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Watershed Moment:

Spirituality, Forests & Freshwater

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Forests and fresh water are essential to life on our planet.

...They also feature prominently in the ritual, ceremony, and the sense of the sublime, across religious and spiritual traditions.

Yet it is ...apparent, that our forests and bodies of water are...at risk.

....'forest and water management' has taken center stage in movements of resistance....ecological protection, and Indigenous rights.

  • Do religion and spirituality have a role to play in our understanding of or response to the crisis?

  • Where do we go from here? 

Tzeporah Berman-environmental activist; campaigner; writer; international program director at Stand.earth. 

Deondre Smiles-assistant professor of geography at UVic; specialist in Indigenous geographies and ways of knowing. 

Christiana Zenner-associate professor of theology, science and ethics at Fordham University; author of Just Water: Theology, Ethics, and Global Water Crises.