Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How Can Spiritual and Faith-Based Knowledge Systems Inform the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise?

Presented by the AMS Interfaith Committee, hear stories, work, ideas from panelists across various spiritual/faith-based backgrounds on environmentalism, and how the AMS and spiritual/faith communities can work together in this important space. This is one of a series of topics related to conversations, work, and ideas on collaboration and relational building between the AMS and faith/spiritual communities.

Organizer:
Dr. Carlos Javier Martinez - National Center for Atmospheric Research

Panelists:
Rabbi Geoff Mitelman - Sinai and Synapses
Dr. William (Bill) Hooke - American Meteorological Society
James Rattling Leaf, Sr. - Cooperative Institute Research Environmental Sciences, North Central Climate Adaptation Science Center
Dr. Emma Frances Bloomfield - University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Nana Firman - GreenFaith