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Meeting China’s Environmental Crisis Through the Lens of Religion
Religion, the subject of official repression throughout much of China’s Communist era, is now experiencing rapid growth. More surprising still, Chinese government officials are invoking Confucianism,...
View ArticleThe Yin and the Yang: Interview with Martin Palmer
Emily Baumgaertner, for the Pulitzer CenterEditor's Note: This audio is an excerpt from an interview with Martin Palmer, founder of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation (ARC).If you aren’t...
View ArticleSearching for Sacred Mountain: The Making of a Documentary
Gary MarcuseFour years ago, I filmed a feature documentary about the rise of the green movement in China. Waking the Green Tiger was the story of the birth of that movement in a grassroots campaign...
View ArticleChina, Buddhism, and the Environment
Fred de Sam LazaroChina’s massive environmental crisis has its traditionally secular state looking to religion to encourage deeper values, more compassion towards nature, and the creation of what some...
View ArticleChicago Council on Global Affairs: China's Environmental Crises
Religion, the subject of official repression throughout much of China’s Communist era, is now experiencing rapid growth. More surprising still, Chinese government officials are invoking Confucianism,...
View ArticleChina: Searching for Sacred Mountain
Gary Marcuse and Shi LihongThe Tibetan monastery at Baiyu rests in the brilliant Nianbaoyuze mountain range, a sacred and nationally protected park. The Nianbaoyuze mountain range is the epitome of...
View ArticleVideo: "Meeting China's Environmental Crisis" at University of Chicago
Lauren ShepherdReligion is playing an unusual role in China's response to multiple environmental challenges. After decades of official repression of religion and traditional culture in China, senior...
View ArticleCan Buddhist Values Offer Non-Religious China a Greener Path?
Fred de Sam Lazaro, Gary Marcuse, Shi LihongChina surprised the world by agreeing to a strong climate deal with the United States when President Obama visited Beijing in early November. Equally...
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The Science of Sacred Mountain: An Extended Interview with Dr. Lü Zhi
Shi Lihong, Gary MarcuseBuddhism's approach to the concept of protection is through an act of self-discipline. We've often wondered which would work best: laws which are based on punishment or economic...
View ArticleGod and Climate in China
Last month’s U.S.-China agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions was a welcome development, but even more significant over the long term may be the Chinese government’s surprising embrace of...
View ArticleMeet the Journalist: Shi Lihong
Shi LihongIn the midst of a worsening environmental crisis, with constant reports of contaminated soil and water and record levels of air pollution, China's government is appealing to traditional...
View Article"Can Religion Save the Environment?" at 2015 Environmental Film Festival
Join us at the Environmental Film Festival for the Pulitzer Center “Can Religion Save the Environment?” screenings and discussion on March 24, 2015.Two documentaries by Pulitzer Center...
View ArticleGary Marcuse Screens 'Searching for Sacred Mountain' at India's ViBGYOR...
Filmmaker Gary Marcuse screens the Pulitzer Center-supported documentary Searching for Sacred Mountain along with his earlier Waking the Green Tiger in February 2015 during the 10th ViBGYOR Film...
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'Searching for Sacred Mountain' Screening at University of Pittsburgh
Filmmaker Gary Marcuse visits the University of Pittsburgh on Monday, March 23, during his U.S. tour to discuss the reporting behind the documentary he co-directed with Shi Lihong, Searching for Sacred...
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Yale School of Forestry Hosts Award-Winning Filmmakers: 'Can Religion Save...
An increasing presence of faith in the context of environmental protectionism and community activism has led some journalists to wonder, can religion save the environment? Pulitzer Center grantees and...
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China’s Environmental Revolution: Gary Marcuse Screens Documentaries at...
On Wednesday, March 25 award-winning filmmaker Gary Marcuse screens the Pulitzer Center-supported documentary Searching for Sacred Mountain at American University along with his earlier work Waking the...
View ArticleD.C. Students Relate to Asia's Environmental Challenges
Amanda OttawayIn late March the Pulitzer Center continued its now five-year tradition of screening films by our grantee journalists at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation’s Capital. After...
View ArticleEarth Focus: Can Religion Save the Environment?
Kalyanee Mam and Gary MarcuseLed by Buddhist monks, Cambodia's indigenous Chong people protest the construction of a hydroelectric dam. The dam, to be built by the Chinese company Sinohydro, would...
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Religion and Climate Change in the Public Sphere: The Role of Journalists and...
American University, in partnership with the Henry Luce Foundation and the Pulitzer Center, brings together journalists and academic experts for "Religion and Climate Change in the Public Sphere: The...
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New E-book: China, the Environment, and Religion
Jon Sawyer and Jin Ding You can download the book at the iTunes store. The e-book is also available via Kindle and Atavist. At a moment when Pope Francis and President Xi Jinping of China are both...
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