Church of Deep Ecology

“We are called to assist the Earth to heal her wounds and in the process heal our own—indeed to embrace the whole of creation in all its diversity, beauty, and wonder.” —Wangari Maathai

What We Believe

The Church of Deep Ecology finds value in the teachings of many cultural and religious traditions which embrace a respect for the Natural world. We find the natural world is a subtle balance of complex inter-relationships in which the existence of organisms is dependent on the existence of others within ecosystems. Human interference with or destruction of the natural world poses a threat not only to humans but to all organisms constituting the natural order.

We believe in the realities of everyone's gender and love as each individual experiences it.

We believe in reproductive freedom.

We believe in progressing to a vegan diet that is less reliant on highly processed foods and industrial agriculture

Inclusion and

Anti-oppressions

Systems of power, privilege, and oppression have traditionally created barriers for persons and groups with particular realities, ages, abilities, and histories. We vow to fight against these barriers.

Defending Nature

The Philosophy of Deep Ecology demands that we walk our talk. You will find us where ever there is a need to defend nature.

Tax Deductable

The Church of Deep Ecology, as a Federally recognized religious non-profit, has many projects. Would you like to work with us to bring a better world into existence?

This song of the waters is audible to every ear , but there is other music in these hills, by no means audible to all. On a still night, when the campfire is low and the Pleiades have climbed over rimrocks, sit quietly and listen, and think hard of everything you have seen and tried to understand. Then you may hear it – a vast pulsing harmony – its score inscribed on a thousand hills, its notes the lives and deaths of plants and animals, its rhythms spanning the seconds and the centuries.

    Aldo Leopold

Get In Touch

Ongoing projects

Environmental defense

Church members are apart of many campaigns and movements. Here you will find links to supported organizations and campaigns

Reproductive freedom

In the US the basic right to self determination in under attack. Here you will find many resources for repedroductive choice

Jail support /

grand jury resistance

imprisoned activist and grand jury resistance list

palestine

All sexuality inclusion

We respect and acknowledge all sexuality and realities of an individuals existance and believe they deserve equal treatment

the Unhoused,

60% of american house holds live pay check to paycheck, yet the US government has recently made it illegal to be unhoused

Grand Jury Resistance

Cyprus is a trans woman, a folk punk musician, Church of Deep Ecology member, and an activist

Now Cyprus has been subpoenaed to testify in front of a federal grand jury. Federal grand juries are supposed to investigate federal crimes, but there is a long and well-documented history of politically-motivated federal grand juries being used to target dissident communities and gather private information otherwise protected by the first amendment. Grand Juries are notoriously secretive and play by very different rules than normal court proceedings. Jurors are hand-selected by the prosecution without screening for biases, and no judge, defense attorney, or member of the public may be present for proceedings. They are an effective tool of state repression, because they are so secretive, and so they are not subject to the requirements of transparency, rules of evidence, and opportunity for each party to be heard that apply to all other proceedings in the U.S. legal system. They also enable the state to access information about beliefs, activities, and relationships that are totally legal and even constitutionally protected, which can help make it possible to infiltrate and disrupt organizing. Cyprus plans to challenge the legal validity of this subpoena, which will require her to hire an attorney. She may also be subject to consequences, including incarceration, for her act of principled resistance to this subpoena. Cyprus is an essential part of our community. She means so much to so many people. She has had her life uprooted by federal repression. She has been stalked by federal agents, who interrupted her tour to serve her this subpoena. Cyprus is working to keep our community free from state surveillance and intrusion and we must step up to support her. Now she needs our help to stand strong against state repression. Together we make a community. We need to support her through the grand jury resistance process. Help her pay for legal fees and living expenses while she goes through this process. UPDATE: We were able to find an aligned lawyer who is willing to work very inexpensively to represent Cyprus; however, we still need funds to cover living expenses and future legal and other costs if she is incarcerated. Any leftover funds will be donated to others facing repression.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-cyprus-against-state-repression