Dates: Saturday, February 26, 2022, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm ET
Available by: Join by Videoconference or Watch Online Recordings (learn more about videoconference)
Price: General Public: $ 100.00 | One Spirit Graduates: $ 90.00
One Spirit Elective Credit: 1.0
As our planet nears the brink of environmental catastrophe, the pace of humanity's desire to make meaningful change remains woefully inadequate. Gaining the human momentum necessary to halt climate change will require a massive reordering of our values and motivations.
Spiritual beliefs and teachings to do the 'right thing’ are valuable and necessary, but if we are to change hearts and minds, religious and spiritual leaders and activists need to link our ‘calling’ directly to good science that will help underscore and organize our choices and actions. People from all faiths must become voices for change and climate action using a framework that connects science to spiritual practice and peace education.
This workshop is an interfaith & inter-science exploration of climate change and how connecting that to religious beliefs, teachings, and practices can inspire local and global actions.
Participants will develop a sacred activism plan that embodies Rev. Dr. Leonisa Ardizzone's Four E's:
Entry: examine various wisdom traditions' root callings and responses to environmental justice
Empathy: explore ways of bringing Climate Change data, urgency, and Planetary Stewardship into religious settings
Evidence (data): increase understanding of Climate Change and Ecology
Engagement: accountable action steps
FACULTY:
Rev. Leonisa Ardizzone
Rev. Leonisa has been a science and peace educator for 27 years. She has spent most of her life working in education in various capacities but always driven by the same vision: to create a more just and equitable world. She has been a middle and high school teacher, a museum and environmental educator, a university professor, a non-profit executive, an entrepreneur/small business owner, and an education consultant. Rev Leonisa, also known as Dr. A, has created many curricula, including a Climate Change Program for the City of New York (Dept of Design and Construction), and has published numerous articles and two books. She holds a BA in Biology (Ithaca College), an EdM in science education (Western Washington University), an Ed.D. in International Educational Development with a concentration in Peace Education (Columbia University), and an MDiv with a focus on Inter-religious Engagement (Union Theological Seminary). Rev Leonisa has a permanent teaching certificate in New York State (biology, general science). She was ordained into the Unitarian Universalist ministry in 2019 and is currently on the faculty of Vassar College.