Our fifth globe for the non-profit  “Cool Globes: Hot Ideas for a Cooler Planet,”  features calls for environmental stewardship from a variety of world religions and spiritual practices. Cool Globes asked Nancy to create a globe in memory of deceased Cool Globes artist Deborah Boardman, whose 2007 globe, “The Spirit of Stewardship,” needed to be replaced. This new globe, created by Nancy and studio artist Brittney Williams, reimagines “The Spirit of Stewardship” in Nancy’s unique style, while retaining the original theme of religious calls to action. The 5-foot diameter globe is installed at Am Shalom Congregation in Glencoe, IL.

Quotes featured on the globe:

In our every deliberation we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations. -Iroquois nation

See to it that you do not spoil and destroy My world; for if you do, there will be no one else to repair it. -Midrash Ecclesiastes Rabbah 7

As a bee gathering nectar does not harm or disturb the color and fragrance of the flower, so do the wise move through the world. -Buddha, The Dhammapada v49

God said, “This is the sign of the covenant that I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for all future generations.” -Genesis 9:12

The Earth is green and beautiful, and Allah has appointed you his stewards over it. -The Prophet Muhammad 

Ether, air, fire, water, earth, planets, all creatures, directions, trees and plants, rivers and seas, they are all organs of God’s body. Remembering this, a devotee respects all species.” -Srimad Bhagavatam Mahapurana (11.2.41)

We are morally obligated to turn this land over to those who succeed us–not drained of its fertility but improved in quality, in productivity, and in usefulness for future generations -Ezra Taft Benson, Church of Latter Day Saints

The world has a song. The rivers, the creeks, the winds, the trees, everything has a whispering sound. -Martin Louie/Snpakechiin, Kettle Falls Okanagon/Salish elder