Inspiring Stories from America’s Religious Environmental Movement
This documentary shows the diversity of the emerging religious environmental movement. Evangelicals organize against land destruction and water pollution in Appalachia. An interfaith coalition helps houses of worship be more environmentally sound. Jewish youth learn about combining environmental education and Jewish tradition. An interfaith group provides organic “eco-Halal” meat to the Muslim community and others who need food. A Buddhist community saves trees by encouraging recycling, meditation, environmental education and interconnectedness. Christians battle industrial contamination in a small Mississippi town. Catholics and Native Americans unite in religious ritual and sacred celebration. An interfaith group helps people reduce fossil fuels use and increase use of renewable energy. (2007)
Sponsored by the Center on Religion & the Professions