March 11, 12:30 Eastern Time, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women NGO Virtual event. Women Ethics Climate Futures: Reflections on the Global Ethical Stocktake. GES. Flyer
For thousands of years women have protected and cared for their environment, living in harmony with nature. This ancient knowledge, wisdom and love for THE EarthnCONTINUES THROUGH grassroots women which is greatly needed given the climate
crisis. The climate crisis cannot be reduced to technical targets or negotiated text alone. It is moral crisis that raises questions of responsibility, inclusion, justice, and the ethical will required to change course. The Global Ethical Stocktake (GES) was imagined by Marina Silva, the Brazilian Minister for Environment, in the lead up to COP30 In Brazil, the GES was shaped by the spirit of mutirão: a tradition of communities coming together in shared work and shared responsibility. The GES invites us to widenthe circle of moral concern, to reflect on what we are doing to the Earth, and what kind of world we are building through our choices today.
This virtual session will open with welcome remarks by Rev. Dr. Kara Markell, Parliament of the World’s Religions Women’s Task & Seattle University Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement, followed by Samira Siddique, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Center for Earth Ethics, who will give an introduction to the GES. Other panelists include: Dora Sugimoto, Special Secretary as Advisor for Solidarity Economy, Brazil Government; Great Grandmother Mary Lyons, Ojibwe leader; Jacqueline C. Patterson, Founder and Director Chisholm Legacy Project; and Kehkashan Basu, Trustee of the Parliament of the Worlds Religions and Founder; Director of Green Hope Foundation. Dora, GG Mother Mary, Jacqueline and Kehkashan Links to Illuminator Series.
The panel will reflect on one of the GES’s guiding questions followed by participants in small-circle sharing and reflection. Ann Smith, Green Tent Circle and Parliament of the Worlds Religions Trustee and Co-Chair of the Womens Task Force, will provide an easy circle process for facilitating self-managed community dialogues back home.
Attendees will be invited to consider how these ethical questions can continue to inform gender-just climate action beyond CSW and COP30, as the work carries forward into the grassroots actions and multilateral moments ahead. June follow-up virtual event will have creative reports from community reflections and actions. The Women, Ethics, Climate Futures Booth has information and resources to make this initiative accessible and easy to carry out at home.
For thousands of years women have protected and cared for their environment, living in harmony with nature. This ancient knowledge, wisdom and love for THE EarthnCONTINUES THROUGH grassroots women which is greatly needed given the climate
crisis. The climate crisis cannot be reduced to technical targets or negotiated text alone. It is moral crisis that raises questions of responsibility, inclusion, justice, and the ethical will required to change course. The Global Ethical Stocktake (GES) was imagined by Marina Silva, the Brazilian Minister for Environment, in the lead up to COP30 In Brazil, the GES was shaped by the spirit of mutirão: a tradition of communities coming together in shared work and shared responsibility. The GES invites us to widenthe circle of moral concern, to reflect on what we are doing to the Earth, and what kind of world we are building through our choices today.
This virtual session will open with welcome remarks by Rev. Dr. Kara Markell, Parliament of the World’s Religions Women’s Task & Seattle University Center for Ecumenical and Interreligious Engagement, followed by Samira Siddique, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Center for Earth Ethics, who will give an introduction to the GES. Other panelists include: Dora Sugimoto, Special Secretary as Advisor for Solidarity Economy, Brazil Government; Great Grandmother Mary Lyons, Ojibwe leader; Jacqueline C. Patterson, Founder and Director Chisholm Legacy Project; and Kehkashan Basu, Trustee of the Parliament of the Worlds Religions and Founder; Director of Green Hope Foundation. Dora, GG Mother Mary, Jacqueline and Kehkashan Links to Illuminator Series.
The panel will reflect on one of the GES’s guiding questions followed by participants in small-circle sharing and reflection. Ann Smith, Green Tent Circle and Parliament of the Worlds Religions Trustee and Co-Chair of the Womens Task Force, will provide an easy circle process for facilitating self-managed community dialogues back home.
Attendees will be invited to consider how these ethical questions can continue to inform gender-just climate action beyond CSW and COP30, as the work carries forward into the grassroots actions and multilateral moments ahead. June follow-up virtual event will have creative reports from community reflections and actions. The Women, Ethics, Climate Futures Booth has information and resources to make this initiative accessible and easy to carry out at home.