Environment

1 December 2009
Unitarian Universalist Congregation considers “Our Responsibility for Water” by Nina GREGG

The congregation invited Nina to return in August to present a guest sermon as part of the annual Water Service. For the Water Service congregants bring water from their travels or places that have been significant to them. During the service all the water samples are poured into a common vessel to symbolize coming together again and that many are one. The Foothills congregation wanted to complement this symbolic ritual with a social justice dimension. Nina’s sermon began with a (...)

3 June 2009
US Film Festivals Raise Awareness, Mobilize Action on Our Responsibility for Water by Nina GREGG

The Global Citizens’ Climate Change & Water Film Festival visited ten college and university campuses in the US between March 22 and April 27, 2009. Student groups and community organizations sponsored the festival at each location. Nina Gregg, US Charter Coordinator and Anugraha John from Global Citizens for Sustainable Development in Bangalore, India led discussions and workshops and encouraged students to identify their responsibilities for water in their own communities and around the (...)

Global Citizen’s Climate Change and Water Film Festival to Visit Nine US Campuses - 4 May 2009, by Nina GREGG

The Climate Change and Water Film Festival, a project of the Charter of Human Responsibilities and Global Citizens for Sustainable Development, will visit nine university and college campuses in the US in spring 2009. The film festival aims to increase awareness and action regarding local and global issues around water. The Charter of Human Responsibilities, an international project promoting action on our individual and collective responsibilities to one another and the planet, is (...)

Energy & Responsibility: a challenge for the 21st century - 13 May 2008, by Nina GREGG

Nearly 200 people gathered in Knoxville, Tennessee April 10-12, 2008 for “Energy Responsibility: a conference on ethics and the environment.” Interdisciplinary exchange The conference brought together ethicists, legal theorists, policy makers, industry representatives and environmental activists to engage in a conversation about ethics and responsibility in the contested terrain of energy and the environment. Five keynote speakers (Robert H. Socolow, Princeton University; Henry Shue, Merton (...)

University Policy Aims to Become ’Climate Neutral’ Institution - 25 October 2007

; On September 11, 2007, the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) announced a new policy that will, over time, reduce the impact of the university on the environment. This policy will require major new campus buildings to conform to standards for environmentally friendly buildings. The University has also recently signed two major environmental documents: the Talloires Declaration and the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment The Talloires Declaration is a (...)

Energy and responsibility - 22 June 2007, by Nina GREGG

Awareness of climate change and global warming is motivating many individuals, communities and organizations to make changes in their energy consumption practices. Most projections show that conservation can have an impact on energy use, but to have a significant impact on the human sources of climate change, we really need fundamental changes in industrial, national and regional policies of energy development, distribution and consumption. “Energy & Responsibility: a conference on (...)

Environmental Education and Responsibility - 22 June 2007, by Nina GREGG

The Charter of Human Responsibilities has been used effectively in several countries (among them Brazil, India, Greece and New Zealand) to promote reflection and action on environmental protection, conservation and sustainability. We are preparing to work with several schools and environmental education centers to introduce the Charter and the concept of responsibility as tools for environmental education. In November, Nina Gregg (US Charter Committee Coordinator) and Rachel Trajber (...)