Co-hosted by Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, Institute of Carbon Neutrality at Peking University, Yale Club of Beijing, and Yale Center Beijing. This talk is part of the 'For Humanity' Lecture Series.

Event Time

Monday, April 28, 2025

Registration
6:30 pm - 7:00 pm

Q&A
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Registration
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Ticket: Free for Yale alumni and participants who have paid in advance for the 'For Humanity' Lecture Series; RMB 28 for regular admission and a complimentary PDF copy of the Overview of Mary Evelyn and John Grim's book Religion and Ecology. 

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The language of the event will be English. 

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The Event

Climate change is one of the most urgent challenges to global sustainable development. To build a brighter future marked by sustainability and high-quality development, we must draw not only on science and technology, but also on the cultural wisdom embedded in Chinese traditions—from the ecological insights in Confucianism and Daoism to the environmental knowledge of ethnic communities.

On April 28, Mary Evelyn Tucker and John Grim, Co-Directors of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, will join Xia Chen, Research Fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Zongxu (Hazim) Xie, Co-Founder of Vision 2061, for a panel discussion on how to stimulate new paths for change in a warming world. The conversation will be moderated by Binbin Wang, Yale World Fellow ’23.

Speakers

Mary Evelyn Tucker
Co-Director, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology

Mary Evelyn Tucker received her PhD at Columbia University mentored by the noted Confucian scholar, Wm Theodore de Bary. Her special area of study is East Asian religious traditions. She co-directs the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology, which examines cultural and religious values for broadened environmental ethics.

She is the co-author of Journey of the Universe with Brian Thomas Swimme and the executive producer of the Emmy Award winning film with John Grim. She has published several books on Confucianism including The Philosophy of Qi. She co-edited the Harvard volumes on Confucianism and Ecology and two volumes with Weiming Tu on Confucian Spirituality. 

John Grim
Co-Director, Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology

John Grim is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Yale Forum on Religion and Ecology. He is the author of The Shaman and editor of Indigenous Traditions and Ecology. With Mary Evelyn Tucker, he directed a 10-conference series and book project at Harvard on “World Religions and Ecology.”

Xia Chen
Research Fellow, Institute of Philosophy, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Xia Chen is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Philosophy at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). She is a member of the International Council of Philosophy and Human Sciences (CIPSH) Executive Committee and the Co-Chair of the Scientific Panel, UNESCO Silk Roads Youth Research Grant. Her specialty is in Chinese philosophy and religions, concentrating on Daoism. 

Zongxu (Hazim) Xie
Co-Founder, Vision 2061
Founder, The Miao

Zongxu (Hazim) Xie is the first and only Miao (Hmong) representative from China selected as a UN Indigenous Fellow. He co-initiated Vision 2061, promoting Chinese ecological civilization and Miao traditional wisdom on global platforms - including dialogues with UN Secretary-General António Guterres at COP 29. The Miao brand he founded serves as a local implementation model for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

The Moderator

Binbin Wang
Yale World Fellow '23
Founder, Climate Future Global Innovation Lab (C Force Lab), Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Peking University

Binbin Wang is Research Professor and Founder of Climate Future Global Innovation Lab (C Force Lab) at the Institute of Carbon Neutrality, Peking University. She has tracked the UNFCCC process since 2009 and was selected as Yale World Fellow in 2023. She is the author of China’s Green Transition on Climate Change Communication and Governance, nominated by Springer Nature as the 2022 New China Development Awards. She is now accelerating bottom-up action and joint efforts from China to the world for the global net-zero transition.