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Lifelong Learning: Beyond GDP

When:
February 2, 2018 @ 1:00 pm – February 3, 2018 @ 5:00 pm
2018-02-02T13:00:00-05:00
2018-02-03T17:00:00-05:00
Where:
Union Theological Seminary
3041 Broadway
New York, NY 10027
USA
Cost:
$20.00
Contact:
Lisa Simon

Beyond GDP: Lessons from Indigenous Cultures and Faith Traditions for Improving Our Economic Measurements and Protecting Our Planet

Presented by The Center for Earth Ethics & Karenna Gore

Friday, February 2, 1:00 – 6:00 pm
Saturday, February 3, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
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This class will focus on the flaws of current economic measurements such as Gross Domestic Product and the ways in which Indigenous cultures — along with voices from faith communities— are contributing to alternative ways of measuring the success and well-being of a society. Topics to be covered include the UN Sustainable Development Agenda, the impact of colonization on the bio-cultural heritage of Indigenous peoples, the conflict at Standing Rock, the Pope’s encyclical Laudato Si: On Care for Our Common Home, and the role of religion in development policy.

Karenna Gore is the director of the Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary. She is an attorney, advocate, writer, and educator. Her past experience includes work in the legal center of Sanctuary for Families, which serves victims of domestic violence and trafficking and as Director of Community Affairs for the Association to Benefit Children (ABC), which provides early childhood education and other services for families living in poverty in New York City. She worked on the editorial staff of Slate magazine and is the author of Lighting the Way: Nine Women Who Changed Modern America (2006). Karenna is a graduate of Harvard College, Columbia Law School, and Union Theological Seminary. She is the eldest child of Al and Tipper Gore and lives in New York City with her three children.

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