Third, the Interfaith Eco Seminary Engagement Project promotes teaching of ecologically informed theological education, to spur courageous moral leadership for sustainability.
Fifth, ICSD co-organizes The Los Angeles Faith & Ecology Network, which engages faith-based leadership in mobilizing a grassroots action for stewardship of Creation.
In its review of Eco Bible, Publishers Weekly wrote that the book “will inspire contemplation on how to live in harmony with nature and the power of conservation.” Professor Bill Brown, Professor of Old Testament at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia calls Eco Bible “a rich repository of insights… for people of faith to move forward with wisdom, inspiration, and hope, all for the sake of God’s good creation.”[13] In an effort to encourage clergy to preach and teach on Christian ecology at least once a month, ICSD and the Rev.
In July 2011, ICSD organized an interfaith panel of Jewish, Muslim and Christian authorities, who discussed the religious importance of ecological sustainability.
[18] In March, 2012, Neril co-organized and spoke at the Interfaith Climate and Energy Conference[19] in Jerusalem, which was focused on promoting change and action for a sustainable development within faith communities around the globe.
[21] In June, 2016, ICSD's director presented at the International Seminar on Science and Religion for Environment Care[22] in Torreciudad, Spain and at a press conference in Madrid.
Speakers included a judge of the Muslim Sharia Courts in Israel, Kadi Iyad Zahalha; Rabbi David Rosen; and the Custos of the Holy Land, Father Francesco Patton.
The event focused on the key role faith leaders can play on raising awareness of the relevance and urgency of curbing climate change and achieving environmental sustainability.
They engaged about 1,000 US seminary faculty and deans, and were held in Los Angeles, Boston, and Chicago in 2019; in Dallas in 2019; in Atlanta in 2018; in Columbus, Ohio and Washington D.C. in 2017; and in New York City in 2016.
[24] In November 2022, ICSD organized four multifaith climate events at COP 27, including three the press conference space in the Blue Zone.
The LA Faith and Ecology Network (LAFEN) engages faith-based leadership in mobilizing a grassroots action for stewardship of Creation.
LAFEN and Temple Isaiah, Los Angeles, organized an event in 2021 focused on city, county and state sustainability goals, and ways in which the faith voice can be strengthened in crucial climate action.