Sustainability Chapel Series
This 2007-08 EMU chapel series focused on the theme of sustainability as part of a year-long emphasis on creation care at EMU on behalf of the Creation Care Council.
The council provides a forum for faculty, staff and students to talk about various aspects of campus life -- how we eat, worship, travel and play -- and how those aspects fit into the community's vision for sustainable living.
Read more about EMU's efforts toward creation care and being green.
Oct. 19
Tony Campolo - A Christian Call for Creation Care
Dr. Campolo offers "A Christian Call to Caring for Creation" for Spiritual Life Week as part of the Sustainability Chapel Series. Campolo, author of 33 books, is founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education (EAPE).
Nov. 9
David Orr - Building Green
David Orr is the Paul Sears Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College and a James Marsh Professor at the University of Vermont. His career as a scholar, teacher, writer, speaker, and entrepreneur spans fields as diverse as environment and politics, environmental education, campus greening, green building, ecological design, and climate change.
He is the author of five books and co-editor of three others. Ecological Literacy (SUNY, 1992), described as a true classic by Garrett Hardin, is widely read and used in hundreds of colleges and universities. A second book, Earth in Mind (1994/2004) is praised by people as diverse as biologist E. O. Wilson and writer, poet, and farmer, Wendell Berry.
Read more about Dr. Orr's visit here...
Feb. 6
Luke Gascho - The Significance of Place
Dr. Luke Gascho, Director of Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College, will be reflecting on Creation Care from the perspective of camping programs and outdoor learning.
Feb. 29
Lynn Miller - The Power of Enough
What is enough? What if we were all satisfied with having enough? Lynn Miller, Mennonite Mutual Aid Corporate Theologian, speaks on "The Power of Enough."
March 26
Shane Claiborne, of The Simple Way in Philadelphia, Pa., speaks on Creation Care God's Way: Caring for the Earth, Caring for People.
April 4
Shelly Thomas - Sex, Salvation and Shalom
Shelly Thomas, assistant professor in EMU's Biology Department speaking on what dragonfly sex has to do with world peace.
April 11
Lisa Schirch - Creation Care as Peacebuilding
Lisa Schirch, Associate Professor for the Center for Justice and Peacebuilding, speaks on Creation care as a central practice of peacebuilding.
