Ecological Justice
The Temple of Understanding has been advocating for environmental justice for more than a decade, walking the talk about Interfaith values and our climate emergency. Most of our programs pursue eco-justice, and we engage on the local levels where we live. Currently, we are offering a monthly dialogue series among our other work.
Eco Justice for All YouTube Channel
Updates:
Nepal Buddhist nuns rebuilding after quake
Women are key drivers of change! Read in the Washington Post how Kathmandu’s ‘kung fu nuns’ sprang into action after the deadly earthquake in Nepal.
Power, Health, Sustainability: Women Challenging Extractive Industries
This is a Temple of Understanding side event for the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW).
TOU at the Connecting for Change Conference 2014
The TOU will present panels on “Communities, Climate Change and Faith Traditions” and “The Spirit of Resilience: Art, Earth (Food! Body!) and Politics” at the 2014 Connecting for Change Conference in New Bedford, MA.
Religions for the Earth Conference
We are proud that Grove Harris, our representative to the United Nations, has been invited to particpate in the Religions for the Earth conference at Union Theological Seminary.
People’s Climate March, NYC
Members of the TOU will be participating in the largest climate march in history this September 21st in NYC. The People’s Climate March will pressure the United Nations towards more transformative action.
Fukushima: More to Come, and Informal Working Group
“I often don’t understand a painting’s process until a title reveals itself to me. This was especially true with ‘Fukushima: More to Come’. The piece was created more than 2 years after the disaster. The title actually shocked me as I remembered the situation and feeling of dread and hopelessness about the after effects of the nuclear poisoning that will spread and last into the future. In the painting there are the three containment units at the edge of the sea. There is the black ink traveling through the earth and out to sea like contaminated water. There is a orange sun that seems burdened and constrained by a wire netting. Are the blue circles the sad souls of people who have lost their piece of heaven on earth? Perhaps…”