Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway
New York, NY 10027

Thomas Linzey, Chair of CDER’s Board of Directors, will speak at this event.

We are living in a time of both unprecedented ecological destruction and increasing consciousness of the interconnectedness of all life on Earth. Many efforts to protect air, land, water, biodiversity and whole ecosystems are blocked by the legal reality that nature is treated as property. This is compounded by the fact that corporations have unprecedented power, including the designation of legal “personhood.” This class will examine the Rights of Nature, with special attention to Indigenous wisdom and leadership, religious belief systems, church history, and the practical realities of the legal system. We will hear from guest speakers and examine case studies in New Zealand, Ecuador, India and the United States.