar on...
Chief Arvol Looking Horse Prayer for Sacred Food ~ Blessed Earth
Chief Arvol Looking Horse "I pray today. Like every morning we get up in the morning with a good mind to pray for the health and the wellbeing of all nations, that we are in a time of a global disasters. We are the crossroads and we need to pray and heal together for...
FORUM2021 Sacred Food ~ Blessed Earth
Watch the replay of our 61st anniversary event, FORUM2021.
A Call to Urgent Action to Support Sustainable Food Systems with Rev.Jim Antal and Mary Evelyn Tucker
Join us for a dialogue with Rev. Jim Antal and Mary Evelyn Tucker A Call to Urgent Action to Support Sustainable Food Systems Rev. Jim Antal, Denominational leader, climate activist, author and public theologian. Special Advisor on Climate Justice to the...
International Activists on Regenerative Farming in the Philippines, Mexico and Kenya
What is happening to farmers in the Philippines, Mexico and Kenya? Join us for the "International Activists on Regenerative Farming" Panel with Kathryn Manga, Peasant Movement, KMP, Philippines Adelita San Vicente Tello, Director of Primary Sector & Renewable...
Dialogue with Shiva and June on Reclaiming our Ancient Wisdom to Protect Our Future
Join us together with Dr. Vandana Shiva & Lyla June for FORUM2021 Sacred Food ~ Blessed Earth ONLINE September 9, 2021 10am-2pm ET Free Registration Here! International Speakers, Prayer Contributors, Musicians presenting: Rev. Jim Antal, Dr. Michael Bos, Rev. J....
Faith Based Farming in the United States Panel at FORUM2021
SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS! Join us together with Rev.Hendershot, Interfaith Power & Light; Edgar Hayes & Anne Rader, Freedom Farm Community, Clayton Harvey, Peoples’ Farm, Shani Mink, Jewish Farmer Network, Leah Penniman, Soul Fire Farm, NY for the panel Faith...