Video interviews with alums working at interaction of spiritual leadership and environmental action

The Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology has released two-dozen in-depth video interviews with Yale alums (most of them YDS graduates) working at the intersection of spiritual leadership and environmental action.

“Reflections on Religion & Ecology: Yale Alumni Speak from the Field” explores the career pathways followed—in many cases blazed—by alums working in the growing field of religion and ecology and advocating for the imperiled plant. The interviews also delve deeply into their stories, values, and insights.

Among those interviewed are eco-theologians, climate protesters, ecological chaplains, bird and water protectors, and others.

“Their stories remind us that our ecological crisis is not only economic, political, or social—but also spiritual in nature,” said Mary Evelyn Tucker, Co-Director of the Forum with John Grim. “These leaders are responding to a time of climate crisis, mass extinction, and environmental injustice with bold, creative visions that inspire hope for a more just and flourishing future.”

Learn more and view the videos at the Forum website.

Working in partnership with Yale Divinity School and the Yale School of the Environment, the Forum on Religion and Ecology is an international multireligious project contributing to a new academic field and an engaged moral force of religious environmentalism. With its conferences, publications, monthly newsletter, and website, it explores religious worldviews, texts, and ethics in order to contribute to environmental solutions along with science, policy, law, economics, and appropriate technology.