Environmental Justice
Unitarian Universalism is a very environmentally-conscious religion. We believe that it is our moral responsibility to protect the earth. Our faith's Principles and Sources include “spiritual teachings of Earth-centered traditions which celebrate the sacred circle of life and instruct us to live in harmony with the rhythms of nature,” and call us to have "respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part."
Unitarian Universalists work for environmental justice in many ways: religious education programs that teach our children to respect the earth, environmentally-friendly congregational buildings and sustainable practices, and advocacy on issues such as climate change, environmental racism, socially responsible investing, and corporate accountability. We are committed to understanding and addressing the threats to vulnerable communities that are always connected to the degradation of the environment. Earth justice and social justice go hand-in-hand.
For Unitarian Universalists who hold earth-based spiritualities, environmental justice is even more central to their beliefs. From the nature-revering Unitarian Transcendentalists in the eighteen hundreds to today's Unitarian Universalist Pagans, honoring and protecting the earth has been and remains a deeply spiritual aspect of our faith community.
Last updated on Monday, July 30, 2007.
