This “Global Pledge of Allegiance” by Edna A. Meisner-Reitz was first published in The Quest, vol. 2, issue 4, Winter 1989 (Theosophical Society of America), back cover. . . .

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Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, 🌐 Earth Day (22 April)

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20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, Cold War (1985–1991), earth pledges, eco-conscious, eco-feminism, universalist

Contributor(s):

Edna A. Maisner-Reitz and Aharon N. Varady (transcription)

Pledge of Allegiance to the Family of Earth, by Bella Abzug & Mim Kelber (Women’s Foreign Policy Council, 1989)

The “Pledge of Allegiance to the Family of Earth” was offered by the Women’s Foreign Policy Council (co-chaired by Bella Abzug and Mim Kelber). The earliest publication of the pledge that we were able to located is as found in the article, “Earthlings Unite” by Nina Combs in Ms. Magazine, vol. 18:1&2 (July/August 1989), p. 19. . . .

Categories:

Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, 🌐 Earth Day (22 April)

Tags:

20th century C.E., 58th century A.M., American Jewry of the United States, Cold War (1985–1991), earth pledges, eco-conscious, eco-feminism, universalist

Contributor(s):

Aharon N. Varady (translation), Aharon N. Varady (transcription), Mim Kelber and Bella Savitzky Abzug

תחינה לחזק ידינו במצוות ”כיבוד אב ואם“ ביחס לאמנו, האדמה | A prayer for strengthening our commitment to the commandment of “Honoring our Parents” in relation to Mother Earth, by Rabbi Gila Caine

This teḥinah calls us to remember that we are all personally, as well as communally, responsible for our relationship with the Earth. It also calls us to action, and to recall that even small actions realigning ourselves with the work of the Earth, can be seen as a mitsvah. . . .

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Earth, our Collective Home & Life-Support System, 🌐 Earth Day (22 April), Ecotastrophes, 🇺🇸 Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)

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21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., earth, eco-conscious, eco-feminism, כיבוד אב ואם kibud av va-em, מי שברך mi sheberakh, prayers for mothers, טבע Teva

Contributor(s):

Gila Caine

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