Sacred People, Sacred Earth: Multi-faith Day of Climate Action - 11 March 2021

On 11 March, grassroots people of diverse religions are coming together around the world for the biggest-ever faith-based global day of action to sound the alarm for climate justice.

A global, multi-faith coalition of established and emerging climate leaders in faith communities - across 14 countries - has come together to create an ambitious statement “Sacred People, Sacred Earth” and an accompanying day of action that reflects our deepest values and beliefs.

As a global, multi-faith, grassroots alliance, we stand for equity and compassion for all, and we deplore injustice. We know that we cannot afford to wait for governments and financial institutions to act first; we understand that change starts with us. We are organizing grassroots people of diverse religions in support of the following demands, and we are leading by example.

We call for:

Join us on 11 March at 10:30 am (SAST) for a Zoom event.

Register here by 8 March: https://docs.google.com/forms/u/3/d/1Vswk1kZBlDGbdhn_pxHD5MIWw0rtiw7b2Iv3NDwCr10/edit

We will be sounding the alarm for climate by making noise: blowing the shofar, banging drums, whatever fits your faith tradition.

Join in signing the Position Statement & 10 Demands: https://actionnetwork.org/forms/sacred-people-sacred-earth-sign-the-multi-faith-climate-statement

More information and resources:

Find more virtual actions and resources for the day of action here:  Sacredpeoplesacredearth.org

Download the Sacred People, Sacred Earth posters, or edit your own posters here.

Organisations:

GreenFaith (USA and global coordinator)

Australian Religious Response to Climate Change

Instituto de Estudos da Religião (ISER – Brasil)

Faith & the Common Good (Canada)

Alianza Interreligiosa y Espiritual por el Clima (Chile)

GreenFaith India

GreenFaith Indonesia

GreenFaith Kenya

GreenFaith Nigeria, hosted at Nigerian Conservation Foundation

Southern African Faith Communities Environment Institute

Inter-Religious Council of Uganda

Faith for the Climate Network (United Kingdom)

GreenFaith Zambia

GreenFaith Zimbabwe

And numerous co-sponsoring organizations

Watch the Global Livestream event here (4 AM PT / 11 AM London Time / 1PM SAST)