In this time of accelerating climate and ecological change, how do we stay rooted, inspired, and connected—to ourselves, to one another, and to the Earth—to create a sustainable future for all?
Join the New York Society for Ethical Culture for an evening of discussion, reflection, inspiration, and joyful gathering as we explore the inner dimension of climate engagement at this critical time. Together, we’ll rediscover the emotional, spiritual, and communal threads that can help guide us through uncertainty and bring about transformation.
The program will open with an inspirational performance by the Society’s Eco-Artist-in-Residence, choreographer Jody Sperling, and her Time Lapse Dance ensemble. The company will perform excerpts from a new work in progress, Rise, that is a reimagining of our relationship to water in response to the way rising seas are reshaping places we call home. Performers are Tessa Fungo, Anika Hunter, Maki Kitahara, Lo Poppy, Sarah Tracy, Rathi Varma.
Presenting on the program are:
Dr. Kate Marvel, NASA climate scientist and author of Human Nature: Nine Ways to Feel About Our Changing Planet, is one of the premier science communicators of our time. Through her own journey she explorers both the science and the emotional landscape of the climate crisis. Learn more about Kate at MarvelClimate.org.
Dr. Kritee Kanko, climate scientist, Zen Buddhist priest, and educator, who shares her re-indigenizing framework as a path to deep healing, spiritual resilience, and ethical action. Learn more about Kritee at KriteeKanko.com.
Carey Russell, master naturalist and dendrologist, who brings us into intimate relationship with the natural world through his tree walks in Central Park, cultivating ecological literacy, reverence for the living systems that sustain us, and a portal to fall in love with Nature all over again. Learn more about Carey at TheDendroLab.com.
And don’t miss Jody’s Inner Climate Workshop on September 27 from 11am-1pm!
Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance programs are made possible in part by an ongoing eco-artist-residency at The New York Society for Ethical Culture and with supoprt from the Harkness Foundation for Dance. Rise was choreographed, in part, with a 2025 commission by The Yard, an artist residency and performance center dedicated to contemporary dance and related arts.
