The Catawba Center for the Environment facility provides a natural entrance into its 189-acre ecological preserve.
   

Conference: Faith, Spirituality and Environmental Stewardship

Event Date: May 29-31, 2008


  • JOIN US FOR A SIGNIFICANT INTERFAITH CONFERENCE that will help to clarify the connection between faith and the environment.
  • HEAR RENOWNED THOUGHT LEADERS from across the nation discuss environmental challenges from a spiritual perspective.
  • ENTER INTO DIALOGUE with others about what the faith community can do about global and regional environmental challenges.
  • PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS that are geared for action.

KEYNOTERS:

  • Dr. Matthew Sleeth, author of Serve God and Save the Planet: A Christian Call to Action (Read more on Matthew Sleeth)
  • Gary Gardner, senior researcher at Worldwatch Institute and author of Inspiring Progress: Religions’ Contributions to Sustainable Development
  • The Rev. Canon Sally Bingham, president and founder of Interfaith Power & Light and environmental minister at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco
  • Rabbi Fred Scherlinder Dobb of Adat Shalom Reconstructionist
    Congregation in Bethesda, Maryland, board member of the Coalition on the Environment & Jewish Life.
  • Erik Assadourian, research associate at Worldwatch Institute and director of Vital Signs 2006-2007.
 
 

The Catawba College Center for the Environment is committed to educating the community and region – both students and public -- about environmental stewardship and sustainability and to involving the faculty, staff, students and the Center’s partners in programs and activities in the community, region and state that promote sustainable solutions to the environmental problems we face.



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  • Winter 2007/2008 Issue of Environmental Partners
    PDF files: Part 1, Part 2


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