National
Level Events:
March 31, 2012 (Ohio): Earthkeeping
Summit
At: The Nationwide & Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center, 2201
Fred Taylor Drive, Columbus, OH 43210
Sponsors: Ohio Interfaith Power and Light; Green Energy
Ohio; The Ohio State University
Details: What are the challenges we face when responding
to global climate change? How can we be better stewards of the
earth? How can we ensure a healthy, just environment for all?
Inspiring speakers and engaging workshops will offer the opportunity
to focus on these questions and explore the connection between
faith and the environment, and equip ourselves for successful
environmental stewardship work in our own communities. Afternoon
workshops will provide information, resources, and tools to
put your faith into action.
Speakers:
- Dr. Jason Box, climatologist
and researcher with the Geography Department, The Ohio State
University.
- Nancy Sleeth, Program
Director of Blessed Earth, speaker and author.
- William Spratley,
Executive Director, Green Energy Ohio.
- Dr. Greg Hitzhusen,
M.Div., Lecturer in the School of Environment and Natural
Resources at The Ohio State University.
Costs:
Contact Sara Ward, Director,
Ohio Interfaith Power and Light Register early, through February
27th, and receive the Early Bird discount ($25.00). Lunch is
provided.
More
information.
April 21, 2012 (Utah): Webcast: The
Intersection of Poverty and the Environment
At: St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral in Salt Lake City,
UT
Sponsor: The Episcopal Church
Details: we will explore the differential effects of
environmental degradation and changing climate patterns on the
poor – in this country and around the world. The Intersection
of Poverty and Environment aligns with the Anglican Five
Marks of Mission, specifically “To strive to safeguard
the integrity of creation and sustain and renew the life of
the earth.”
Presenters:
- Moderated by Kim Lawton
of PBS’s Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly
- the Rt. Rev Katharine
Jefferts Schori, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church
and trained oceanographer
- Bonnie Anderson,
president of the House of Deputies and author of Spirituality
and the Earth: Exploring Connections and Adjunct Lecturer
at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources
More
information on how to participate.
More
details about the webcast.
May 4-6, 2012 (Tennessee): Transfiguration
of Christ and Creation: A Ministry of Wholeness
At: Retreat at St. Mary’s
Sewanee Retreat Center
Sponsor: presented by the Center for Religion and Environment
(CRE)
Details: Retreat participants will examine the biblical
story of Jesus' Transfiguration "on a high mountain"
and connect this with their spiritual longings and present-day
concerns. These concerns will be addressed with blend of personal
reflection and commentary on relevant theological and scriptural
texts, literary works, music, and art. Transfiguration is central
to the transformation of human nature, leading to not just a
conservation or preservation of natural resources but a transfiguration
of all creation. When Transfiguration is celebrated as "feast
of beauty" it re-energizes current discussions of Christianity's
relation to environmental issues.
Transfiguration is an organizing principle
that bridges the immanence of this world with the transcendence
of that which is to come. The wisdom of the writers of the early
church and our current concerns for the environment, ecology,
elevated levels of consciousness, and the transformation of
society can be connected. Enhanced liturgical commemoration
of Transfiguration can be the proper Christian counterpart of
Earth Day services currently held in some churches. A rich Trinitarian
theology helps us enter anew into the astonishing promise that
Christ's glorification is for us, for the whole creation, as
well as our kinship with the community of life.
Presenters:
- Dr. John Gatta
is Dean of the College and professor of English, John Gatta
has taught courses in American environmental literature at
Sewanee and the University of Connecticut.
- Joyce Wilding is
Third Order Franciscan (TSSF), associate member Society
of Ordained Scientists (SOSc), Environmental Educator
and Spiritual Retreat Leader.
- The Rev. Jerry Cappel
is the Environmental Network Coordinator for Province IV of
the Episcopal Church.
Costs: $325/person double occupancy;
$350/person single occupancy. Price includes meals beginning
with dinner Friday through lunch on Sunday. Partial Scholarships
available.
more
information and registration
May 4-6, 2012 (Kansas): Prairie
Roots: Growing a Sustainable Future
At: Camp Hammond, Deer Creek Watershed of the Wakarusa River
(Located between Lawrence & Topeka, Kansas)
Sponsor: Kansas Area Watershed Council
Details: The weekend event explores and celebrates life
in the Kansas Area Watershed, Prairie Bioregion and Planet Earth,
and how to live artfully and soulfully with ecological integrity.
The event features a dozen workshops focused on crafting a life
in balance with this bioregion, plus children’s activities,
an open mic, storytelling and singing around the fire, a display
on seed saving (and chance to swap plant starts), and information
on and networking with over a dozen ecological organizations
and businesses. Most of all, this event is a chance to make
more friends, find ideas and inspiration, and learn more ways
to reinhabit our prairie bioregion.
Presenters:
- Stephanie Mills (author of
Epicurean Simplicity, In Gandhi’s Path
and Whatever Happened to Ecology?),
- Gene & Joyce Marshall (bioregional
movement authors and organizers, and founders of Realistic
Living Research Institute and Training Center)
Costs: Registration fee of $40-$45/
adult and $20-$25/child for the weekend with a special family
rate. To keep costs low, everyone is encouraged to also bring
a bag or two of groceries, home-grown or canned or produced
food, etc. to donate to the kitchen, and we ask all participants
to volunteer at each one shift preparing and serving a meal,
or cleaning up after a meal.
more
information.
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