The GreenFaith Fellowship Program

Imagine a world where in every community …
 

Religious leaders speak as influentially on the environment as they do on other issues.
 

Houses of worship use renewable energy, produce no solid waste, press for clean-ups of local toxic sites and lead community efforts for environmental sustainability.

Religious educators teach children that caring for the earth is an ethical obligation - just like feeding the hungry.
 

GreenFaith wants to make this world a reality.
 

Through May 15, 2008, GreenFaith is accepting applications for the second class of our unique Fellowship Program.
 

Need for The GreenFaith Fellowship Program

We at GreenFaith see a world where both the earth and religion are in trouble – the earth from grave environmental threats, religion from its anthropocentrism and from the simultaneous ascendancies of, on the one hand, fundamentalism and, on the other, secularism.

In both areas – religion and the environment - we see concerns that are critical to a sustainable human presence on the planet. Plainly put, in order to survive humanity needs a healthy environment and healthy religion. We think the religious-environmental movement and GreenFaith's Fellowship Program offer hope on both counts.

At GreenFaith, two beliefs most powerfully drive our work. First, we believe that the vast majority of people experience the sacred or sublime in nature, and that the depth of such experiences creates common ground for people of diverse traditions in relation to the one earth we all share. Second, we believe religious communities can mobilize large numbers of people to take action for the earth. These communities have mobilized millions in relation to other issues in the recent past – the Civil Rights Movement comes immediately to mind. We see no reason to believe this cannot happen in relation to the earth. So we offer the GreenFaith Fellowship Program with the very real hope that our work on this Fellowship can create a brighter future for the earth and for religion.

Read a more detailed summary of GreenFaith's Fellowship Program
Fellowship Curriculum
Who We Are Seeking
Schedule and Tuition Costs
View the members of the Fellowship Advisory Committee

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Upcoming Events:
 
Meeting the Sacred in Creation Retreats Offered in Hudson Valley, Pacific Northwest, Southeast in April, May, October 2007.
 
New Brunswick Environmental Health and Justice Tour, April 18, 2007.
 
Prof. Larry Rasmussen to Keynote April 23, 2007 Interfaith Environmental Conference with Drew Theological School.