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When the Forest Weeps centers the Kichwa people’s fight to preserve life in the heart of the Amazon “They will have to assassinate us to enter here. As long as we are alive, we will not permit it. Even if they send the best army in the world.” These are the words of Gerardo Walingu…
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This documentary examines climate change as a driving force of migration from Central America to the United States In the city of Quetzaltenango in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, a small group of local activists organize to preserve their people’s basic right to make a living in the land of their birth. As suggested by…
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Featured Work: Broken Land: Confronting Climate Change and Migration in Guatemala; “Indigenous Health and Migration in Guatemala“ Upcoming Projects: Amelia Tyson’s untitled project about music in South Korea is currently in development.
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The book Ecological Civilization examines how traditional belief systems from China can help facilitate a sustainable future In many ways, the political and economic forces that have led to the decline of traditional belief systems are also implicated in the destruction of the environment. How, then, could Indigenous and traditional faiths play a role in…
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Rapidly altering environments, often as a consequence of climate change, are an increasingly important driver of human mobility across international borders. Building upon earlier CLALS work on religious engagement with environmental conflict and climate change in Latin America and elsewhere, this project seeks to advance understanding of the religious response to environmental displacement throughout the…
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This white paper by Shaun Casey and Micah Musser offers an overview of the past and current advocacy and sustainability efforts being led by religious actors, ranging from formal religious governing bodies to individual congregations. It also proposes future research efforts that might strengthen the ability of religious actors to move from general advocacy to…
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I Am The Land explores the intersections of modern science, environmental activism, and Taíno Indigenous spiritual knowledge in the pursuit of climate justice on the island of Puerto Rico (Borikén).
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Guatemala ranks as one of the most vulnerable countries to the climate crisis in Latin America. Its acute susceptibility increases the impact of food insecurity and decreased water resources, especially due to its location in the Dry Corridor of Central America. Such conditions are driving communities to the breaking point. Internal displacement and mass migration…
