The phenomena we embrace are embraced precisely because of their exuberance—justice, prosperity, and sustainability. Our failing is that we reach for them with tools that will never capture their essence, be they words, statistics, or dollars.
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Hope in the Age of Climate Consequences
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We can be hopeful without expecting victory. We can ask what the Earth requires of us in this very moment and just take the next step.
2015
Diversity is the Lifeline for the Future of the Climate Movement
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While climate change will negatively impact all of us, people of color and low-income communities will be hit the hardest and have the fewest resources to adapt to the challenges, such as extreme weather and poor air quality, that climate change will bring. Yet, these communities are often underrepresented, if not left out completely.
2015
Unprecedented Moral Challenge
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Will the political world finally rally, acting fast and decisively enough to save a tolerable planet for our descendants? This is an unprecedented moral challenge.
2015
Let’s Establish the New Moon and Full Moon as Holidays of Earth Preservation
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Today the Gregorian calendar, including the seven-day week, is so intrinsic and essential to the global economy that few ever reflect on how it is a human created contrivance that imposes these cycles on the natural world (note, for instance, weekly patterns of human work and associated pollution).
2015
Hinduism and Honoring Creation
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To create a present and a future which is Earth-honoring and just to all marginalized and outcast beings, those of us who identify as Hindus must act as wise and determined servants in re-discovering the ecologically-sound wisdom embedded in our collective human history and experience.
2015
Social Justice, the Environment, and Sikhs
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As Sikhs, we are called upon to treat all of humankind as brothers and sisters … and to take action against the gross injustices suffered by our brethren. This means that we must ensure that they do not bear the burden of climate change alone.
2015
Online Exclusives: The Place of Hope in an Age of Climate Disaster
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The online exclusives below are freely accessible articles that are part of an ongoing special series associated with Tikkun’s Spring 2015 print issue, The Place of Hope in an Age of Climate Disaster. Many of our most provocative articles on this topic appeared in that print issue, which is only accessible to subscribers. Subscribe now to read the subscriber-only print articles on the web (explore the table of contents to see what you’re missing!). If you appreciate the free web-only articles below, please do enable us to keep up this important work by becoming a print subscriber or offering a donation. Diversity is the Lifeline for the Future of the Climate Movement
by Mijin Cha
Hinduism and Honoring Creation
by Chris Fici
Social Justice, the Environment, and Sikhs
by Sumeet Kaur
Let’s Establish the New Moon and Full Moon as Holidays of Earth Preservation
by Ron Feldman
Hope in the Age of Climate Consequences
by Kate Davies
What Does Sustainability Feel Like?
2015
Why I Preach from the Hebrew Bible
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Jesus was a Jew, so Jesus’s Bible was the Hebrew Bible. Churchgoers are missing out if they never encounter more than the Psalms.
2015
Climate Change and the Right to Hope
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To what extent is a lack of hope to blame for our inaction on the climate?
2015
Love Is Stronger Than Stewardship: A Cosmic Christ Path to Planetary Survival
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“Stewardship” is a tired old idea. Let’s stop talking about duty and start talking about the sacredness of creation! The light of Christ is in all beings.
2015
Dharma and Ahimsa: A Hindu Take on Environmental Stewardship
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The dharmic concept of ahimsa (“not to injure”) demands that we take personal and political action to protect the environment.
2015
Looking to the Qur’an in an Age of Climate Disaster
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The Qur’an instructs us to live lightly on this earth. From Zanzibar to Indonesia, Islamic ethics are guiding new conservation efforts.
2015
A Bodhisattva’s Approach to Climate Activism
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Bodhisattvas commit daily to an impossible task: the liberation of all living beings. What can climate activists learn from their active nonattachment?
2015
Prayer as if the Earth Really Matters
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Climate prayer is powerful. Here’s how synagogues can breathe earth awareness into services and activists can make their actions prayerful.