Event
Biodiversity Crisis & Faith Action: Webinar on International Biodiversity Day
The international panel discussion will feature experts from around the world, including:
- Prof. Dr Mathew Koshy Punnackadu, environmental advisor to the Church of South India Synod, collaborates with the World Council of Churches on faith-based environmental advocacy.
- Rev. Dr Jessica Hetherington, eco-theologian and ordained minister in the United Church of Canada, serves on the WCC Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development.
- Dr Lesya Sabada, lecturer in Religion and Culture at St Thomas More College, is a member of the WCC Biodiversity Working Group.
- Kevin Maina, theologian and youth climate activist from the Anglican Church of Kenya, serves on the WCC Commission on Climate Justice and Sustainable Development.
- Dr Louk A. Andrianos, consultant on Care for Creation, Sustainability, and Climate Justice for the WCC, coordinates the Faiths for Biodiversity coalition.
- Flore Ghetti, program coordinator for Environment & Sustainability at Soka Gakkai International, partners with the WCC in interfaith youth climate action.
- Jocabed R. Solano Miselis, director of Indigenous Memory and missionary with Unidos en Misión (Panama), collaborates with the WCC on Indigenous-led ecological justice initiatives.
- Chief Edmund Stuurman, Congregational Indigenous leader in South Africa, works with the WCC to unite African churches for climate justice.
Please register for the webinar here
Resources
Season of Creation - Resources
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
Call to Action
Register now to join this critical conversation on how faith communities can address the moral dimensions of the biodiversity crisis. Participate using #FaithForBiodiversity and #WCCCreationCare.
