In collaboration with other academics and environmentalists, it promotes the teaching and study of religion and ecology and highlights the activity of religious environmentalism around the globe.
The Forum publishes books and articles, provides a monthly email newsletter, offers online Coursera courses, organizes conferences, and maintains a website emphasizing engaged scholarship and action for ecojustice.
[4] A symposium and press conference was also held at the United Nations, at which the founding of the Forum on Religion and Ecology was publicly announced.
[11] A series of rare audio recordings of Berry in conversation with evolutionary cosmologist Brian Thomas Swimme was released in October 2023.
Titled “The Collected Thoughts of Thomas Berry,” these were made available in digital format for the first time in 2023 for the 25th anniversary of the Forum.
[20] This series contains 3 courses related to the Forum's sister project, the documentary film Journey of the Universe,[21] and includes a class on Thomas Berry.
At that time, the Forum entered into a new partnership with the Yale Center for Environmental Justice and now operates under the auspices of YCEJ.
[27] It maintains a website and presents the Thomas Berry Award to those who have contributed significantly to the flourishing of the Earth community.
[29] A division of the United Nations Environment Programme, the organization educates and informs about caring for the Earth and help them in working towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
[39] French philosopher, paleontologist, and Jesuit priest, Pierre Teilhard deChardin (1881–1955), has been a major influence on the work of both Berry and the Forum.